Patent ID: 6010418
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A puck in combination with a glide pin comprising:a puck body having an upper face, an opposing lower face, and a plurality of throughbores interposed between said upper face and said lower face, each said throughbore having a predetermined throughbore diameter; anda plurality of split glide pins, each comprising a pair of mating components, each mating component includinga head for preventing passage of said glide pin through said throughbore; anda shank member, having a head end and a tip end and defining a longitudinal axis therebetween, said head end attached to said head, said shank member being tapered to define an inclined surface relative to said longitudinal axis, said inclined surface having a plurality of teeth;wherein said shank members of said pair of mating components are engaged within said throughbore in a joined state which defines a shank of said glide pin, said shank having a predetermined shank diameter, said shank diameter is greater than said throughbore diameter; andwherein further each said tip end has a tip diameter substantially less than said one-half of the throughbore diameter, wherein further a combined tip diameter is defined when said tip ends of said pair of mating components are engaged which is substantially less than the shank diameter.