Shuffleboard court surface having multiple pimples for sliding a disc

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 pimple at each corner to reduce friction caused by the sliding disc.

1 . In a molded polymeric shuffleboard court having a top surface configured as a grid, the grid structure consisting of multiple closely spaced apart primary squares, each primary square consisting of multiple juxtaposed secondary squares, each secondary square having four corners with an open center portion, the improvement comprising molding a raised pimple at all four corners of each secondary square whereby there is decreased friction generated by a disc sliding over the top surface.  
   
   
       2 . The molded polymeric shuffleboard court improvement according to  claim 1  wherein the polymer is polypropylene.  
   
   
       3 . The molded polymeric shuffleboard court improvement according to  claim 1  wherein there are 81 secondary squares within each primary square.  
   
   
       4 . A molded polymeric shuffleboard court top surface comprising: 
 a grid structure having multiple geometric configurations and multiple upwardly raised pimples at a juncture of the geometric configurations throughout the shuffleboard court top surface to reduce friction generated by a disc sliding over the top surface.    
   
   
       5 . The molded polymeric shuffleboard court top surface according to  claim 4  wherein the grid structure consists of multiple closely spaced apart primary squares, each primary square consisting of multiple juxtaposed secondary squares, each secondary square having four corners with each secondary square having an open center portion, the upwardly raised pimples located at the four corners of the secondary squares.  
   
   
       6 . The molded polymeric shuffleboard court top surface according to  claim 4  wherein the polymer is polypropylene.  
   
   
       7 . The molded polymeric shuffleboard court top surface according to  claim 5  wherein there are 81 secondary squares within each primary square.