US20040002396A1

US20040002396A1 - Whippse

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Publication number: US20040002396A1
Application number: US10/179,258
Authority: US
Inventors: Helen Kiama; Mark Wachira
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-06-26
Filing date: 2002-06-26
Publication date: 2004-01-01

Abstract

Whippse semi cone, whippse whip and whippse table are the invented apparatus that will make Whippse Sport a reality. Semi cone/stick, rod are made from resilient /natural suitable materials. Semi cone is molded inside a ferruled funnel that has reinforcing materials/aids to ensure containment and firm bonding of cone with funnel. Semi cone is evenly shaped at the top and all levels of its body. Top body of semi cone is straight, middle body is slanting; lower body is steep ending with a very sharp/stair for spinning. The special whippse table is even from edge to edge, sturdy and has a carved in tiny hole at the centre to position cone before whipping. There also carved in goal symbols of 4-5 in. apart. Strands are from natural/synthetic fibres and are secured through a hole/holed thimble/hook, secured and fixed on a stick to make a whip. Funnel is made from resilient suitable material.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The background of this invention is in the field of sports. The whole purpose of these apparatus was to make a sport that will demand physical discipline, skill of using the infrequently used limb(hand) with the same skill as the frequently used one a reality. The mode of sport in this case is to have the player whip the semi cone using the whip, and compete against a challenger. A right handed player and a left handed player have to find common ground on how to have the semi cone spin without their whipping aborting the spins. This means every player who will claim to have mastered this sport will have to master the art of whipping with both hands with equal skill, so as to be able to successfully beat the challenger.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The Whippse semi cone invention is the work of Helen Kiama and Mark Wachira, the applicants and inventors. We once watched television and saw the hassles that occur when kids play street hockey, basketball, soccer, skateboarding, what we mean is, its okay for the kids, but neighbours and the even parents sometimes get bothered by the noise of hitting, bouncing, rolling etc. We also thought, how boring it can be if we come up with a sport that will keep kids seated, and no movement. We know kids like moving around. We wondered if there can be a sport that can be played indoors, involve moment, demand no knocking the apparatus against walls or objects, and still hold the interest of a young person. So, we thought about cones. Cones have been there a long time. But we thought, if we come up with a modified modern sort of cone that will endure the rough treatment, and be durable like the hockey puck, but played differently, make rules, draw rink rules, rules that have to be cardinal, like the player has to maintain the cone spinning all throughout, which rules out penalties on floor rules/ice and table rules, maybe the thrill of the setting a record of achieving the longest time of a spin will attract fans and followers, or just the fun of something different, established in this 21 ^stCentury. In this regard, we started thinking of the type of cone we want, of which a semi cone of a unique type is what we ended up with.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Semi-cone, that we call Drotor, Whip, comprising of a straight stick/rod of no more than 2.5 ft in length and no more than 2 in. circumference, and strands fastened through an opening drilled at the end of the stick/rod. The strands are also fastened using a thimble/hook. The Whippse table is a special table specially bearing build in marks/carved symbols to specifically cater for the Whippse sport that it is designed for. The table is 25-30 ft. long and 6-8 ft wide. The table is one even member, 2, from edge to edge. There is a permanent carved 1, hole. #6 are permanent carved bowls, extensions of 2, on the outer edge of 2, to receive a drotor once a score is through. #4, permanent goal symbols that are carved from the same, #5 are permanently scratched and coloured goal lines. #7 is for keeping FIG. 1 firmly sturdly fixed on the floor. FIG. 1. is made from suitable materials like heavy wood, marble, resilient suitable materials.

Whippse semi cone is made from suitable natural materials/resilient materials. # 13 or 17 of the drotor is positioned on 1, and the player slips his hand # 21, of 23, then whips the drotor with #28. #13, 17 spins on #2, each player whips drotor through #4

past #

5 and onto #6 of the respective sides. Whippse semi cones are shaped and molded to their respective shapes. Each semi cone has #9, upper body, #10, middle body and #11, lowest steepest body. Other embodiments come with #13,16, which are the parts that touch the surface.

The Whippse semi cone is molded inside FIG. 2, that has # 6, and has aids 14, to keep the member sturdly bonded and contained in place. Ferruled Funnel, is made from suitable materials. The sport involves two players on table, who must be skilled in using each hand equally well incase their challengers use the hand that will abort a rotation. This is the greatest challenge that this sport will present to players. The semi cone, unlike most sport apparatus is not supposed to be bounced ob anything other than landing on the surface to avoid disrupting the continuity of spins. On ice/floor, the sport involves 5 players on each team, and a 1 ft. goal. An extra page, 1/1, demo drawing of the Whippse sport in progress, although not required.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1. Whippse Table [0006]
Object #. [0007]
[0008] 1 . . . Tiny hole in the center of the table for positioning the semi cone before whipping.
[0009] 2 . . . Flat solid, sturdy smooth, slippery surface to allow semi cone to slide and rotate with ease.
[0010] 3 . . . Flat edges.
[0011] 4 . . . Carved coloured goal symbols.
[0012] 5 . . . Scratched and coloured goal line.
[0013] 6 . . . Protruding carved bowl on the outer part of the table.
[0014] 7 . . . Sturdy table legs.
FIG. 1.B. A demonstration drawing of Whippse table sport in progress. [0015]
FIG. 2. Whippse Semi cone, encompassed and molded inside a ferruled funnel. [0016]
[0017] 8 . . . Even top of the semi cone.
[0018] 9 . . . Top Straight body of semi cone.
[0019] 10 . . . Middle slant body of semi cone.
[0020] 11 . . . Steep body of semi cone.
[0021] 12 . . . Ferruled Funnel
[0022] 13 . . . Ferrule
FIG. 3. . . . Inside a Whippse semi cone, reinforcements visible. [0023]
[0024] 14 . . . Reinforcents(aids).
[0025] 15 . . . Whippse semi cone in place.
FIG. 4. . . . Staired Whippse Semi cone. [0026]
[0027] 16 . . . Sharp end of stair.
[0028] 17 . . . Flat end of stair
FIG. 5. .Whippse Plain [0029]
[0030] 18 . . . Sharp end of plain semi cone.
[0031] 19 . . . Resilient/wood body of semi cone
FIG. 6. Whippse Casing Ferruled Funnel. [0032]
[0033] 14 . . . Funnel's build-in-aids/reinforcements.
[0034] 20 . . . The inside of the Funnel.
FIG. 7. Two Piece Whip. [0035]
[0036] 21 . . . Hole at top end of stick/rod.
[0037] 22 . . . Build in wristband.
[0038] 23 . . . First portion of stick/rod.
[0039] 24 . . . Fastener to keep the 23 and 27 securely joined.
[0040] 25 . . . Inside strand fastener for two piece whip.
[0041] 26 . . . Strands running from inside fastener.
[0042] 27 . . . Second piece of stick/rod.
[0043] 28 . . . Secured strands
[0044] 29 . . . Hole, where strands finally emerge through.
[0045] 30 . . . Knotted/gummed bundle of strands.
[0046] 31 . . . Thimble hole.
[0047] 32 . . . Blunt part of 27.
[0048] 33 . . . Main thimble.
[0049] 34 . . . Aids, fixtures.
[0050] 35 . . . One piece stick/rod.
[0051] 36 . . . Hanged and knotted strands/Outside strand fasteners.
[0052] 37 . . . Marks to enable 23 to accommodate the allowable part of 27 and get tightened securely, before being fastened on the outside.
[0053] 38 . . . Marks to enable 27 to be accommodated by 23.
[0054] 39 . . . Hook.
[0055] 40 . . . Carved on goal symbols.

Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or invention is claimed are as follows:

1. Whippse Apparatus are in plurality: a. Whippse semi cone, that has an even circular top, three parts, (sections) of its body, namely, the straight shaped round thick top body, 9, the slant shaped round middle body, 10, the steep shaped round lower body, 11, and the stair, 17; b. Whippse table, sturdy, even from edge to edge, 3, has a tiny carved hole at the center, 1, carved goal symbols, 4, two carved outside extended bowls, 6, and scratched colored goal line between each two goal symbols, 5; c. Whippse whipstick that comes as straight stick/other shape, no more than 2.5 ft long and 2 in. in circumference.

2. Whippse semi cone is made from suitable natural/resilient materials to cope with rough treatment and rough weather indoors or outdoors, and encompassed, firmly molded and shaped in a ferruled funnel.

3. Whippse whipstick comes in two forms, foldable and straight, 23 & 27. #23 is partially hollow.

4. Whippse whipstick is made from suitable natural/resilient materials.

5. Whippse strands are made from suitable natural fibers/synthetic fibers.

6. First part of stick, 23 accommodates second part, 27 in a two-piece whip.

7. Whipstick has a fastener, 24, to secure both 27 and 23 on the outside.

8. Whipstick 27 has a strands fastener on the inside, 25.

9. Whistick has 2-drilled holes on each end, 21 and 29.

10. Whip strands are passed through 29, 31, and hanged securely on 39.

11. Whippsetable is made from sturdy, suitable natural/resilient material and firmly fixed on the Floor, 7.

12. Whippse table has two extended carved bowls outside the goal line, 6, carved for holding semi cone after a goal, and two permanent scratched, colored goal lines, 5.

13. Whippse table has a tiny permanent carved hole at the center.

14. Ferruled funnel is made from suitable resilient materials.

15. Whippse semi cone embodiments are distinctively shaped and molded in different forms, FIG. 2; FIG. 3; FIG. 1.

16. Funnel has fixtures/materials, 14, for reinforcing total bonding of funnel and semi cone.

17. Thick Stair, 17 is an extension of 11, and has a sharp end, 16.

18. Whipstick 27 is fixed to thimble 33, which has 31, to secure/gum strands in.

19. Whipstick 27 is fixed to a hook 39, where strands, 28 are hanged.

20. 32, un-holed part of 27.

21. 28, Strands are secured to hook, 34 to make a whip.

22. 34, one-piece whipstick.

23. All holding part of 23 has a fixed in wrist band, 21.

24. Whippse table is 25-30 ft long, 6-8 ft wide.