Component Frisbee

There are frisbees of many types in the market among which are those made of soft safety material, others have whistles, "bouquet" that explodes in the center when being thrown, IC circuits to flash and produce sounds, as well as those having boomerang characteristics to produce circulating flight. Although different types of frisbees provide different kinds of pleasure, they contain, however some common disadvantages: to save strength, there must be at least two experienced players to control the flight of frisbee. Even those that are single player types, an inexperienced player is still not skillful enough to control the flight. Those equipped with all sorts of accessories will burden the flight. Moreover, if the player cannot throw a frisbee at a certain angle and with appropriate force, the frisbee will not return to the player, who then will have to chase after it in order to retrieve it. In short, all conventional frisbees need experienced players in order to save strength and maximize its entertainment value. Should it become a burden to inexperienced players looking for fun they will stop enjoying the joy of frisbee. This limits the function of frisbee games for the old and the young.

A component frisbee according to the invention is a frisbee that dashes off, flies in the air and returns by itself after being thrown out. It has three correspondingly sized saucer-shaped discs namely an outer, a middle and an inner disk among which the surfaces of the outer and middle discs are formed with downward plates to enhance lift and an arc shaped soft rudder to control the flight path. A spoiler and a pin are located on the inner disc to control a propeller device so that the frisbee can provide all the above-mentioned functions without the need of any skill.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the component frisbee according to the invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the frisbee according to the invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of the frisbee according to the invention.

FIG. 4 is a top plan view illustrating the functioning of the invention after being thrown.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the routine of the flight of the invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the invention is a component frisbee that consists of an outer disc (1), a middle disc (2), an inner disc (3) and a propeller device (4) which permit the frisbee to dash off, fly in the air and return by itself after being thrown out. The outer disc (1) is an annular-shaped disc having an empty center part at the center of which there is a saddle (13) connected to the disc body by connectors (12) and designed for the connection with the middle disc (2). The surface of the outer disc is formed with an even number of downward deflecting plates (11) at an appropriate angle so that it produces rising force when the outer disc rotates in the air. The middle disc (2) is an annular-shaped disc sized to fit in the empty center part of the outer disc (1) and is also formed with an even number of downward deflecting plates (21) at an appropriate angle so that it also produces rising forces when rotating in the air. The center of the empty center part of the middle disc (2) also contains a saddle (23) connected to the disc body by connectors (22) so that it can be pressed in the saddle (13) of the outer disc (1) and be connected from the top with the inner disc (3). A torsional spring (24) is located between the bottom of saddle (23) and the saddle (13) to provide a rotation force to the discs to keep the discs in rotation within the elasticity limits of the spring. Corresponding hollow grooves (102) are formed at the outer edge of the middle disc (2) and the inner edge of the outer disc (1) which combined form a groove which, by inserting a pin therein, will block the relative rotation of the outer and middle discs (1) and (2). The inner disc (3) is a circular-shaped disc sized to fit within the empty center part of the middle disc (2). A cog tooth portion (31) is formed on an upper part of the outer edge of the inner disc (3). At the bottom there is pin (32) adapted to be inserted into the saddle (23) in the center of middle disc (2) to enable relative rotation between these elements. An arc-shaped soft rudder (33) at an appropriate angle is located on top of the inner disc (3) so that the frisbee flies and returns in a prescribed orbit. At a notched edge of the tail of the rudder (33) located over the grooves (102) of the middle disc (2) and the outer disc (1), there is a movable spoiler (34) from beneath which extends a pin (35) to be pressed into the grooves (102) so as to block the rotation of the outer disc (1) and middle disc (2) when the spoiler (34) is folded downward. The propeller device (4) makes use of the rotation of the propeller to produce air flow for a propulsion force. At a lower edge of rudder (33) adjacent to the cog-teeth (31), a rotatable gear (42) is installed to mesh with the cog-teeth (31) and to mesh with pinion (43) to turn axle (44) connected to the propeller (45) to turn the propeller to produce air flow to force the device to move forward. The device is a self-sufficient device that enables the frisbee to dash of, fly in the air and return on its own. To use the device, the outer disc (1), middle disc (2) and inner disc (3) are assembled according to the order shown in FIG. 3 to keep the three discs relatively movable. The outer disc (1) and the middle disc (2) are controlled by torsional spring (24) to produce a rotational force. Rudder (33) and propeller device (4) are equipped on the inner disc (3). To play with the component frisbee device, a player winds up the torsional spring (24) by turning the outer disc (1) relative to the middle disc (2) and aligns the grooves (102). To keep the normally arc-shaped soft rudder (33) initially straight, the spoiler (34) is bent down so that the pin (35) can be clicked into the aligned grooves (102) to block the reaction force resulting from the action of the wound torsional spring (24). The rotation of the downward plates of the discs will produce air flow which forces the frisbee to raise in the air automatically. Moreover, at the moment when the spoiler (34) is straightened up and the outer disc (1) and the middle disc (2) rotate, the tail of the rudder (33) is unblocked and it returns to its originally curved position by elasticity as shown in FIG. 4. As it returns, the gear (42) included in the propeller device (4) rotates on the cog-teeth (31) and activates the pinion (43) to turn the propeller (45) to produce air flow. As the rudder (33) returns to its originally curved position, the air flowing from the propeller will change the direction of the frisbee in flight so as to return it to its starting point, which enables the frisbee to dash off, fly in the air and return easily as shown in FIG. 5. The device is a novel and original conception that fits all man who wants to enjoy the joy of frisbee.

From the above description it is clear that the main purpose of the invention is to provide a component frisbee whose compact structure increases the entertainment value of a frisbee that dashes off, flies in the air and returns on its own that is novel and original.

The secondary purpose of the invention is to make use of the component form of the independent structures of the outer, middle and inner discs of which the opposite rotation of the outer and middle discs with downward extending plates produces an air flow force to raise the frisbee in the air without the need of any skill.

The third purpose of the invention is to make use of the arc-shaped soft rudder and propeller device on top of the inner disc actuated by pulling out the spoiler as it is pushed by wind after the frisbee is thrown. The return of the rudder to its arc shape will activate the propeller device to turn the propeller so as to produce an air flow which is transported through the originally curved rudder and forces the frisbee to return.