Games using tangible projectile inventions 12/06

20060293111 - Billiard cue with weight devices: A billiard cue includes a forward body defined by a first constantly tapered configuration securely mounted to a backward body defined by a second constantly tapered configuration. A cue tip is attached to an open end of the forward body and a butt cap is attached to an open end... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20060293112 - Golf club head including level and alignment indicators: A spirit level is added to the club head of a golf club, such as a golf club driver, and observation of the level indicator bubble in the spirit level tells the golfer the level alignment of the golf club head, in the direction of the intended golf ball flight,... Agent: Brian L. Wamsley Goodwin Procter LLP

20060293113 - Golf ball marking system: In accordance with the invention, a golf ball is marked with two equatorial O-rings adjacent an equator of the ball and equally spaced therefrom, which are in a golfer's full view of the top side of the ball when the ball is accurately aligned to its desired initial starting line... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20060293114 - Tri-weight correlated set of iron type golf clubs: A tri-weight correlated set of iron-type golf clubs, wherein at least two of the clubs of the set have a combined sole weight and center weight which reinforces the most likely hitting surface of the club to add distance behind well hit center shots, and a periphery weight system along... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20060293115 - Golf club with interchangeable head-shaft connection: A golf club (20) having a club head (22) with an interchangeable shaft (40) is disclosed herein. The golf club (20) includes a tube (44, 144) mounted in the club head (22), and a sleeve (46, 146) mounted on a tip end (50) of the shaft (40). The tube (44,... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20060293116 - Golf club with interchangeable head-shaft connection: A golf club (20) having a club head (22) with an interchangeable shaft (40) is disclosed herein. The golf club (20) includes a tube (44, 144) mounted in the club head (22), and a sleeve (46, 146) mounted on a tip end (50) of the shaft (40). The tube (44,... Agent: Elaine H. Lo Callaway Golf Company

20060293117 - Method for determining length of the shaft of an individually adapted golf club: The invention concerns a method for determining the length of the shaft of an individually adapted golf club. In accordance with the invention the lengths (l1 to l5) of body parts of a golf player, which are decisive for the height position of his hands above the floor in the... Agent: Darran Bird

20060293118 - Composite metal wood club: A metal wood golf club head adapted for attachment to a shaft, comprising of a body portion and a crown portion, each portion constructed of a different density material. Combining a high-density material in the body portion, with a low-density material in the crown portion, creates an ultra-low center of... Agent: Acushnet Company

20060293119 - Striking plate for golf club head: A golf club head includes a body and a striking plate mounted to the body. The body includes a coupling section at a front side thereof. The striking plate includes a striking portion for striking a golf ball and a perimeter wall extending rearward along a perimeter edge of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060293120 - Golf club with high moment of inertia: A golf club (40) has a golf club head with a large mass, relatively short club length and a moment of inertia about the Izz axis through the center of gravity of the golf club head greater than 5000 grams-centimeters squared. The golf club head (42) preferably has a volume... Agent: Michael A. Catania Callaway Golf Company

20060293121 - Golf ball material, golf ball and method for preparing golf ball material: A golf ball material composed of (A) an ionomer, (B) a resin composition which includes one or more selected from the group consisting of diene polymers, thermoplastic polymers and thermoset polymers, and (C) an acid group-bearing thermoplastic resin composition is prepared by melt-mixing components B and C so as to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060293122 - Thick inner cover multi-layer golf ball: A golf ball including a core having a diameter of 0.5 inches to 1.4 inches, a compression of 45 or less, and a COR of 0.770 to 0.810; a cast polyurea cover; and an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the cover, the intermediate layer having a thickness of... Agent: Acushnet Company

20060293123 - Thick-covered, soft core golf ball: A golf ball including a core formed from a halogenated thiophenol and having a diameter of 1.30 inches to 1.40 inches, a compression of 45 or less; and a coefficient of restitution of 0.780 or greater at 125 ft/s; and a cover having a thickness of 0.14 inches to 0.16... Agent: Acushnet Company

20060293124 - Batting cage: A batting cage device comprises vertically arranged first and second panels forming an included angle with a ball tethered between the panels to enable a hitter to hit the ball into one of the panels from which it will rebound with various spins and other characteristics to improve the skill... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20060293125 - Basketball goal system: A basketball goal system may include a basketball goal, which may include a rim assembly and a backboard, and a support structure that is sized and configured to support the basketball goal above a playing surface. The backboard may include one or more openings through which one or more portions... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20060293126 - Basketball return net mounting system: One embodiment of the present invention includes a mounting system for mounting a basketball return net to a basketball goal assembly. The mounting system includes an elongate member and spaced apart mounting brackets where the elongate member is mountable to span the distance between the mounting brackets. In certain embodiments,... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20060293127 - Racket and method of stringing the racket: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for stringing a racket comprises inserting an end of a first string through a first grommet located along a frame of the racket, and re-inserting the end of the string through a second grommet. The second grommet is non-adjacent to the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060293128 - Apparatus and method for repairing a hockey stick shaft: The invention is directed to methods and apparatus for repairing fractured, hollow-shafted hockey sticks. In one aspect, the invention comprises a shaft repair insert for joining together a broken hockey shaft so as to define a unitary, repaired hockey stick. In another aspect, the invention comprises a shaft repair sleeve... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20060293130 - Bat handle with optimal damping: A bat has an elongate tubular striking member of a first material, and an elongate handle member of a second material. The handle may be of composite material laid up in selected layers and orientation to produce selected weight distribution, strength, and stiffness and improved batting capabilities. The striking member... Agent: Terence P. O'brien Wilson Sporting Goods Co.

20060293129 - Beating appliance for cheering: A beating appliance (1) for cheering easy to beat and suitable for carrying, comprising a body portion having a plurality of tubular members (10), (20), and (30) reduced in diameter from one end to the other end in the longitudinal direction and combined with each other so as to be... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060293131 - Folded arrow fletching: A fletching for use on an arrow is provided which is formed from a flexible material provided with two or more parallel folds in which each fold opens in the opposite direction. The folds are preferably in the form of accordion folds. A plurality of the fletchings may be mounted... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP One Dayton Centre

20060293132 - Football: Disclosed is an inflatable sports ball with a plurality of layers. The sports ball may have an exterior layer, a padded layer, and a bladder. The padded layer may be configured to provide increased grip and feel characteristics for the user. The padded layer can be formed from a foamed... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060287119 - Integrated putting training and green speed measuring apparatus and method of use thereof: An integrated stimp-putt meter for use with a golf ball, putter and distance measure, for assessing golf ball speed along a given path is provided. The stimp-putt meter comprises: at least two transmitter/receiver pairs, for transmission and reception of an electromagnetic beam; a microcontroller in electronic communication with the transmitter/receiver... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20060287118 - Method for matching a golfer with a particular club style: A method is disclosed for matching a test golfer with a particular golf club selected from a group of golf clubs having a plurality of styles. The method utilizes data set derived in an initial procedure in which the club style preferences for each of a large number of pre-test... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20060287117 - Miniature radar for measuring club head speed and tempo: A golf club head swing timing device that uses radar to measure the duration of a golf swing. Club head speed measurement is also provided. The details of the disclosed embodiments include the ability of detecting the start and end of a golf swing, and to do so from information... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20060287120 - Golf on local fields: A golf game to be played on a local field comprising, a plurality of tee markers, a plurality of flag sticks, a plurality of simulated bunkers, a plurality of simulated water hazards, a plurality of holes or simulated holes, limited flight balls, and limited distance golf clubs, wherein the tee... Agent: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

20060287121 - Method and apparatus for practicing a golf swing: A method and apparatus for practicing a golf stroke is disclosed. A light projecting apparatus is provided for placement on a shaft of a golf club. A beam of light from the apparatus is projected downwardly onto a surface below a club head of the golf club and is adapted... Agent: Acushnet Company

20060287122 - Golf swing training device: A golf swing training device for improving muscle strength and club head speed. A golf swing training device comprising: a head cover, wherein the head cover further comprises a closure flap; at least one air catch coupled to the head cover, wherein the at least one air catch allows air... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20060287123 - Grip: A grip for the handle of a sports apparatus includes a sleeve sleeved onto the handle of the sports apparatus, a covering and a patch. The covering is covered on the sleeve, having a recessed portion. The patch fits and is bonded to the recessed portion. The user can selectively... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060287124 - Grip for golf club and golf club equipped with the same: Disclosed are a grip and a golf club equipped with the same. The grip includes a first protrusion formed at one side of an inner peripheral surface of the grip while extending lengthwise along the grip by a predetermined distance and protruding inward from the grip, the first protrusion being... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield

20060287125 - Golf club with interchangeable head-shaft connection: A golf club (20) having a club head (22) with an interchangeable shaft (40) is disclosed herein. The golf club (20) includes a tube (44, 144) mounted in the club head (22), and a sleeve (46, 146) mounted on a tip end (50) of the shaft (40). The tube (44,... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20060287126 - Sporting equipment manufactured from conductively doped resin-based materials: A sporting equipment device (10) includes an operator handle (15) and a striking surface (12) operatively coupled to the operator handle wherein the striking surface includes a conductively doped, resin-based material including micron conductive fiber in a base resin host. In addition, in one example, the operator handle (15) includes... Agent: Douglas Schnabell Michigan

20060287127 - Golf club head weight with seal and vibration dampener: A metal golf club head that allows a user to customize the location of the center of gravity. The metal golf club head comprises a hollow body with a weighting port. The weighting port allows a user to place weighting material inside the hollow body, customizing the location of the... Agent: Carr LLP

20060287128 - Method for adjusting the center of gravity of a golf club head: A metal golf club head that allows a user to customize the location of the center of gravity. The metal golf club head comprises a hollow body with a weighting port. The weighting port allows a user to place weighting material inside the hollow body, customizing the location of the... Agent: Carr LLP

20060287129 - Ball flight adjustment apparatus for a golf club head: A metal golf club head that allows a user to customize the location of the center of gravity. The metal golf club head comprises a hollow body with a weighting port. The weighting port allows a user to place weighting material inside the hollow body, customizing the location of the... Agent: Carr LLP

20060287130 - Putter head with alignment indicator grid: An improved putter head having an alignment enhancing grid pattern formed of line elements arranged generally according to the golden mean. The grid pattern includes ball-bracketing lines and a horizonatal centerline positioned therebetween that center a golf ball at address and facilitate solid contact with the ball during the stroke.... Agent: Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP

20060287132 - Composite metal wood club: A metal wood golf club head adapted for attachment to a shaft, comprising of a body portion and a crown portion, each portion constructed of a different density material. Combining a high-density material in the body portion, with a low-density material in the crown portion, creates an ultra-low center of... Agent: Acushnet Company

20060287131 - Golf club head and method for manufacturing the same: A golf club head and a manufacturing method therefor in which the coefficient of restitution can be easily adjusted to desirable values for example the upper limit specified by Golf the Rules without impairing the durability and the directional stability. The head comprises a face member having a ball striking... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060287133 - Golf ball: The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having the individualized appearance as well as the improved visibility, which the mark should inherently provide, by imparting the luster (brilliance) to the mark, without lowering the durability of the mark, even if the mark is printed with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060287134 - Thick inner cover multi-layer golf ball: A golf ball including a core having a diameter of 0.5 inches to 1.4 inches, a compression of about 45 or less; and a coefficient of restitution of from 0.730 to 0.810; a cast polyurea cover; and an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the cover, the intermediate layer... Agent: Acushnet Company

20060287135 - Golf ball support or tee: The invention relates to a novel golf ball support or tee comprising a lower part which is fixed to the practice surface and an upper part which is disposed above ground. The upper end of the upper part comprises a surface which receives the golf ball. According to the invention,... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20060287136 - Method and package for marketing golf tees: A package of golf tees contains tees of different lengths and is marketed at a point of purchase as containing a number of tees sufficient to play an integral number of rounds of golf. The tees are marked with colors or other indicia to signify their relative lengths.... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20060287137 - Virtual batting range: A virtual batting range such for engaging in sporting activities, the virtual batting range comprising one or more individual batting areas for user to hit, bat, throw or kick balls; a reactive system with sensors linking to a feedback system which generates various corresponding audio and visual effects; a display... Agent: Ray K. Shahani, Esq., Attorney At Law

20060287138 - Basketball return device: The inventive system relates to a basketball training aid system including a cord-like basketball net having a central vertical axis, the net characterized by a plurality of cord segments and knots, and an entrance opening proportioned for attachment to a basketball rim. The net also exhibits an exit opening smaller... Agent: Melvin K. Silverman

20060287139 - Tennis stroke training device: A racquet stroke training device adapted to “fix” a user's forehand racquet stroke comprises, in one embodiment, a band adapted to be worn on a user's arm above the user's elbow, a glove adapted to be worn on a user's hand, and a tether having a first end attachable to... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20060287140 - Automated line calling system: A system and appertaining method are described to detect whether a projectile impact occurs on one side of a boundary line or the other. The system utilize force sensing resistor-based sensors that may be configured in sections or groups and connected to a control system with a display. An impact... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20060287141 - Basketball goal system: A basketball goal system may include a backboard and a backboard support assembly that is sized and configured to support the backboard. The basketball goal system may also include a rim that is disposed proximate a front surface of the backboard and the rim may be sized and configured to... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20060287142 - Hockey stick: A hockey stick comprising a blade and a shaft adapted to being joined together. The blade portion having an upper portion and a lower portion and a face. The upper portion being comprised of a defined region having a reduced width dimension in a direction that extends generally perpendicular from... Agent: Jones Day

20060287143 - Handle collar for a bat: A collar for a bat. The bat includes a barrel, a taper extending from the barrel, and a handle extending from the taper opposite the barrel. The handle includes a knob and a grip. The collar is slideably positioned on the grip between the knob and the taper to secure... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20060287144 - Arrow borne scent delivery system: An arrow having an arrowhead assembly is disclosed for delivering scent to a remote location. The arrowhead assembly includes a base, a releasing mechanism defining a reservoir and including a cap connected to said base, and a pad disposed within the reservoir. The releasing mechanism releases the pad from within... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20060287145 - Bocce ball: A Bocce ball includes, sequentially from outside to inside, a body layer, a medium layer, and a core layer. The body layer and the medium layer are made of different materials. For example, the body layer is made of unsaturated polyester resin, while the medium material is made of acrylic... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20060281571 - Auto driver: The auto driver is a golf club that can automatically help to compensate for problems with a persons swing or grip. It can teach you how to swing the club better. And if getting better is not in the users interests, it can help you play better buy making your... Agent: Clayton Helms

20060281572 - Method and apparatus to determine golf ball trajectory and flight: A launch monitor system including a support structure, a first light-reflecting element disposed on this support structure, a lighting unit and an camera unit. A computer receives signals generated by light patterns received by the camera unit and computes a variety of flight characteristics for the object. The system may... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20060281573 - Golf glove for promoting swing accuracy: A golf glove comprising outer and inner sections connected to each other by a thumb line and a little finger line to become worn from fingers to substantially above a wrist and toward a user's arm is disclosed. The outer section has a finger portion, a knuckle portion, a backhand... Agent: Park Law Firm

20060281574 - Ball throwing device: A ball launching device for launching a ball includes a shaft and a head attached to the shaft. The head includes a face having a socket for releasably retaining the ball such that when the head is swung, the ball is released.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20060281575 - Golf club with interchangeable head-shaft connection: A golf club (20) having a club head (22) with an interchangeable shaft (40) is disclosed herein. The golf club (20) includes a tube (144) mounted in the club head (22), and a sleeve (146) mounted on a tip end (50) of the shaft (40). An exterior bottom end of... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20060281577 - Golf putter with removable laser: A golf putter wherein the putter is equipped with a removable laser. The head of the putter includes a mounting plate which has a mounting plate cover. When the laser is not in use, the mounting plate cover is placed on the mounting plate. When the laser is in use,... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20060281576 - Portable golf putting practice kit: A portable golf putting practice kit includes a case member, having a base portion with upstanding walls and a planar bottom surface, and a cover portion hinged to the base portion. The base portion includes one upstanding hinged wall, allowing the hinged wall to pivot outwardly from the base portion... Agent: Tipton L. Randall

20060281578 - Golf club: A golf club with a shaft and an asymmetrical head, wherein said head has a gravitational center which is further from a trailing edge than said striking face and is disposed on a vertical plane which includes said grip axis.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060281579 - Golf club and practice arrangement: A golf club and target practice arrangement is disclosed for use in the game of golf. The golf club includes a shaft and a head attached to the shaft. A cavity is formed in the head and a removable light-producing insert is located within the cavity which, when activated, can... Agent: Botkin & Hall, LLP

20060281580 - Trajectory stability increased golf clubs with pluralities of holes: A golf club head is provided, which has a number of holes developed on the head by installing a number of metal tubes of 3 mm diameter between the front face and rear face of the head. Another embodiment of the current application is a golf iron having a number... Agent: Eugene Oak

20060281581 - Golf club head and golf club using the same: Provided that vertical planes equally dividing space defined between a position of the shaft-hole axis of a head to a rearmost point of the head into quarters with respect to a face-back direction are defined as first vertical plane S1 to fifth vertical plane S5 in this order starting from... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060281582 - Golf club head: A golf club head comprises a face plate and a head main body to which the face plate is attached so as to from a hollow behind the face plate. The face plate comprises a flange and a main portion having a front surface, rear surface and circumferential surface, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060281583 - Golf ball: A golf ball which has markings of letters or figures on its surface with concave parts and/or convex parts, wherein the markings manifest themselves with depressions and/or grooves having a substantially uniform depth from the surface. The markings are clearly visible.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060281584 - Method and apparatus to locate lost golf balls: A method is disclosed that assists a golf player in finding golf balls that have been lost. The method relies on the presence of materials in the golf ball that emit light at a second wavelength when illuminated by light at a first wavelength. Implementations of such a ball-finding device... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20060281586 - Compositions for use in golf balls: A golf ball comprises a core, an outer cover layer, and, optionally, an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the outer cover layer. The outer cover layer may comprise a polyurethane or polyurea composition. At least one portion of the golf ball comprises a composition that enhances physical properties... Agent: Acushnet Company

20060281587 - Compositions for use in golf balls: A golf ball comprises a core, an outer cover layer, and, optionally, an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the outer cover layer. The outer cover layer may comprise a polyurethane or polyurea composition. At least one portion of the golf ball comprises a composition that enhances physical properties... Agent: Acushnet Company

20060281588 - Golf ball containing centipede polymers: The present invention relates generally to golf balls containing a centipede polymer in one or more core layers, one or more cover layers, one or more intermediate layers.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20060281585 - Use of nucleating agents to increase the flexural modulus of ionomers: A golf ball composition having a copolymer with an acid content modified by a nucleating agent is described. The nucleating agent modifies the flexural modulus of the acid copolymer.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20060281589 - Tennis backboard: The invention provides a new tennis backboard design. The backboard includes a firm backing layer underlying a soft deadening layer. The rebound of a tennis ball from the backboard is reduced as compared to rebound from a rigid hard-surface backboard. This allows a player to stand fairly close to the... Agent: Hugh Mctavish Mctavish Patent Firm

20060281590 - Tennis racket frame: A tennis racket frame is composed of a laminate of prepregs each containing carbon fibers serving as a reinforcing fiber thereof. At least one part of layers of the laminate is formed as a hard layer consisting of a prepreg composed of the reinforcing carbon fibers and a hard carbon... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060281591 - Stick for practising sports: Stick for the practice of sport comprising a handle portion (2) having a first end (6) and second end (7), a shield portion (3) having a first end (8) and second end (9), the first end (8) of which shield portion (3) is connected to, and extends from, the second... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20060281592 - Hockey stick: A hockey stick having a composite blade and a shaft is disclosed. The composite blade includes a heel section that is recessed relative to the front and back faces of the blade. The recessed heel section is configured to be received by a hockey stick shaft or an adapter member... Agent: Jones Day

20060281593 - Clad surface arrow construction: A shaft construction comprising a forming tool manufactured by known means to which is clad an exoskeleton comprising a substantial portion of the shafts strength and other visual and mechanical characteristics.... Agent: Pacific Products

20060276254 - Apparatus and method for practicing golf ball putting: A carpet putting surface having a longitudinal length longer than its lateral width and comprising a predetermined putting location marking, and a plurality of substantially “V” shaped markings placed apart from the predetermined putting location marking, with each substantially “V” shaped marking having the open end of the “V” closer...

20060276255 - Putting target: The preferred embodiment of the putting target includes a rectangular base portion, a circular center depression, a center fencing wall, at least one overrun depression, and at least one overrun fencing wall. The circular center depression is formed in a raised upper surface of the base portion and simulates an...

20060276256 - Sporting equipment provided with a motion detecting arrangement: Method and arrangement for detecting movement-parameters in a moving object. The parameters include acceleration and angular velocity of the object, the arrangement includes an Inertial Navigation System (INS) having at least one gyroscope and accelerometer for measuring an acceleration, angular velocity and effect of attraction of gravity on the sporting...

20060276257 - Putting training device: A putting training device having two alignment guides positioned to extend from the blade of a putter. In one embodiment the alignment guides extend generally parallel to each other to faciliate a generally parallel putting stroke. In an alternative embodiment, each of the alignment guides generally arcuate in shape and...

20060276258 - Putting training device: A putting training device has one or two blade-like alignment guides positioned to extend from the blade of a putter. In one embodiment the alignment guides extend generally parallel to each other to facilitate a generally parallel putting stroke. In an alternative embodiment, each of the alignment guides is generally...

20060276259 - Golf club: A golf putter with a novel offset and shaft-attachment design is disclosed and claimed. The club includes a head having a strike surface, a sole, and a top line. A tube is coupled to the head, a coupling member is coupled to the distal end of the tube, and a...

20060276260 - Golf putting training aid: A golf training aid includes a base for coupling to a golf club, and a long arm extending from the base, such that the long arm will be substantially perpendicular to the face of the golf club. A golf club including an alignment indicator is described. A method of golf...

20060276261 - Straight away putter: All other putters that I have ever seen are designed so the golfer stands beside the ball when putting. The Straight Away Putter is designed with the shaft installed perpendicular to the club face so the golfer will stand behind the ball when putting. The golfer will stand back from...

20060276262 - Golf club grip: A golf club grip has an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve has a first end, a second end, an outer wall and an elongated annular recess. The elongated annular recess is formed in the outer wall near the first end. The outer sleeve is mounted in...

20060276263 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes a head member having a front striking surface, a rear side, a top side, and a bottom side; a counterweight provided in at least one of the rear side and the bottom side; and a shock-absorbing member provided between the counterweight and the at least...

20060276264 - Golf ball covers and mantles comprising glass particles: Disclosed herein is a golf ball with a mantle or cover layer formed from a composition comprising glass particles. More specifically, the golf ball has a mantle and/or cover that contains a combination of glass particles and an ionomeric component or a non-ionomeric component....

20060276265 - Golf ball with multiple cover layers: A golf ball having a core and two or more cover layers, wherein the multiple cover layers are formed from materials that are substantially the same composition with the same Shore hardness, but are modified in some way to alter the processing or performance characteristics of the golf ball, or...

20060276267 - Dimple pattern on golf ball: Disclosed is a dimple pattern on a golf ball, which consists of a plurality of dimples of various sizes for providing an optimum impact at the moment of hitting the golf ball. The dimple pattern formed on a circumferential surface of a golf ball has a total of 1070 dimples,...

20060276266 - Golf ball with non-circular dimples: A golf ball has a substantially spherical outer surface comprised of a plurality of non-circular dimples. The dimples are formed by a plurality of lobes extending from a central hub, wherein each lobe is defined by a curved outer segment. The curved outer segments form at least a portion of...

20060276269 - Device for preventing loss of golf tees: To develop and provide a device for preventing loss of golf tees that makes it hard to lose a golf tee, reduces the impact on the tee itself during tee shots, makes it easier to find golf tees that have gone flying, and furthermore, when the golf tee is put...

20060276268 - Golf tee: A golf tee includes an anchor nail and a receptacle. The anchor nail is shaped to taper down to have a sharp lower end so as to easily move into the soil of the ground and plural lengthwise projecting wings spaced apart equidistantly on its outer surface. The receptacle has...

20060276270 - Modified bat for sports training and method of making the same: A training and practice bat is formed to include a hollow core region extending through both the handle and the barrel. An aperture is formed in the bat that allows for a fluidic material (water, sand, etc.) to be poured into the bat and thus modify the weight and “feel”...

20060276271 - Floating gyrating swimming pool exercise ball game: The invention is a floatation game device with a pole, which pole has a first (upper) end, a second (lower) end, and an intermediate section(s). A ballast weight is attached to the lower end. A generally ovoid and round float is attached to the intermediate section. A rope connector is...

20060276272 - Portable basketball system: A portable basketball goal system having an adjustable wheel assembly is disclosed. The portable basketball goal system may comprise a rigid pole, a support base, an adjustable wheel assembly, and an engaging member. The support base is configured to maintain the rigid pole in a generally elevated position. The adjustable...

20060276273 - Portable basketball assembly for use on trailer hitches with integrated telescoping pole, foldable backboard and rim, and anti-rattle device element: A portable basketball assembly cooperative with standard, square 1¼″ or 2″ trailer hitches, which can be mounted onto any vehicles. The assembly may be compacted for storage/transport, or unfolded and telescoped to a desired playing height. The assembly features a base support member that slides into the trailer hitch, an...

20060276274 - Method for making a multi-component lacrosse stick head: A multi-component lacrosse stick head, made of at least two materials, including a base lacrosse head structure of one material and one or more overlays made of one or more other materials strategically located on the base structure. The base structure and overlays provide particular performance characteristics for the lacrosse...

20060276275 - Ball bat having windows: A bat extending along a longitudinal axis and configured for impacting a baseball or softball in competitive play includes a handle portion coupled to a barrel portion. The handle portion has a distal end and includes a tubular tapered region positioned adjacent the distal end. The tapered region has a...

20060276276 - Broadhead adapter and arrow: A broadhead adapter may be used to convert a field tip arrow to an arrow having a broadhead arrowhead. A broadhead adapter is comprised of a collar and at least one broadhead arrow blade. The collar is adapted to receive the stud of a field tip through an opening. The...

20060276277 - Reuseable projectile: A projectile comprising a shaft hollowed at one end with a male thread at the outer, or head, end. A plurality of fins are secured around the circumference adjacent the first shaft end or base, the fins being slightly canted to cause the projectile to spin as it leaves the...

20060276278 - Irregular bounce ball and game: The generally spherical handball includes a first spherical surface portion at a common radial distance from the ball center and a second spherical surface portion at a second common radial distance. In a preferred embodiment, a third surface portion is defined at the second radial distance. A curvilinear edge is...