Aerodynamic device for use in organizing and holding food and liquid substances and eating utensils and for subsequent recreational use
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A63H-027/00
A63H-033/00
A47J-043/00
A63H-033/40
출원번호
US-0194972
(2014-03-03)
등록번호
US-9119506
(2015-09-01)
발명자
/ 주소
Shendelman, Leonid
출원인 / 주소
Shendelman, Leonid
대리인 / 주소
Kirschstein, et al.
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초록▼
An aerodynamic device includes a plate having a generally circular periphery, a central portion, and a plurality of compartments for holding food substances during a dining activity. Each compartment is bounded by curved ribs, each rib extending continuously from the central portion along an arcuate
An aerodynamic device includes a plate having a generally circular periphery, a central portion, and a plurality of compartments for holding food substances during a dining activity. Each compartment is bounded by curved ribs, each rib extending continuously from the central portion along an arcuate path to the periphery. All of the ribs are aerodynamically shaped to provide lift during a subsequent recreational activity in which the device is thrown through the air. An insert is mounted in the central portion for holding a dining item, e.g., a drink container, for use during the dining activity, and a different recreational item for use during the recreational activity.
대표청구항▼
1. An aerodynamic device, comprising: a plate having a periphery surrounding an axis, a central portion, and a plurality of compartments for holding food substance during a dining activity, each compartment being bounded by aerodynamically-shaped ribs, each rib extending continuously and uninterrupt
1. An aerodynamic device, comprising: a plate having a periphery surrounding an axis, a central portion, and a plurality of compartments for holding food substance during a dining activity, each compartment being bounded by aerodynamically-shaped ribs, each rib extending continuously and uninterruptedly from the central portion along an arcuate path to the periphery to prevent the food substances from leaving the compartments through openings in the ribs, the aerodynamically-shaped ribs having contoured surfaces configured to rotate the plate with gyroscopic inertia about the axis when exposed to air motion, the aerodynamically-shaped ribs being rotationally symmetrically arranged about the axis to balance the plate during rotation about the axis. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the aerodynamically-shaped ribs has a height, as considered along the axis, that decreases along the arcuate path from the central portion to the periphery. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the contoured surfaces are riving-shaped to provide lift and elevation to the plate in accordance with Bernoulli's principle when exposed to the air motion. 4. The device of claim 1, and an insert mounted in the central portion for holding a dining item for use during the dining activity. 5. The device of claim 4, wherein the dining item includes a container for holding a liquid substance, and wherein the container is mounted on, and removable from, the insert. 6. The device of claim 5, wherein the container has a base, and wherein the insert has an interior channel for receiving the base. 7. The device of claim 6, wherein the interior channel has tapered side walls for frictionally engaging and holding the base within the interior channel. 8. The device of claim 6, wherein the interior channel has a roughened, tilted surface for frictionally engaging and holding the base within the interior channel. 9. The device of claim 6, wherein the interior channel has stop pins for frictionally engaging and holding the base within the interior channel. 10. The device of claim 5, and a pair of complementary fasteners, one on the insert, and the other on the container, for holding the container on the insert. 11. The device of claim 5, wherein the container has a base, and wherein the insert has a recess, and a resilient band received in the recess for resiliently engaging and capturing the base to hold the container on the insert. 12. The device of claim 5, wherein the insert has an interior cavity, and wherein the container has a detachable base received in the cavity during the dining activity. 13. The device of claim 4, wherein the dining item includes an eating utensil mounted on, and removable from, the insert. 14. The device of claim 5, wherein the dining item includes a pair of eating utensils mounted on the insert at opposite sides of the container to resist the container from unwanted removal from the insert. 15. The device of claim 4, and a finger hole extending through the plate underneath the insert to enable a user to place a finger through the finger hole to hold and support the device during the dining activity adjacent a center of gravity of the device. 16. The device of claim 4, wherein the insert is operative for activating a recreational item during a recreational activity in which the device is thrown and spun through the air. 17. The device of claim 16, wherein the insert includes a stationary housing part fixedly mounted in the central portion, and a rotary housing part having radial blades for rotating the rotary housing part relative to the stationary housing part about the axis during the recreational activity. 18. The device of claim 17, wherein the recreational item includes a plurality of recreational items mounted within an interior of the stationary housing part, and wherein the blades are operative for raising the rotary housing part relative to the stationary housing part during the recreational activity to dispense the recreational items past the raised rotary housing part by centrifugal action. 19. The device of claim 17, wherein the recreational item is an electrically energizable emitter for emitting at least one of light and sound, and wherein the blades are operative for generating electrical power to energize the emitter during rotation of the rotary housing part relative to the stationary housing part about the axis. 20. The device of claim 19, and a rechargeable battery and a generator for charging the battery with DC power during rotation of the rotary housing part relative to the stationary housing part about the axis; and a switch for supplying electrical power to energize the emitter when the rotary housing part is not rotating about the axis. 21. The device of claim 17, wherein the recreational item includes a pair of rings respectively mounted on the stationary and rotary housing parts, one of the rings having arms that frictionally engage the other of the rings to generate sound as the arms move past the other ring during rotation of the rotary housing part relative to the stationary housing part about the axis. 22. The device of claim 4, wherein the insert is operative for activating a recreational item when exposed to the air motion. 23. An aerodynamic device, comprising: a plate having a periphery surrounding an axis, a central portion, and a plurality of compartments for holding food substances during a dining activity, each compartment being bounded by aerodynamically-shaped ribs, each rib extending continuously from the central portion along an arcuate path to the periphery, the aerodynamically-shaped ribs having contoured surfaces configured to rotate the plate with gyroscopic inertia about the axis when exposed to air motion during a recreational activity in which the device is thrown and spun through the air, the contoured surfaces being wing-shaped to provide lift and elevation to the plate in accordance with Bernoulli's principle when exposed to the air motion; andan insert mounted in the central portion for holding a dining item for use during the dining activity, and for holding a recreational item for use during the recreational activity.
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