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Shuffleboard court surface having multiple pimples for sliding a disc

a technology of shuffleboard court and disc, which is applied in the field of shuffleboard court, can solve the problems of disc still exerting considerable friction and the shuffleboard association has not approved any polymeric shuffleboard court, and achieve the effect of reducing friction

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-08-24
ALLEN JAMES D
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"The invention is a shuffleboard court that has a smooth top surface to reduce friction. The surface is made from a hardened plastic material called polypropylene. The top surface has multiple molded squares, including secondary squares with open centers and four corners. Each corner has a small raised surface to improve the shuffleboard's performance."

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Although friction is reduced by waxing and manufacturing small perforations in the top surface, a disc still exerts considerable friction in moving over the shuffleboard court surface.
Currently, the International Shuffleboard Association has not approved any polymeric shuffleboard courts for tournament play because of the friction problem.

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[0013] Throughout the following detailed description, the same reference numerals refer to the same elements in all figures.

[0014] Referring first to FIG. 1, the shuffleboard court 10 has right 12 and left 14 side edges and raised front edge 16 and back edge 18. The shuffleboard court top surface 20 has a front 22 and back 24 indicia representing scoring triangles. The major portion of surface 20 is made up of multiple primary square sections 26.

[0015] Referring to FIGS. 2-3, the shuffleboard court top surface 20 is made up of the primary square sections 26 spaced apart by groove 42 and side edge sections 28. Each top surface 20 is formed from multiple contiguous secondary smaller square portions 30 within the larger sections 26 and adjacent side edge sections 28. Each of the four corners of secondary square portion 30 contain a raised pimple 32 shown more clearly in FIG. 6. As seen in FIGS. 2-5, there are nine rows of nine secondary squares 30, totaling 81 within each larger sect...

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Abstract

A molded polymeric shuffleboard court has multiple closely spaced apart primary squares containing multiple secondary squares having open center portions to form a top surface for movement of a sliding disc. The secondary squares have an upwardly directed integrally molded pimple at each corner to reduce friction caused by the sliding disc.

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PRIOR APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10 / 868,647, filed on Jun. 14, 2004.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to a shuffleboard court. More particularly, it refers to a shuffleboard court having a top surface containing upwardly directed pimples for enhancing the speed of discs moving over the top surface. [0003] Shuffleboard courts have existed for many years to provide enjoyment for players at both indoor and outdoor sites as shown by U.S. Pat. No. 3,228,692. As a disc slides over a shuffleboard court, a bottom surface of the disc is in frictional engagement with the top surface of the shuffleboard court. Previously, the top surface of shuffleboard courts have been waxed or have contained small holes or perforations to reduce friction and enhance the ability of elderly players to easily slide a disc from the start line to the scoring triangle. Although friction is reduced by waxing and manufacturing small p...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63F7/00A63B67/00A63B67/14A63D1/02
CPCA63B67/14A63B2209/00A63B2210/50
Inventor ALLEN, JAMES D.
Owner ALLEN JAMES D