Patent ID: 7727088

Claim:
An apparatus motivated by an impulse to slide over a ground surface, comprising: an upper impulse-receiving portion for receiving an impulse when applied by a person striking said impulse-receiving portion with his foot wherein said impulse receiving portion has a diameter in a range of about two inches to about fifteen inches, wherein said impulse receiving portion includes an exterior component configured to resemble a portion of an athletic ball; a lower sliding portion, coupled to said impulse-receiving portion, for sliding contact with the surface responsive to an impulse, said sliding portion including a generally planar component having a diameter no greater than the diameter of said impulse-receiving portion; wherein said impulse-receiving portion at least partially overlaps a periphery of a circumference of said sliding portion to cushion said sliding portion when striking an object; and means for matingly attaching said upper impulse-receiving portion to said lower sliding portion; and wherein a center of gravity of said impulse-receiving portion and said sliding portion is shifted towards the surface by use of a low-density material for said impulse-receiving portion and a high-density material for said sliding portion.