Games using tangible projectile inventions 10/06

20060240899 - Device for locating tournament players: A player locating device for a golf tournament includes a listing of tee off times for a plurality of golf holes for the tournament. From a list of players on the device, a user finds a starting tee off time and a starting golf hole for a given player that...

20060240900 - All-climate artificial driving range for golf: An artificial golf range will provide the opportunity of practicing golf in cold climates and under all weather conditions....

20060240901 - Target identifier sports training aid: A sports training aid that displays multiple surface-targets so as to aid the practitioner in acquiring accurate alignment, identifying an intermediate surface-target upon which to focus, and building confidence. The training aid utilizes a beginning point (16a), intermediate target (16b), and ultimate target (16c) sources. The surface-target displayed by the...

20060240902 - Golf swing training aid: A golf swing training device is presented where the device is constructed of inexpensive plastic and easily assembled. The training aid helps golfers swing down the line of the flight of the ball, correcting slices and hooks. The device can be used by right or left-handed golfers and can be...

20060240903 - Golf teaching and training device: A multi-positional swing training device having adjustable configurations suitable for addressing a plurality of swing flaws, such as with a golf swing, is provided. The training device includes a base, and an upright member extending vertically from the base. An elongate arm extends from the upright member and a guide...

20060240904 - Putter with integral ball retriever: A golf club includes a head having a golf ball retriever integrated into the head. The retriever comprises a substantially vertical and substantially frusto conical passage (or throat) radially enclosed in the bottom the head. Because variations exist in regulation golf ball size and exterior, the diameter and taper of...

20060240905 - Golf putter: A putter is disclosed wherein the sole of the club head is provided with at least one elongate rail oriented substantially perpendicular to the club head face....

20060240906 - Structure of golf club head: A wooden golf club head has at least one flow guiding channel, which can guide the airflow, in a solid U-shaped trailing section of the club head body. The upper end of the flow guiding channel is sealed in order to enhance the action of swinging the club by eliminating...

20060240908 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes a striking face and a sole plate coupled to the striking face. At least one support bar extends between the striking face and the sole plate, wherein a weight member is selectively secured to the at least one support bar. In accordance with an alternate...

20060240907 - Golf club head with adjustable center of mass: The golf club head with an adjustable center of mass provides for player adjustment of club action according to the position of an adjustable weight or mass within the club head. A hollow, “metal wood” type club head includes an open receptacle in the sole wall, with an L-shaped arm...

20060240909 - Golf club head with concave insert: A hollow golf club head with a concave portion is disclosed and claimed. The club head includes a metallic portion and a light-weight portion, which may be formed of plastic, composite, or the like. The concave portion allows the club designer to make a club head having very thin portions...

20060240910 - Golf club head with concave insert: A hollow golf club head with a concave portion is disclosed and claimed. The club head includes a metallic portion and a light weight portion, which may be formed of plastic, composite, or the like. The concave portion allows the club designer to make a club head having very thin...

20060240911 - Golf ball: A golf ball comprises a solid core consisting of a center core and an outer core, wherein at least one of cores is made of a rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a base rubber including. 60 to 100% by weight of a polybutadiene containing at least 60%...

20060240912 - Golf ball with small inner core: The present invention is directed to golf balls having a resilient inner core and outer core made of a material substantially free of fillers. The invention also encompasses golf balls wherein the inner and outer cores are not made of a thermoplastic material. The invention encompasses golf balls having an...

20060240913 - Lapel pin golf ball marker: A lapel pin golf ball marker comprises a base member having a front face, and a rear face, and comprising a magnetic material. Alternatively, a marker-receiving magnet having a substantially flat front face is securely mounted at the front face of the base member so as to present the front...

20060240914 - Pitch mark repair device and a method for repairing a pitch mark on a golf green: A pitch mark repair device including a pushing tool (12) and a restoring tool (14). The pushing tool (12) defines a cone-shaped pushing formation (20) the restoring tool (14) comprises two spaced elongate tines (22.1) and (22.2) that extend outwardly from the pushing tool (12). In use, to repair a...

20060240915 - Basketball shooting visor: A unique short-billed visor shortened and marked on its underside specifically created for proper alignment technique and unrestricted motion of the hands and arms of a wearer shooting a basketball at a basket, blocking the wearer's upward vertical lined vision of the basketball while in flight above the wearer's head...

20060240916 - Method and system for improving basketball shooting: A method and system are provided for increasing shots-made frequency by educating a player's eye and memory through repetitions at one or more specified distance locations from the basketball hoop, and then building on that information by progressively increasing the distance from the hoop through sequential steps to additional sets...

20060240917 - Baseball batting trainer: A system and a method is provided for improving a baseball player's batting swing. Preferably, the system can be utilized to teach a player to swing with power and with a slight upstroke to increase the chances of getting a powerful line drive hit. The system includes a post upwardly...

20060240918 - Hockey stick blade: A hockey stick blade has a puck impacting portion with at least one groove extending along the length of the blade. The groove contains a titanium thermoset substantially co-planar with the surface of the blade....

20060234802 - Portable golf swing practice device having a separable cord shield incorporated therein: The golf swing practice device has a floor pad; a hollow tee extending upward from a surface of the floor pad, a ball resting on an end of the tee; and an elastic cord attached to the ball and to the floor pad and extending through the tee. The golf...

20060234803 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically...

20060234804 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically...

20060234805 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long, mid- and short irons with channel back configurations and a mass control insert. The mass of the insert is systematically varied through the set such that the mass distribution properties of the set may be systematically varied while retaining a continuous look...

20060234806 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with cavity back configurations and short irons with muscle back configurations. The rear face configurations slowly transition from pure cavity back through cavity-muscle backs to pure muscle backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set...

20060234807 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically...

20060234808 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically...

20060234809 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically...

20060234810 - Stabilized putter head: A putter head is constructed with a lightweight front blade member and a heavier rear weighted member having discrete concentrations of mass at its heel, toe and rear central portions. The rear weighted member is somewhat arch-shaped so as to define a hollow cavity or chamber when coupled to the...

20060234811 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically...

20060234812 - Golf ball with intermediate layer containing an expandable polymer: A multilayer golf ball with at least one layer made from an expandable polymeric composition is disclosed. In accordance to one aspect of the invention, the expandable polymeric composition comprises a film-forming binder polymer latex, a dispersing agent, a plurality of polyspheres encapsulating expandable volatile substance, and at least one...

20060234813 - Golf ball marker: A ball marker is provided with a pivotal member (2) that is constituted by a hinged portion (5), a shaft piercing portion (6) and an insertion portion (7) and allowed to pivot, and a main body (3) that allows the pivotal member (2) to be inserted therein and shaft-engaged thereto,...

20060234814 - Competitive scoring system: A won/lost record system for an athletic event includes awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a first period standing points for that period, awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a second period standing points for that period, awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a...

20060234815 - Competitive scoring system: A won/lost record system for an athletic event includes awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a first period standing points for that period, awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a second period standing points for that period, awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a...

20060234816 - Swing training device for sports: A device for practicing an address stance and ball-hitting motion in a sport such as softball. A batter stands on a step plate (30) and a swivel plate (31) mounted on a flat base (12). The plates have adjustable separation, and align the user's feet using toe stops (36). The...

20060234817 - Method of editing a recorded baseball game: A method of editing a recorded baseball game for replay in a short time period in which the method comprises retaining only the last pitch thrown to each batter and any play action ensuing from said last pitch....

20060234818 - Match-play version basketball process: The Match-Play-Version Basketball Process is a method of wagering on conventional basketball games, which is employed while observing conventional basketball games via television or in person at an arena. The product of the Process is called a “match” to distinguish it from the actual game, for wagering purposes only. It...

20060229135 - Pool cue with slidable sleeve and method of use thereof: A pool cue comprising a handle with standard taper section, a straight shaft section with tip at the end thereof, and a slidable sleeve disposed on the straight shaft section. An o-ring resides in a groove at the tip to prevent the slidable sleeve from falling off of the pool...

20060229136 - Alternative game of golf: An alternative to the game of golf utilizing any conventional golf course while incorporating a plurality of elevated target disks having a vertical planar attitude and a circular central opening, a ball having an outer diameter substantially lesser than that of the circular central opening in the target disks, and...

20060229137 - Golf putter having alignment aid for aligning a golfer's head in at least four axes: A golf putter having an alignment aid for aligning the player's head relative to the ball and the putter head. In addition to providing alignment along the usual X and Y axes, the alignment aid of the invention allows precise and repeatable head positioning in the fourth and fifth axes...

20060229138 - Golf swing training apparatus: A system for teaching proper takeaway of a golf club during a golf swing uses an apparatus having a sliding element for engaging a back of the golf club when the club is in a set-up position. The sliding element moves in a defined track in response to movement of...

20060229139 - Elongate blade golf putter: A golf putter (10) and putter head (15, 32, 44, 51, 61, 75, 85, 93 and 215) having an elongate flat blade (16, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86, 96 and 216) for contacting a golf ball (20). The elongate flat blade (16, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86, 96...

20060229140 - Golf club head with filler material: A golf club head including filler material contained in a bladder disposed in a cavity that is formed in a club head body. A face plate is attached to the body and is arranged for impacting a golf ball. The bladder is located behind the face plate. When the club...

20060229141 - High performance low cost driver using multiple material face design: A golf club (40) having a club head (42) with a face cup assembly (59) and an aft-body (61). The face cup assembly (59) includes a face component (60) with a striking plate (58) and a reinforcing plate (57) mounted thereto. The aft-body (61), which is composed of a non-metal...

20060229142 - Aerodynamic pattern for a golf ball: A golf ball having traditional dimples and a tubular lattice structure is disclosed herein. The golf ball has dimples and a plurality of lattice members that form multi-faceted polygons. Each of the plurality of lattice members has an apex and the golf ball of the present invention conforms with the...

20060229143 - Multi-piece solid golf ball: A multi-piece solid golf ball is composed of a multilayer core having at least an inner core layer and an outer core layer, one or more cover layer which encloses the core, and numerous dimples formed on a surface of the cover layer. The golf ball is characterized in that...

20060229144 - Durable golf tee construction: A durable golf tee construction to prevent the loss of or damage to golf tees, allowing golf players to play many rounds of golf using only one golf tee. Breakable but connected tee prevents the tee to be damaged upon striking; a string connected two tees allowing the easy location...

20060229145 - Golf ball recovery and ball mark repair tool: A golf accessory comprises a ball retrieval tool on one end and a ball mark repair tool on the opposite end which facilitates use of both tools without requiring a golfer to bend down. The golf accessory may further comprise telescoping members inside a shaft for extending the golf accessory...

20060229146 - Table tennis ball return mechanism: A ball return mechanism for use with a table tennis table for returning a ball to a player. The table tennis table includes a net, a first side and a second side located on opposite sides of the net. The ball return mechanism includes a first return line including a...

20060229147 - Sport item handle end cap: The present invention relates to a hollow knob for a sport item, for example, a bat, a golf club, or a racket, which has four flexible fingers. Each finger has an inclined peg formed on an exterior surface of each finger, such that when the knob is slid into an...

20060229148 - Breaking resistive bat structure: A breaking resistive bat structure, it is provided therein with a reinforcing rib to increase the strength of the bat and to avoid the bat from breaking. The bat comprises a holding portion, a hitting portion and a gradual slimmer area connecting between the holding portion and the hitting portion;...

20060229149 - Sports ball with a woven fabric and method for manufacturing such a sports ball: The invention relates to a sports ball (1) comprising a core (2) and a cover (3) formed from a plurality of panel segments (4). One or more of said panel segments have an outer face covered with a woven fabric (7), preferably denim. The panel segments are connected at joints...

20060229150 - Lamination inflatable sports ball: A sports ball includes an inflatable ball bladder having an outer spherical surface, and a plurality of laminating laves. The plurality of laminating leaves are overlappedly attached to the outer spherical surface of the ball bladder, wherein each of the laminating leaves, which is constructed from a plurality of polygon...

20060223645 - Apparatus and method for conveying a bowling pin in a pinsetter pin sock in a bowing alley: The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for conveying a bowling pin into a Pin Sock at a bowling alley. This invention stitches a Hardened Inserting into a Pin Sock. The lip of the Hardened Insert extends beyond the end of output exit of the Pin Sock. Moreover,...

20060223646 - Alignment system for a putter type golf club: A putter type golf club head having an alignment system for aligning the putter to a predetermined lie angle. An alignment line is located on an upper surface of a rear flange perpendicular to the frontal ball striking face. An opening in the top ridge allows the alignment line to...

20060223647 - Weight-matched set of golf clubs: A weight matched set of golf clubs is provided, wherein each club provides the golfer with precisely the same feel when the club is swung. Weight is added to each of the golf clubs in a set whose rotational dynamic properties (e.g., moment of inertia) have been matched about a...

20060223648 - Golf club having stepped grooves: A golf club head is characterized by stepped grooves in the striking face thereof. The grooves may have a V-shape or a U-shape. The V-shaped grooves have side walls that intersect at the bottom of the grooves, while the U-shaped grooves have side walls that terminate at opposite ends of...

20060223649 - Weighting system for a putter type golf club: A putter type golf dub head including a dub head body, heel toe, top ridge, bottom sole, frontal ball striking and rear face, including at least one longitudinal weight member attached to and extending rearwardly from the rear face and being perpendicular to the ball striking face. The longitudinal weight...

20060223650 - Golf rod with adjustable weights: A golf rod with adjustable weights is disclosed wherein the golf rod has a head portion with a frame. A surface of the frame has a plurality of penetrating embedding holes. At least one weight for adjusting the center of the gravitation is embedded into the embedding holes. The surface...

20060223651 - Golf club head having internal impact assembly: An improved golf club head having an internal impact assembly configured to improve the direction and distance of travel of a golf ball. The impact assembly is configured to impact the inside wall of the club face at an impact spot immediately after the golf ball is hit to provide...

20060223653 - Golf driver having titanium alloy head and flexible shaft: A golf driver has a head which includes an alpha-beta titanium alloy body and a crown formed of a beta titanium plate which is thinner than the body and brazed to the body. The face of the club head comprises a variable-thickness beta titanium faceplate that is plasma welded to...

20060223652 - Vibration-absorbing weight system for golf club head: A golf club head includes a body with a striking plate that has a front side for striking a golf ball and a rear side. A vibration-absorbing area is defined behind the striking plate. At least one gas cushion is mounted in the vibration-absorbing area and includes a bladder defining...

20060223654 - Golf ball with deep depressions: A golf ball comprising a core and a cover layer, wherein the cover layer provides one or more deep depressions that extend through the cover layer to and/or into a layer or component underneath is disclosed. The cover may be a single layer or it may include multiple layers. If...

20060223655 - Durable golf tee: A golf tee designed to be strong and durable without relying on synthetic materials to be so. The golf tee is designed with an evenly tapered stem along the entire length, or a majority of the length, of the tee and tapers to a sufficient dimension so as to be...

20060223656 - Ball sports training aid: A ball sports training aid includes a shaft and a slidably engaged replica sports ball assembly with an integral damper that is actuated when a player swings the shaft. Integral swing diagnostics means indicate correct batting, pitching and throwing techniques....

20060223657 - Apparatus for calculating distance of ball placed in motion by measuring force exerted upon it and launch angle: The present invention provides an apparatus for calculating the distance of a ball placed into motion comprising, a means for positioning a ball at a desired height for striking, a means for measuring force exerted upon the ball when struck, a means for measuring launch angle relative to a horizontal...

20060223658 - Tapered cork device for baseball hitting practice: A baseball batting/hitting practice object that is shaped as a tapered cork device measuring 1½″ in height and covered with PVC imitation leather. The purpose of the tapered shape is to allow the batting practice pitcher throw the cork device straight, yet by holding it in various positions allows it...

20060223659 - Composite racquet with double tube head frame: A sports racquet frame is built of a composite of laminations of fibrous material as impregnated by a thermosetting resin. The head section of the frame has an upper tube preferably disposed above the string bed plane and a lower tube preferably disposed below the string bed plane. A solid...