Games using tangible projectile inventions 04/06

20060089204 - Universal fitting for a cue stick: In an embodiment of the invention, a universal shaft fitting for a cue stick comprises a universal adapter with an extension having external threads, adapted to be bonded into the butt end of a shaft of a cue stick, and an insert adapted to be bonded to internal threads of...

20060089203 - Vibration damping for a cue stick: In an embodiment of the invention, a vibration damping shaft of a cue stick comprises a shaft that is configured to form an axially rigid ensemble by mating with another segment of a cue stick. The shaft includes damping material that reduces the vibration of the shaft when a ball...

20060089205 - Golf training kit for playing on a small course: Provided is a golf training kit for playing on a small course. The kit comprises a ball mound comprising a seat having a tee, a rope having one end attached to the seat, and a foot member at the other end of the rope; and a target assembly comprising a...

20060089206 - Golf club head with weight member assembly: A golf club head includes a body including at least one compartment, at least one positioning member removably mounted in the at least one compartment, at least one weight member mounted in at least one the positioning member, and at least one retaining member for retaining the at least one...

20060089207 - Golf club head: A golf club having a club head with a striking plate having a thickness in the range of 0.010 to 0.250 inch is disclosed herein. The club head may be composed of three pieces, a face, a sole and a crown. Each of the pieces may be composed of a...

20060089208 - Golf club head composed of damascene patterned metal: A golf club head composed of a damascene patterned metal, such as a Damascus steel, is disclosed. The golf club head may be a putter head or an iron-type club head with a majority of the club head body formed of the damascene patterned metal, or a wood-type club head...

20060089209 - Golf ball with metal core: The present invention is a golf ball (10) with a core (12) and a cover layer (14). The core is preferably a metal wall (15) defining a hollow space (17). The cover layer (14) is preferably composed of a highly neutralized terpolymer and a fatty acid based moiety....

20060089210 - Golf ball with soft core: Disclosed herein is a golf ball with a solid core having a PGA compression of 55 or less and an outer cover layer having a Shore D hardness of at least 60, the ball having a PGA compression of 80 or less. In another embodiment of the invention, the ball...

20060089211 - Golf ball: A golf ball having a plurality of dimples demarcated by edges on the ball's surface, characterized in that the dimples each assume a non-circular shape (as viewed form above) with mutually intersecting curved edge elements of the edges and at least one of these non-circular dimples is demarcated by the...

20060089212 - Baseball batting training device: A training device for baseball batting is described. The training device includes an upper rail and a lower rail supported in fixed relationship to each other by a plurality of rail supports. A plurality of legs support the rails and rail supports at a height above the ground that allows...

20060089213 - Ball control training device: A variety of training boards and panel assemblies are releasably secured to the ground to provide targets with rebound capability for developing and improving ball handling skills. Pivotably mounted panel support arms, and stakes insertable through the arms and panel base region into the ground, are used to orient and...

20060089214 - Baseball device with sound: A baseball motivation and promotion device is preferably a baseball glove having a solid state audio unit and a loudspeaker or electromechanical transducer, and having audio storage capability and controls which can select and broadcast baseball-related words and phrases, musical selections, memorable baseball plays, promotional segments and other sounds. An...

20060089215 - Hockey stick blade and a method of making thereof: There is provided a hockey stick blade and a method of making thereof, wherein the blade is made in a composite material comprising a core formed of light weight material, such as foam, and a fiber braid jacket or tubular prepreg cloth, the core being partially hollow to define longitudinal...

20060089216 - Wounded animal tracker: A Device for Locating a Wounded Animal for mounting on an arrow that has a head and a shaft. The Device is mounted on the head adjacent the shaft. A collar with a circular cross section has a plurality of prongs preferably mounted equi distant about the collar. The prongs...

20060089217 - Shuttlecocks: In accordance with the principles of the present invention, improved shuttlecocks are provided by applying innovative packaging. The improved shuttlecocks are packaged in a suitably humid environment to prevent the moisture within the feathers of the shuttlecock from evaporating off. The packaging is substantially air tight and includes a humidity...

20060084515 - Game table deployment and stowage apparatus: A game table deployment system comprises a housing adapted to be mounted to a ceiling of a room, the housing including an opening facing downward into the room, a lift mechanism contained in the housing, and a game table operatively coupled to the lift mechanism. The game table is movable...

20060084516 - Method and system for defining and using a reference swing for a sports training system: A method and system define a reference swing for a sports training system, steps of and structures for forming a humanoid for using a plurality of formulae for defining the movements of a sports implement throughout a swinging motion, while using said plurality of formulae for defining the movements of...

20060084517 - Attachable sensor for putting stroke path and plane detection: A putter trainer device for detecting inaccuracies in a golf putting stroke. The putting trainer device of the present invention is releasably (2) attached to a shaft of a golf putter and comprises two guided ramps (19A, 19B) with each ramp having an active position and a neutral position. In...

20060084518 - Sighting attachment for golf club: A sighting attachment for a golf club comprises an elongate strip attached to a golf club head in one embodiment and to a golf coub shaft in a second embodiment to define a line-of-sight between a golf ball and a cup to which the ball is aimed by a golfer...

20060084519 - Grip of sports equipment: The present invention discloses a grip of sports equipment comprising: an elastic sleeve having a first end and a second end, and the external diameter of the first end being larger than the external diameter of the second end; an annular extended skirt member being integrally extended to an edge...

20060084520 - Shaft coupler: A device for coupling two shaft members of differing diameters. The device includes a barrel and a reaction mass. The barrel is hollow and includes an outside coupler formed by the exterior surface of an upper portion of the barrel, an inside coupler formed by the inside surface of the...

20060084521 - Golf club and method of designing hollow golf club head: The golf club head (14) of the present invention has a face portion (24) for striking a golf ball, a crown portion (18) connected to the face portion (24), and a sole portion (22) connected to the face portion (24). The ratio of either lower of a first equivalent rigidity...

20060084522 - Golf club head with a variably dampened face: A method for tuning a golf club head where the golf club head includes a body having a front surface, a back surface, a heel end, a toe end, a sole extending between lower portions of the heel and the toe ends, a top rail extending between upper portions of...

20060084524 - Golf club head: Disclosed is a golf club head having a front casing with a front face panel for striking the ball, a rear casing fixedly connected to the rear side of the front casing, and an attachment made of light material and bonded to the inside wall of the front casing to...

20060084525 - Golf club head: A hollow golf club head includes a fiber-reinforced-plastic body and a metal body. The fiber-reinforced-plastic body includes a main portion of a crown portion. The metal body includes a face portion, a front edge portion of the crown portion continuous with the face portion, and a central portion of a...

20060084526 - Golf club head having a cushion channel formed with a varied width and manufacturing method therefor: A golf club head includes a cushion channel varying in width. The manufacturing method therefor includes the steps of: forming a through hole on a surface of a main body; preparing a carbon-fiber plate formed by carbon-fiber fabrics; providing the cushion channel between an inner periphery of the through hole...

20060084523 - Metal wood: A substantially hollow body metal wood golf club head has a wrap around insert that comprises a substantial portion of the front face. The insert having a wing-like extension that extends around the heel portion of the club head and a pre-determined distance of about 0.657 inch into the skirt...

20060084527 - Iron golf club: The iron golf club head (20) of the present invention is preferably composed of three main components: a main body (22), a central member (24) and a mass member (25). The Mass member (25) is preferably composed of a high density material such as a nickel-tungsten alloy. The central member...

20060084528 - Golf ball: A golfball comprising a liquid core and a reaction-injection-molded (RIM) cover material is disclosed. The liquid core comprises a core shell defining a hollow region, the hollow region containing a fluid. The reaction-injection-molded material may be a reaction-injection-molded polyurethane, a reaction-injection-molded polyurea, a reaction-injection-molded polyurethane/polyurea blend, or mixtures thereof. A...

20060084529 - System and method for administering a contest: The present invention is directed to a system and method of administering a golf related contest. The method includes entering a participant into the contest upon the purchase of an item without payment for entry into the contest. Images of the participant attempting to achieve a goal of the contest...

20060084530 - Heated warm-up device for an athletic instrument: A heated weight adapted to receive an athletic instrument is disclosed. The heated weight has at least two apertures permitting an athletic instrument to pass through the at least two apertures. The heated weight includes a rechargeable, microwaveable heat source that warms an athletic instrument through conventional heating processes such...

20060084531 - Tennis racket having a primarily rectangular shape: Tennis rackets having a primarily rectangular shape comprise a frame and string arrangement that creates a tennis racket with the advantages of a rectangular racket without the structure and weight of a purely rectangular racket. An embodiment has an outer frame with generally straight portions at a top and bottom...

20060084532 - Strings for racquets: Novel racquet strings and methods for making the same. A polymer cover combined with a low temperature adhesive is provided to the strings. The string of the present invention may employ a conventional string, such as a string having a center core comprising gut or synthetic material such as nylon,...

20060084533 - Table-tennis bat(pen-holding type): The inventions published consist of ‘split-level step’ between bat handle and contact section. This said step provides the newly inventions here the concept of critical holding points (called as C.H.P.) for the thumb, forefinger and any of other three fingers. These fingers can grip firmly onto the said step. This...

20060084534 - Filament wound multi-color arrow shaft: In certain preferred embodiments, the present invention provides arrow shafts and a method of making arrow shafts with two or more colors. Preferably the shafts incorporate filament winding to leave two or more visible colors in the finished shaft in a regular or irregular pattern. Preferably the multi-colored pattern extends...

20060084535 - Turbine-tip arrowhead: The present invention is a turbine tip arrowhead, used either strictly as a field point or as the forwardmost tip in conjunction with any prior art broadhead assembly. The key feature of this turbine tip is the geometry, which includes a tapered tip and a plurality of helical rifles, consisting...

20060084536 - Ball for ball game and method for manufacturing the same: The ball for a ball game of the invention includes a fabric layer (1) having a spherical 12-hedron where twelve right pentagonal fabric pieces (2) are sewn together. The marginal edges of the fabric piece being folded by 90 degrees, and the marginal edges are sewn together with a sewing...

20060079339 - Ball setting and tightening rack: An improved ball setting and tightening rack for creating a compact formation of playing balls on a playing surface to be used for playing billiards, pool, snooker, or any other game requiring a tight grouping of playing balls on a playing surface. The improved ball setting and tightening rack uses...

20060079340 - Color coordinated golf hole reducer & eye training device: The invention (reducer) consists of one (1) piece of circular foam or sponge to be placed into a regulation golf hole for the purpose of reducing the opening of the regulation golf hole. The invention will have an outer diameter slightly larger than the size of a regulation golf hole,...

20060079341 - A safe swinging method and device for accurate playing and training of swinging sports such as golf, baseball, hockey, cricket, tennis, racquetball, and squash.: Herein is described a swinging method and device for safe, accurate, perfect playing and training of swinging sports. It will enable the player of golf, baseball, hockey and cricket etc. to play without holding the club, hockey stick or the bat with his or her two hands. It will also...

20060079342 - Putter with a distance measurement mechanism: A putter with a distance measurement mechanism comprises a shaft, a head disposed on an end of the shaft, and a grip disposed on an opposite end of the shaft, wherein the grip comprises a through-hole is formed on an end of the grip, and an indication member having a...

20060079343 - Hole-aligning putter: A Hole-aligning Putter is disclosed. The putter defines a center alignment mark on the face and top surface of the club head. The putter further displays second and third alignment marks straddling the first (center) alignment mark in spaced relation at a distance of somewhat less than the diameter of...

20060079344 - Physical conditioning aid for golfers: A physical conditioning device for golfers is provided. A weight is attached to the tip of a standard golf club shaft to provide strength training for a the backswing portion of a golf swing. A drag chute is attached to the shaft to add resistance to the downswing of the...

20060079345 - Golf club head with variable face thickness: A face or face insert (40) for a golf club head (20) is disclosed herein. The face (40) has an interior surface (40a) with a first thickness section (200) and a second thickness region (205). The first thickness section (200) preferably has a thickness that is at least 0.025 inch...

20060079349 - Golf club head having a displaced crown portion: A hollow wood-type golf club head having an increased weight budget and improved mass characteristics at minimum structural mass is disclosed. The club head has a striking face portion, a sole portion, a skirt portion, and a crown portion having a total surface area. A hosel portion joins the club...

20060079347 - Golf club head with variable face thickness: A face or face insert (40) for a golf club head (20) is disclosed herein. The face (40) has an interior surface (40a) with a first thickness section (200) and a second thickness region (205). The first thickness section (200) preferably has a thickness that is at least 0.025 inch...

20060079346 - Multiple material golf club head: A golf club (40) having a club head (42) with a face component (60) and an aft body (61) is disclosed herein. The face component (60) has a striking plate portion (72), a return portion (74), and a second layer (72b) attached to an interior surface of the striking plate...

20060079348 - Multiple metal hybrid face: A hybrid golf club face comprising: a striking plate outer surface of one metallic material reinforced by an internal dissimilar metal insert that is configured in such a way to provide a specific hitting characteristic....

20060079350 - Adjustable golf tee: An improved adjustable golf tee comprises a tubular housing, an inner member slideably retained within the housing, and a removable retaining plug inserted into the housing. The tubular housing has an upper end, and a lower end fixed to a base. The lower end of the housing has an opening...

20060079351 - Football game: The football game is an apparatus for playing the football game and a method for playing the football game. The football game apparatus has one or more balls and one or more collapsible goal assemblies. The collapsible goal assembly has an open base frame, a pivotally attached goal frame, and...

20060079353 - Method for making rackets with shock absorbing members: A racket includes a head and a shaft, a throat is connected between the head and the shaft. Shock absorbing members are installed to desired positions of the racket so as to reduce impact transferred to the player's hand. Two throat extensions extend from the head and two shaft extensions...

20060079354 - Racket with self-powered piezoelectric damping system: According to one embodiment of the invention, a sports racket includes a racket frame comprising a head portion, handle portion and a throat portion joining the head portion to the handle portion. The racket frame also comprises a self-powered piezoelectric damping system for damping vibrations of the racket during play....

20060079352 - Shock absorbing device for racket: Provided is an elastomeric shock absorbing device mountable in a racket such as tennis racket. The device comprises a cylindrical first cushioning member including two annular flanges in its top and bottom respectively, an intermediate annular recess, a spherical chamber provided in its center, and a channel in communication between...

20060079355 - Toy ball: A toy ball is formed from two shells and a pair of lock mechanisms 220. During construction, the shells, which may be hemispherical, are mated together and then the lock mechanisms are secured to the shells to form a substantially smooth-surfaced sphere. The lock mechanisms provide a redundant locking feature...

20060073903 - Golf swing trainer: The invention pertains to a golf swing trainer with a base (70) and a plurality of elongated elements (S1 to S6), each of which comprises a near end (103) and a distant end (102). Moreover, a plurality of first motion devices (48, 80) is provided, each connected to the near...

20060073904 - Object retrieving device: An object retrieving device for use with an elongated member includes a holder secured to the elongated member. A first recess is provided in a first side of the holder, and a second recess is provided in a second side of the holder. The first recess is longitudinally offset from...

20060073905 - Golf club shaft: A wood golf club (10) which is not less than 44 inches in a length thereof and whose head (14) is not less than 190 g in a weight thereof. The value of a ratio of a rigidity value EIt at a position spaced at an interval of 130 mm...

20060073906 - Golf club head having uniform deformation structure: A golf club head includes a golf club head body, a striking plate and a plurality of equal-length buffers. In assembling, the striking plate mechanically connects to a front side of the golf club head body. Each of the equal-length buffers radially extends from an outer periphery to a center...

20060073907 - Hybrid metal and elastomer golf club face: A hybrid golf club face comprising: a surface having a metallic outer surface with an elastomeric core supported internally by a backing plate in which the shape placement and durometer of the elastomer is configured in such a way to provide a specific hitting characteristic....

20060073908 - Golf club head or other ball striking device with modifiable feel characteristics: Ball striking devices, such as golf club heads (including putter heads), include devices within and/or otherwise engaged with the ball striking head that allow users to selectively change the sound and/or other aspects of the “feel” associated with using the ball striking device to strike a ball. In this manner,...

20060073909 - Multiple material golf club head: A wood-type golf club head (40) preferably having a major body (50), a striking plate insert (55) and a minor body (60) is disclosed herein. The major body (50) is preferably composed of a metal material and has a front wall section (72), a return section (74), a sole section...

20060073911 - Golf club: A golf club of the invention has a head with a hollow outer shell construction which includes a crown portion, a sole portion, a back portion, a toe portion, a heel portion and a face portion which hits a ball and a shaft that is to be mounted on the...

20060073910 - Golf club head: A hollow golf club head includes a face portion made of metal, a sole portion, a side portion, a crown portion, and a hosel portion. The crown portion includes a main portion made of a fiber reinforced resin, and a front edge portion made of the metal. The front edge...

20060073912 - Combination of body and striking plate for golf club head: A golf club head includes a body and a striking plate. The body includes a front side having a recessed portion. The striking plate includes a front side for striking golf balls and a rear side. At least one groove is defined in one of the front side of the...

20060073914 - Foam-core golf balls: A golf ball with a controlled moment of inertia and controlled spin rate is disclosed. The ball has an intermediate layer positioned between the core and the cover and the intermediate layer has a reduced specific gravity. Preferably, this reduction is less than about 30% in specific gravity and the...

20060073913 - Low compression golf ball: This invention relates to the use of chemical compounds to trap carbon-centered radicals during the golf ball curing process. The intended end result is a golf ball that has lower compression due to a decrease in crosslink density while retaining sufficient crosslink density to impart durability to the golf ball...

20060073915 - Golf ball dimples: Provided herein is a golf ball that includes a generally spherical surface and an array of dimples formed on the surface. The undimpled portion of the spherical surface is the land area. At least one of the dimples includes a perimeter, a base, and a sidewall connecting the perimeter to...

20060073916 - Gradient-gauge applicable on golf green: A gradient-gauge applicable on golf green comprises a main body and a bulb level. The main body made of a transparent material is provided thereon a pair of horizontal line and perpendicular line, and its one side is parallel with a straight edge of the horizontal line. A pointer is...

20060073917 - Automatic ball mark retrieval system: What make this divot tool and ball mark combination unique and new is its incorporated automatic ball mark retrieval system. The golfer can place the divot tool in his or her pocket separately from the ball mark or vise versa and the two components will automatically link together in the...

20060073918 - Horse riding game method: A competitive horse riding game is described, between two teams of horsemen, with a mounted referee, and one a playing field with demarcated center line, center circle, goal lines, goal circles, sidelines and end lines. The game is played with an object called the ‘ox’, which is a weighted sack...

20060073919 - Ambidextrous pitching screen system: A pitching screen which provides a first pitching lane and a second pitching lane in a single pitching screen configuration to allow both left-handed pitchers and right-handed pitchers to pitch without repositioning the pitching screen....

20060073920 - Tennis training apparatus and method of use thereof: A tennis training apparatus and method of use thereof, for improving a forehand and/or backhand of a tennis player. The apparatus includes a wristband, an “L”-shaped bracket attached to the racket, and an inflexible strap linking the L-shaped bracket to the wristband. When the strap is tightened, it causes the...

20060073921 - Method and system for playing a table game: A method and apparatus for playing a game similar to ping-pong where a ball is bounced from one table surface to another table surface that is distinctly separated from the first. The distance between the table surfaces may be increased to increase the difficulty of the game. This may occur...

20060073922 - Retractable telescoping court standard: A collapsible court standard for positioning a net above a gymnasium floor includes an embedded upright floor tube with a top end which is level with the floor; one or more contained tubes slidably positioned within the floor tube; a releasable lock means and biased rocker latches to maintain the...

20060073923 - Racket: The racket according to the invention has an arc-shaped grip 3 designed as a segment of a circle, designed and arranged with respect to the striking part 1 so that each of the tangents 10, 17 of the inner and outer arcs 16, 15 of the grip intersect the striking...