Games using tangible projectile inventions 02/07

20070042829 - Expandable putting green: A flexible, expandable putting green including interlocking panels. In various aspects of the invention, the interlocking panels are flexible pads or mats having a foam backing underlayer covered by a simulated grass surface overlayer. The interlocking panels provide flexibility in design to allow a user to construct a putting surface... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20070042830 - Golf swing training device: A golf swing training device including a training ball constructed of a compactable, resiliently deformable foam material, the training ball including at least two generally flat club impact surfaces each formed along a chord plane angled between approximately five degrees and twenty-five degrees from vertical and spaced from the center... Agent: Adam H. Jacobs Law Offices Of Adam H. Jacobs

20070042831 - Center-of-gravity shafted golf putter and method of making same: A golf putter has a club head body coupled to a shaft such that one end of the shaft is substantially coincident with the center of gravity—in three axes—of the club head body. The shaft may be rigidly coupled to the shaft via a hosel. Further, the club head body... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070042832 - Golf club: A golf club that includes a shaft that extends linearly along a first axis, an elbow portion attached to an end of the shaft and an arc-like shaped extension that is attached to the elbow portion and a club head that has a sweet spot, wherein the first axis passes... Agent: Carr LLP

20070042833 - Golf club: A golf club head and a method of making a golf club head includes a framework that is applied to the rear portion of the club head. A heat shrinkable membrane is mounted to the framework, by either mechanical means or by application of a bonding agent, creating a hollow... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070042834 - Weight adjustment member for golf club head: A weight adjustment member may be mounted in a tuning port in a golf club head and secured therein using adhesive. The weight adjustment member includes a lip which prevents excess adhesive from escaping the tuning port and hides adhesive that might otherwise be visible between the weight adjustment member... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070042835 - Putter with vibration isolation: A golf club head with a vibration dampening insert is disclosed. The club head includes a face member, a dampening member, and a body member. The dampening member is sandwiched between the face member and the body member and extends along a large percentage of the face member. The dampening... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070042837 - Perimeter weighted golf clubs: Improved perimeter weighted golf clubs are disclosed. The perimeter weighted golf clubs of the present invention are provided with improved structures for distributing the weight at the perimeter of the club head. In one embodiment, the club head has a club face with a hitting surface and a thinned portion... Agent: Jeffrey V. Bamber

20070042836 - Transitioning hollow golf clubs: The present invention relates to a set of golf club irons in which some of the club heads have a hollow space, and some of the club heads do not have a hollow space. The hollow space is preferably defined by a lower portion of the front face, a portion... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070042838 - Dimples comprised of two or more intersecting surfaces: A golf ball with a dimple pattern designed to maximize flight characteristics employs dimples which are created by joining two or more intersecting surfaces. The invention provides for single radius or dual radius dimples, preferably including smaller radius cylinders tangentially arranged along the side of the larger cylinders. The intersection... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20070042839 - Golf tee height regulator and installation tool: A golf tee height regulator and installation tool includes a main body having a lower tee-engagement face and an extendable measuring shaft movably mounted within the main body. An extension distance indicator means on the extendable measuring shaft displays the extension distance of the base of the shaft from the... Agent: Law Offices Of Adam H. Jacobs

20070042840 - Method for making a golf tee: A method for making a golf tee uses a bamboo rod having a top end and a bottom end and a wooden cylinder having a top and a bottom. The method has a cutting step, a trimming step and an assembly step. The cutting step forms a concave seat in... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070042841 - Ball return system: A ball return apparatus includes a base, a substantially vertical pole extending from the base, an extensible tether extending from the pole, and a ball connected to the tether. The preferred base has a hollow interior and a closure so that the base can be filled with water or sand.... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070042842 - Basketball goal return net and mounting system: One embodiment of the present invention includes a basketball goal return net and a mounting system for mounting the basketball return net to a basketball goal assembly. The mounting system may be used with various styles and sizes of basketball goal assemblies. The mounting system secures a net to a... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070042843 - Portable basketball system: A basketball system includes a basketball goal and a support structure that is sized and configured to support the basketball goal above a support surface. The basketball system may include one or more feet that are sized and configured to engage a support surface. The feet may movable among a... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070042844 - Bat with an identification device: A system and method for positively identifying a sports bat to ensure the bat has not been tampered or otherwise altered after manufacture includes an RFID tag that is embedded in the bat during the manufacturing process. The RFID tag stores information related to the individual bat. In competition, the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070037628 - Modified multi-level table game apparatus and method: An improved multi level game table (100) and method of playing three dimensional games such as a pool where the improvements (136) include upward level change of game piece without the use of moving parts. Further improvements directed to the playing surface and game piece control are also taught, so... Agent: Robert M Ashen

20070037629 - Configurable single platform mini golf course: A method and apparatus are described that provide a mini golf course on a single, configurable platform comprised by at least one obstacle, hazard, hole position, tee position, manually placed add-ins, and a control panel. On one embodiment, a player uses the control panel to arrange a combination of options... Agent: Michael Renn Neal

20070037630 - Golf club and golf club head: A golf club including a head body and a feedback system is provided. The head body includes a striking face, a crown portion, a toe portion, a sole portion and a neck portion. The feedback system is disposed in the head body for outputting a feedback signal, such that the... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070037631 - Golf practice apparatus and method: A golf practicing apparatus is provided which includes a club with a latch member. A target is provided which is held by a mount. When the golf club is swung in a predetermined manner, the target is released from the mount and is connected with the golf club.... Agent: Ernest E. Helms

20070037632 - Golf club head with low density crown: A golf club head and a method for forming a golf club head are disclosed. The golf club head may include a low density portion and a high density portion. The high density portion includes at least a sole, a face, and at least one support member. The support member... Agent: Edward A. Pennington, Esq. Swidler Berlin LLP

20070037633 - Golf club: A golf club is described having a club head which is fastened to a club shaft end and whose striking plate is connected at an edge side to a main body, with the main body made as a hollow body having a receiver and fixing for a central weight disposed... Agent: Sierra Patent Group, Ltd.

20070037634 - Club head of a golf iron capable of changing its center of gravity: The present invention discloses a club head of a golf iron capable of changing its center of gravity, and the club head includes a groove disposed on a blade at the back of a striking surface, a lightweight specific gravity member installed in the groove, so that the groove and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070037635 - Iron golf club head: Disclosed is an iron golf club head 1 comprising: a face plate 2 having a joint 22 formed on its rear surface; and an L-shaped bar whose lateral and longitudinal sections are used as a lateral neck elongation 3 and a hosel 4 of a longitudinal stick or shaft 5... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070037636 - Sporting game of sokker golph™: A sporting game in which a new ball called a skokker ball is kicked from a starting point toward a smooth containing a buc for the purpose of sinking the skokker ball into the buc in as few as strikes as possible and, if the skokker ball is not sunk... Agent: Roy L. Anderson, Esq. Law Offices Of Roy Anderson

20070037637 - Jym pitch trainer: A method for training and exercising athletes, using an apparatus comprising a stretchable elastomer tube having a molded baseball and snap hook collar mounted thereon opposed ends. An exercise device is provided for developing, rehabilitating, strengthening the arm and shoulder muscles participated with the throwing motion.... Agent: James E. Jennings

20070037638 - Game apparatus: A sports-themed game apparatus convertible from a storage configuration to a deployed configuration, and vice versa is disclosed. The sports-themed game apparatus includes a rim and a defense mechanism operable to move from a first position in which the defense mechanism permits a sports implement to pass through the rim,... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070037639 - Bat and method of manufacturing the same: A bat comprises a bat body and a foamed core member provided inside the inner space of the bat body. The foamed core member is made of pre-foamed methacryl resin beads, which have been treated with a foaming process. The pre-foamed methacryl resin is filled up in the bat body... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070037640 - Arrowhead assembly: An arrowhead assembly and a method for assembling an arrowhead are provided. The arrowhead of the disclosure is secured to an inside portion of the arrow shaft and the outside portion of the arrow shaft. In some embodiments the arrow tip threads into an insert that is secured within the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070037641 - Skokker™ ball: A ball with a hollow inner core filled approximately 50% or less by volume with a fluid (which can include metallic spheres), a ball shell and struts (six or more) attached to the core and connected to an inner surface of the ball in such a way so as to... Agent: Roy L. Anderson, Esq. Law Offices Of Roy Anderson

20070037642 - Ball with an improved bladder carcass securely engaging with multiple cover panels: A ball includes multiple cover panels respectively multiple ribs protruded on a bladder carcass so as to define a panel recess between two adjacent ribs. Each rib has a first step and a second step respectively formed on a side face of the rib such that a first receiving space... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070032304 - Lightning bolt jump break cue: Using the materials and construction methods herein outlined, the Lightning Bolt Jump/Break cue is unequalled in the billiards industry for performance of two of the hardest billiard shots. The Lightning Bolt cue allows a basic beginning billiards player to execute these two shots equal to the most advanced student of... Agent: Francis E Briscoe

20070032305 - Golf swing practice device: A modular golf swing practice device includes a base, a post removably coupled to the base, an arm removably coupled to the post, and a practice ball tethered to the arm. The post extends upright from the base and the arm extends from the post in a direction opposite the... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070032306 - Method and system for determining the effective yardage to a golf pin: A sensor and wireless communication technologies are implemented to make it possible to assemble a golf ball like device, which can be lofted into the air in order to monitor atmospheric conditions, such as wind strength, wind speed, temperature, elevation (height), altitude, barometric pressure and the like. These atmospheric parameters... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070032307 - Golfer training aid: A golfer training aid formed, preferably, of a synthetic turf. A first swing channel is defined by an area between opposing uprights projecting from an upper surface of the mat. A second swing channel is defined by a cut-away portion of the mat. The first swing path permits a golfer... Agent: Holland Law Office P.l.l.c.

20070032308 - Set of golf clubs: A set of golf clubs of the “iron” type, each club having a head, said head having a rear face, said rear face having a cavity delimited by walls, namely at least one lower wall forming the sole and an upper wall, said upper wall having several faces, namely a... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070032309 - Handle structure for ball striking equipments: A handle structure for ball striking equipments includes an underlisting for passing a handle rod of a ball striking equipment through its interior and having a first section and a second section at its exterior, a wrapping strap fixed on the outside of the second section, and the wrapping strap... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070032310 - Golf club shaft: A golf club shaft composed of a laminate of prepregs each containing a matrix resin and reinforcing fibers impregnated with the matrix resin. The matrix resin of at least one of the prepregs contains a fullerene or/and a fullerene compound. The content of the fullerene or/and the fullerene compound contained... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

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20070032312 - Metal-organic composite golf club head: A golf club head is formed of a hollow body, the rear body portion of which includes a metallic stringer that extends along the crown-skirt interface and a plurality of ribs intersecting the metallic stringer to form a lattice frame, the openings of which are filled with an organic composite... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070032313 - Metal-organic composite golf club head: A golf club head is formed of a hollow body, the rear body portion of which includes a metallic stringer that extends along the crown-skirt interface and a plurality of ribs intersecting the metallic stringer to form a lattice frame, the openings of which are filled with an organic composite... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070032314 - Transmitter tag: The transmitter tag for a ball includes a transmitter configured to issue a signal for location of the ball, a power source for powering the transmitter, an activation circuit for activating the transmitter when the ball is in use, and a deactivation circuit operable for manual deactivation of the transmitter... Agent: Fulwider Patton

20070032315 - Variable density core golf balls: A golf ball is provided having a modified density gradient among the inner layers to produce a desired high or low moment of inertia and controlled spin rate is disclosed. The golf ball has three or more inner layers in addition to a cover, and the density of the inner... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070032316 - High performance flexible golf ball tee apparatus: A high performance flexible golf ball tee apparatus specially designed for golf practice, said tee has a stake (24) that is fitted and a base (22) that has a cylinder (20) on one end. Said base (22) has a slot (32) that is fitted, opposite the cylinder. The slot (32)... Agent: Peter Lipidarov

20070032317 - Lining system: A lining system providing means of establishing visual demarcation lines for sports or other uses such as being played or other use to be used as demarcations for such things as base lines, foul lines, mid-field, goal boxes, penalty boxes, goal lines, yardage markers, parking spaces and other demarcations for... Agent: John Garrett Frederick

20070032318 - Motion sensor in sporting equipment: Sports equipment includes an embedded optical sensor. The embedded optical sensor includes an image array and a navigation engine. The navigation engine receives image information originating from the image array and performs a correlation on the image information to calculate overlap of images and to determine shift between images in... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070032319 - Toy with electro-luminescent wire: A lighting apparatus is disclosed for providing illumination to an object or surface. In one illustrative embodiment, the light apparatus is used to help improve the visibility of a vehicle by providing illumination to at least part of the vehicle. In other illustrative embodiments, the light apparatus may be used... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070032320 - Thermoplastic elastomers in sports balls: Disclosed are inflatable sports balls using a particular class of thermoplastic elastomers as an outer cover layer. The class of thermoplastic elastomers exhibit a particular combination of properties that result in the ball having excellent wet play characteristics.... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070026956 - One-player pool scoring system and method: A method for scoring a one-player online pool game including setting a countdown timer to a predetermined amount prior to taking a pool shot, stopping the countdown time when a game ball is pocketed, and awarding a player with a score that is related to the time that remains on... Agent: Venable LLP

20070026957 - Golf club length fitting system: A method and apparatus for prescribing overall club length for iron-type golf clubs for an individual player wherein the method comprises measuring the erect height (PH) of a player to be fitted, providing the player with a fitting ball club (FBC) having a spherical ball with a hosel bore therein,... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070026958 - Method and system for providing web based interactive lessons: An Internet compatible system for providing data representing golf instructions. The communication interface for receiving a message includes data representing a request for golf instruction. A message processor for examining the request provides an alert message to a worker alerting the worker to the received request. An input processor for... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20070026959 - Grip for a golf club putter shaft: An improved golf grip, for a putter golf club wherein the front surface of the grip is curved upward at the butt, and tip ends of the grip from the axis of the club shaft. The grip is formed around two intersecting longitudinal axes wherein said axes run through the... Agent: Leonard Tachner, A Professional Law Corporation

20070026960 - Golf club tip insert: The invention provides an insert for a golf club shaft that stiffens and strengthens the tip of the shaft and reduces oscillations in the shaft during the swing of the club and dampens vibrations due to impact with the golf ball and/or the ground. In preferred embodiments, the insert comprises... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070026961 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes a face portion disposed on a front face of a golf club head for hitting a golf ball and a sole portion formed on a lower portion of the golf club head. The sole portion includes a recessed deformation portion. The deformation portion includes a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070026962 - Golf club head: A golf club head (20) having optimized inertial properties and center of gravity is disclosed. The golf club head (20) preferably has a volume between 300 cubic centimeters and 500 cubic centimeters. The golf club head (20) has a center of gravity located less than 1.7 inches from an exterior... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20070026963 - Golf club head with alignment guide: A golf club head has a cavity for receiving an alignment guide or insert having parallel grooves separated by parallel ridges. The club head includes a face member with a front surface arranged for impacting a golf ball. The insert is oriented such that the parallel grooves and ridges are... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070026964 - Golf club head with dual durometer face insert: A golf club head includes a face insert that comprises an insert core made of a relatively hard (high durometer) durable polymer material that is surrounded on at least its rear and side surfaces by an insert shell made of a second softer (lower durometer) polymer material. The insert shell... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070026965 - Golf club head with lower center of gravity: A golf club head includes a body and a striking portion. The body includes a front side with a coupling section. The striking portion is coupled with the coupling section. The striking portion includes a metal matrix forming a basic structure of the striking portion. The metal matrix includes at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070026966 - Golf club head for a hybrid golf club: A golf club head includes a heel end, a toe end, a front wall arranged for impacting a golf ball, and a crown extending between the heel and toe ends. The crown has a front portion and a rear portion. A sole extends between the heel and toe ends and... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070026967 - Iron-type golf club head: The present invention provides an iron-type golf club head comprising a primary cavity that is approximately parallel to the ground when the club head is resting at normal address. A secondary cavity, positioned within the primary cavity, has a bottom wall that is approximately parallel to the club face and... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070026968 - Transmitter tag: A transmitter tag for a ball, the tag comprises a transmitter configured to issue a signal for location of the ball, a power source for powering the transmitter, activation means operable for activating the transmitter when the ball is in use, and deactivation means operable for remote manual deactivation of... Agent: Fulwider Patton

20070026970 - Golf ball: A high CoR golf ball having predetermined moment of inertia is provided. A portion of the golf ball preferably contains substantially no filler, which contributes to the increased resilience of the ball. In accordance to one aspect of the invention, the portion with substantially no filler is an intermediate layer... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070026969 - Visual effect on a golf ball utilizing overlapping stamps on different layers: A golf ball with overlapping indicia is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a core and at least a cover layer. The cover layer of the golf ball is composed of a transparent, semi-transparent, translucent or semi-transluscent material. Each layer has an indicia thereon with the indicia on the non-cover... Agent: Michael A. Catania Callaway Golf Company

20070026972 - Golf ball: The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and a cover covering the core, wherein the cover layer comprises a 3-dimensional shaped metal oxide having at least three needle-shaped parts. Blending the 3-dimensional shaped metal oxide into the cover layer enhances the rigidity of the resultant cover for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070026971 - Golf ball dimples forming indicia: A golf ball comprising an outer surface including a plurality of dimples that form indicia. The plurality of dimples take the form of text letters, characters or other symbols and are relatively similar in size to a plurality of conventional shaped dimples or larger. The plurality of dimples occupy a... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070026973 - Retrieval device for tethered articles: The retrieval device for tethered articles is a portable, compact device well suited for use by solo players practicing various aspects of sports. For example, the device may be used by a football kicker to retrieve a tethered ball after each kick, thereby saving the player considerable time in retrieval... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070026974 - Trajectory detection and feedback system: A disclosed device provides a trajectory detection and feedback system. The system is capable of detecting one or more moving objects in free flight, analyzing a trajectory of each object and providing immediate feedback information to a human that has launched the object into flight, and/or one or more observers... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070026975 - Trajectory detection and feedback system: A disclosed device provides a trajectory detection and feedback system. The system is capable of detecting one or more moving objects in free flight, analyzing a trajectory of each object and providing immediate feedback information to a human that has launched the object into flight, and/or one or more observers... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070026976 - Portable basketball system: A portable basketball system may include a basketball goal and a support structure that is sized and configured to support the basketball goal above a support surface. The basketball system may also include one or more feet that are sized and configured to engage a support surface. The feet may... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070026977 - Racket: In a racket frame, a yoke part is disposed between left and right portions of a bifurcated throat part continuous with a head part and with a shaft part. A ball-hitting face is formed with the yoke part and the head part. The head part and the yoke part have... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070026978 - Arrow launched media reservoir: An arrow (20) having an arrowhead assembly (30) attached thereto is provided for marking a remote location with a marking media (22). The marking media (22) is preferably in the form of a paint ball or a scent ball. The arrowhead assembly (30) includes a media reservoir (46) defining a... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070026979 - Arrow system: The invention involves an arrow system having a shaft having a first end and an insert receptive of a standard point, the insert being disposed completely within the first end of the shaft. An insert installation tool may be used as part of the invention to facilitate insertion of the... Agent: L. Grant Foster Holland & Hart LLP

20070026980 - Archery small game arrowhead: An archery arrowhead including having a nose and at least one projection having a forward facing leading edge. In one embodiment, the arrowhead includes at least three projections, and the nose is blunt. The projections can be fixed and immovable relative to the arrowhead and the leading edges can be... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP