Patent ID: 6217468
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A hockey puck, comprising:(a) a plurality of separate inner core segments each having a pair of opposite sides;(b) a plurality of protuberances on said opposite sides of said inner core segments, said protuberances on one of said opposite sides of said inner core segments protruding from said inner core segments in an opposite direction from said protuberances on the other of said opposite sides of said inner core segments; and(c) an outer enclosure of a generally cylindrical configuration having a pair of opposite faces and a plurality of interior compartments being the same in number as said inner core segments such that each of said compartments respectively surround and contain one of said inner core segments so as to maintain said inner core segments in a spaced relationship from one another, said outer enclosure having a plurality of apertures in each of said opposite faces thereof and communicating with said interior compartments such that said protuberances on said inner core segments protrude through said apertures outwardly from said opposite faces of said outer enclosure so as to define glider elements protruding from said opposite faces of said outer enclosure for slidably engaging a hockey playing surface and supporting said outer enclosure and inner core segments in a spaced relationship above the hockey playing surface, said outer enclosure being made of a material that provides shock absorbing inner and peripheral wall portions between and around said inner core segments which respond to impacts by reducing bounce of said hockey puck during play, said protuberances extending from said opposite sides of the inner core segments being reinforced by gussets interconnecting and extending diagonally between opposite portions of the protuberances and respective sides of the inner core segments within the outer enclosure.