Games using tangible projectile inventions 03/07

20070072691 - Golf assistance device: A golf assistance device for placing a golf ball, the device having different embodiments. One embodiment may be used to place a golf ball and tee while another embodiment of the device may be used to pick up and/or place a golf ball on the ground without a tee. Another... Agent: James M. Duncan

20070072692 - Golf course du jour: A system is provided for a golf course wherein a golf course comprises a course of land with a plurality of tee areas and a plurality of greens, each tee area being selectively associated with at least two selected greens. Preferably, the course has six greens.... Agent: Ronald L. Hofer

20070072693 - Golf club graphics: A method of communicating and/or decorating a golf club head and a golf club head graphic are disclosed. There is selecting a visual display, presenting a desired message, coupling the visual display to a top surface of a head of a golf club, and/or viewing the visual display. There is... Agent: Starkweather & Associates

20070072694 - Golf swing training machine: A golf swing training device, in which a golf club or golf club simulating device is propelled by the arms and hands of a person along a desired arcuate trajectory under an optimal amount of muscular force, maintains the hands of the user on a single optimal plane, while allowing... Agent: James R. Meneghini

20070072696 - Golf club grip: A golf club grip includes a first member adapted for coaxially attaching along an end portion of the golf club and a second member coaxially and downwardly extended from the first member for coaxially mounting along the golf club. The first and second members have different natures to provide two... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20070072695 - Golf club handle grip: A golf club handle grip having a smooth exterior surface such as utilized in a conventional rubber golf club grip, but with such grip being tacky and shock absorbing as compared to a conventional rubber golf club grip.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070072697 - Golf club shaft: It is object of the present invention to provide a golf club shaft superior in accuracy, minimizing a displacement between thermosetting resin layers, capable of obtaining a feeling close to the feeling of a steel shaft, and superior in stability. To solve the above problems, a golf club shaft of... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070072698 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes a head body, a striking plate, and a shock absorbing element. The head body includes a front side, an assembling hole formed in the front side, and an abutting shoulder formed in the assembling hole. The striking plate is disposed in the assembling hole. The... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070072699 - Clubface of golf club head and method for fabricating the same: A clubface of golf club head and a method for fabricating the same can fabricate the clubface in mass production and will not consume much more valuable metal. The method has the following steps: firstly, a conductive top mould and a conductive bottom mould are provided. Then, titanium powder is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070072700 - An aligning mark for a golf ball and method of use thereof: A golf ball with an aligning mark is provided with at least two lines, the at least two lines being in an orthogonal relationship. The aligning mark may also have a third line, the three lines creating a generally triangular shape. A method of using the aligning mark to line... Agent: Michael L. Leetzow, Esq. Michael L. Leetzow, P.A.

20070072701 - Golf ball: In a golf ball composed of a core and one or more cover layer which encloses the core, at least one cover layer is made primarily of a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer obtained by reaction curing a polyurethane undiluted solution which includes both a copolymeric polycarbonate polyol-containing polyol component and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070072702 - Toeball - rules of the game: Toeball is a new sport, similar in many respects to soccer (American) and futbol (International), but with important evolutionary changes that make it something radical and new. In Toeball, the field has new markings, and the goal stands partially blocked off by a “bounce board” around the edges. In Toeball,... Agent: James Lion

20070072703 - Baseball retreival apparatus: An apparatus for supporting a tethered baseball in position for batting practice and automatically retrieving the ball after it has been hit with a bat, which includes an adjustable height stand, a fishing reel, and a variable speed motor connected thereto. Tethered by a small gauge fishing line which is... Agent: Harry I. Leon

20070072704 - Batting trainer for inexperienced players: This invention relates to a batting trainer consisting of a ball launching apparatus with a ball propulsion mechanism for propelling a ball and a training ball much lighter and smaller than a regulation baseball or softball that can train an inexperienced batter to practice hand-eye coordination on a smaller flying... Agent: Albert C. Wey

20070072705 - System for pitching of baseball: The present invention is a system for pitching of baseball to enjoy virtual game, throwing a ball from a mound plate in a pitching room. The system includes a fiber net member placed in the back of the home plate and held a tension by the ceiling, floor, and right... Agent: Shoich Ono

20070072706 - Ratchet elevator system: The present invention is related to a system and method for adjusting the height of a basketball backboard assembly. The present invention includes a releasable locking mechanism connected to the backboard assembly to lock the backboard at a selected vertical height above a playing surface. In one embodiment of the... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070072707 - Spinning nut basketball elevator system: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for adjusting the height of a basketball backboard and hoop assembly. One embodiment of the present invention may include an adjustment arm in telescoping relation with a threaded rod. The present invention may also include a threaded nut rotatably connected to... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070072708 - Lacrosse head having a transverse rail: A lacrosse head is provided that includes a base and two sidewalls connected to the base. Each of the sidewalls includes an upper rail, a lower rail, and a transverse rail. The transverse rail is connected to the upper rail and the lower rail and disposed outwardly of the upper... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070072709 - Back and edge weighted field hockey sticks: A field hockey stick including a handle, a throat adjoining the handle, and a head adjoining the throat opposite to the handle. At least one portion of one of the handle, the throat, and the head is hollow. The at least one portion has variable wall thicknesses that enhance the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070072710 - Baseball bat structure: A baseball bat structure comprises a baseball bat made up of a core layer and an enveloping layer bound outside the core layer thereof wherein the core layer is composed of a plurality of square central bodies securely glued together and concentrically arranged in rectangular array with each perpendicularly adjacent... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070072711 - Baseball bat with reinforcement through a portion thereof and method for making same: A baseball bat discourages breakage by using a reinforcement made from steel, plastic, epoxy, or other suitable filler material. To construct the bat, a blind hole is bored through the handle portion of the bat (or the wooden die from which the bat will be formed) towards but not extending... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070072712 - Supple core sports ball and its associated method of manufacture: A toy ball assembly that has an outer shell structure of a first material. Open areas are defined on the exterior of the outer shell structure. A supple core is disposed within the outer shell structure. The supple core can be felt through the open areas on the outer shell... Agent: Lamorte & Associates P.C.

20070066411 - Pool cue: A cue stick for use in the game of billiards having a one-piece ferrule-tip. The cue stick does not employ a conventional wood cue tip but rather has a modified ferrule-tip which serves as a resilient tip for striking a cue ball. The cue stick of the present invention has... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20070066412 - Combination construction for a tip and point ferrule of a billiard cue: A combination construction for a tip and point ferrule of a billiard cue. The tip is manufactured from an epoxy resin reinforced glass fiber material that is used in the manufacturing of printed circuit boards. The material is formed into a rivet (mushroom) shape to allow the outer most part... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070066413 - Variable slope, golf course simulator: An improved golf practice apparatus for use by a golfer who stands on the apparatus and practices hitting golf balls placed on it includes: (a) a platform having a plurality of portions, each of which has a differing simulated golf lie surface, wherein when the golfer takes a stance above... Agent: Larry J. Guffey

20070066414 - Compact golf facility and a method of playing a golf game: A method of playing a golf-type game at the facility comprises placing a ball at one of the starting points, hitting the ball toward the appropriate target, and determining the surface type on which further play continues or determining the score based upon where the ball lands relative to scoring... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070066416 - Ball retrieving device: A golf ball retrieval device includes an annular collar sized for a snug friction fit onto a conventional golf ball. The collar in use is removable mounted on the grip end of a golf club and the collar tapped onto a golf ball so that the golf ball becomes frictionally... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20070066415 - Training device: Provided is a training device that can be useful in connection with sports training, such as helping a golfer to improve his or her golf putting stroke. The device is worn on the user's wrist or forearm and uses an active sensor, such as a laser rangefinder, to measure motion... Agent: Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, LLP

20070066417 - Method and apparatus for practicing putting stroke: Improvements are provided for a putter. The putter includes a club head. The improvements are removably mounted on the putter with a spring-loaded fastener that is positioned above the club head and behind the ball striking face of the club head. The improvements facilitate the practice of a putting stroke... Agent: Tod R. Nissle, Esq. Tod R. Nissle, P.C.

20070066418 - Golf club weighted attachment device/golf ball holder: A one piece nylon/hard plastic molded tubular device which may hold from one to three golf balls. The device may range from a single tubular component to three tubular components. Golf balls fit securely into each tube. The device which snaps on to the lower end of the golf club... Agent: Nick Adams

20070066419 - Wood-type golf club: A wood-type golf club for providing a golf shot substantially free from hook or slice, the wood-type golf club having an oval-shaped club head rigidly connected to an elongated shaft. The club head has a centrally located top midpoint, basically above the center of gravity of the club head, and... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20070066420 - Golf club head: A hollow club head having a head body 14 and a face member 16 bonded to the face opening 12 of the head body 14 is provided, wherein the W/H ratio between the maximum height H (mm) and maximum width W (mm) of the face member is in the range... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070066421 - Integral sole face club head: A golf-club head has a first half of shaped crown integrally including skirt and a hosel connection having a hosel attachment opening. A second half is a bottom plate having an integral striking face with built-in angle of loft so that the two halves are welded together providing solder leakage... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070066422 - Force relieving golf tee: One embodiment of the invention includes an improved golf tee having a cradle with top and bottom surfaces, an intermediate stem having first and second ends, and a terminal stem having first and second ends, wherein the first end of the intermediate stem is connected to the bottom surface of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070066423 - 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.... Agent: Cr Miles, P.C. Craig R. Miles

20070066424 - Warm-up bat: A warm-up bat with a handle, a tube fixed to one end of the handle and defining an internal cavity, a volume of flowable material in the cavity, and a mechanical assembly located in the cavity and adapted to maintain the material in the cavity.... Agent: Brian M. Dingman, Esq. Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20070066425 - Racket, blade and rubber for table tennis: A table tennis racket includes a rubber (4) attached onto a blade (3) and easily removable without releasing any air-polluting gas. Opposing surfaces of the blade (3) and the rubber (4) have fine pores and lands of a micro-foam material, and the rubber (4) is removably held on the blade... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070060406 - Billiard cue: A billiard cue is provided, in which the end parts of a butt 10 and a shaft 20 are jointly connected by joint members 2 in a manner to form a stick shape, wherein a first hollow hole 10a is bored in the rear end part of the butt 10,... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070060407 - Handle section combination for billiard cue: A handle section combination for a billiard cue, which includes a handle section, an elongated strip and at least a binding ring. The handle section has an adjoining end to adjoin to the other section of the billiard cue. The strip is made of resilient materials and wrapped about the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070060409 - Golf game system and method thereof: A system and method for playing a golf game. A user is allotted with an ability value for the golf game, and a swing gauge for determining a movement direction of a ball is adjusted on the basis of the ability value allotted to the user. The golf game is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070060408 - Method and system for location based game services for wireless devices: A virtual gaming device (101) can include a transceiver (102) for wireless communication, a global positioning receiver (104) or other wireless positioning device coupled to the transceiver, a display (106), and a processor (114). The processor can be programmed to store a map of a game course including a plurality... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070060410 - Method and apparatus for measuring ball launch conditions: A method and apparatus for measuring ball launch conditions is disclosed. Specifically, the accuracy of the calculations used to determine the kinematic characteristics may be increased. A background image of a field of view, without a golf ball present, may be acquired. Two or more images of a golf ball... Agent: Edward A. Pennington, Esq. Swidler Berlin LLP

20070060411 - Device to improve putting: A device to aid golfers in improving their putting game comprising in combination with a putter, a straight edge guide and an attachment for the putter head, the putter head attachment comprising an elongated flat vertical base plate which extends horizontally and is adapted to slide against a horizontal flat... Agent: William S. Dorman

20070060412 - Pitch-mark repair tool for a golf club: A pitch-mark repair tool to be carried by a golf club (e.g., a putter) to enable a golfer to quickly and easily repair an impact area at a putting green of a golf course caused by the impact of a golf ball striking the green during play. The pitch-mark repair... Agent: Morland C Fischer

20070060413 - Method for manufacturing and golf club head: A method for forming a golf club head comprises placing an uncured composite material between a core and a mold that comprises a first piece and a second piece. The second piece is moved towards the first piece such that the uncured composite material is compressed between the core and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070060414 - Golf club head: 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... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070060415 - Liquid-filled golf ball with preferential internal structures: A golf ball having a spherical shell with a plurality of internal structures is disclosed herein. A fluid material is disposed within the spherical shell. The plurality of internal structures effect the spin decay of the golf ball.... Agent: Michael A. Catania Callaway Golf Company

20070060417 - Multi-layer golf ball having a cover layer with increased moisture resistance: A golf ball having a core, a harder non-ionomer inner layer, and a cover layer. The inner layer having a material hardness of 50 Shore D to 80 Shore D, a flexural modulus of 30 to 175 kpsi, and comprising a composition that comprises a polyester elastomer. The cover layer... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070060416 - Solid golf ball: A solid golf ball is composed of a solid core and a cover of one or more layers which encloses the core and has on a surface thereof numerous dimples. The solid core has a diameter of 38.7 to 39.6 mm and a deflection hardness of 3.0 to 4.0 mm.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070060418 - Batting swing practice apparatus: A batting practice apparatus comprising an upright support mast associated with a base having a plurality of legs which are able to be mounted to a surface, such as the ground. A rotatable sleeve is slid over the mast. The sleeve has upper and lower halves, each half having a... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20070060419 - Lacrosse training device: A training device for use by a lacrosse player to practice checking an offensive player includes a main post extending upwardly from a base. An arm is operatively coupled to the main post and rotatable about a fixed point intermediate its proximal and distal ends. The arm includes a wrist... Agent: Harshaw Research Incorporated

20070060420 - Basketball net: The disclosed basketball net has enhanced sound making ability due to a series of strips attached to a rung of the net. These strips are made from a flexible material and make sound when contacted by a basketball passing through the net. The strips can have an air pocket which... Agent: Kevin C. Ward

20070060421 - Apparatus and methods for improving batting skills: A device and method for training baseball batters how to develop a proper stance and to properly shift weight from the back leg to the front leg during a swing. The portable device includes a series of indicator markers to show proper foot placement, head and navel alignment, and stride... Agent: C. Milton Fick

20070060422 - Table tennis mount assembly: Disclosed is a table tennis mounting assembly adapted to connect and disconnect from the table apron/frame.... Agent: Gregory B. Gulliver The Eclipse Group

20070060423 - Lacrosse head: A lacrosse head includes a base, a scoop, and a pair of sidewalls. The sidewalls include upper and lower rims and further include a dual flare configuration. The first flare is in a rear portion and is characterized by the upper rims of the sidewalls being spaced closer together to... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070060424 - Lacrosse head with cushioned sidewalls: A lacrosse head comprising a frame, a pocket attached to the frame, and at least one energy absorbing element engaging the frame to absorb energy from an impact to the pocket. Preferably, the frame, which includes a scoop, a throat, and sidewalls, includes energy absorbing elements positioned proximate to the... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070060425 - Movable device and receiver device for detecting contacts with the movable device: The movable device includes a detector for detecting that an object is located in the vicinity of or at the movable device, as well as a transmitter module for transmitting two signals having different signals speeds. These two signals are received by a receiver, the receiver having a detector to... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070060426 - Sports ball using fiber-containing rubber laminate: The use of a particular class of laminates and specifically including rubberized fabrics, is disclosed for use in an outer cover for sports balls. The use of such laminates significantly increases gripping characteristics of the resulting sports balls.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070054746 - Golf club: A golf club of the “driver” type comprising a handle with a rounded end piece. The end piece forms a fulcrum during tee-off.... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20070054747 - Golf club having an adjustable shaft angle: A golf cub comprising a head, a shaft assembly and a shaft attachment assembly. The head includes a body which includes a face and a back. The shaft assembly includes a shaft member. The shaft attachment assembly includes a primary plug assembly. The primary plug assembly includes a primary plug... Agent: King & Partners, Plc

20070054748 - Golf ball: A golf ball includes a ball body having a central portion formed with a through hole. Thus, the golf ball produces whistle like audible sound by provision of the through hole of the ball body during rotation of the ball body after the golf ball is hit, thereby enhancing the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.a.

20070054749 - 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

20070054750 - Metal wood club with improved hitting face: A hitting face of a golf club head having a location of longest characteristic time shifted away from the geometric center of the hitting face. The hitting face of the club head has varying thickness, with a thickest portion being at or near the geometric center of the plate-like hitting... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070054751 - Golf club head: 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... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070054752 - Club head structure of a golf putter: The present invention discloses a club structure of a golf putter that includes a club head and a shock absorbent member embedded in the club head. The club head is a long transversal main body. A neck is extended from a side of the main body and connected to a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070054753 - Golf club head providing enhanced acoustics: An golf club head is provided, having enhanced sound and feel characteristics. The club head has a hollow main body including a ball-striking face, a sole, a crown, a hosel, and a side portion extending rearwardly from the face. The body further includes a heel region adjacent to the hosel... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070054754 - Golf balls having sound-altered layers and methods of manufacture: Golf ball covers incorporate base material compositions including a sound-altering material for selectively enhancing or dampening the acoustic output of a golf ball when it is struck. A ratio in the composition by weight of base material to sound-altering material ranges between 99.9:0.1 and 92:8. The invention allows for the... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070054755 - Golf green ball location marker: A golf green ball location marker (10) which includes an elongated cylindrical container (12) having an exterior surface (30) including instructional indicia (32) for use of the marker (10). The exterior surface (30) of the marker container (12) includes at least one golf symbol (40), shown as a golf cup... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20070054756 - Batting practice aid: Provided is a way for a hitter to practice hitting a baseball or softball to improve hitting skills as well as improving eye-hand coordination while increasing strength in the forearms and arms. Disclosed is a square tubular metal frame that can be easily broken down and fit into a small... Agent: Michael Ries

20070054757 - Strike zone apparatus: An apparatus is provided for defining a strike zone of a batter positioned to bat a ball thrown in the general direction of the batter. The apparatus includes a support and a strike plate operatively connected to the support and configured to be positioned so as to be struck by... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20070054758 - Baseball batting training appliance: An appliance for training baseball players in executing the proper swing of the baseball bat, comprising a wrist cuff adapted for attachment to the wrist of the forward arm of the player, a waist belt and a strap interconnecting the wrist cuff and the waist belt to limit separation between... Agent: Hanes & Schutz, Llc

20070054759 - Basketball system: A basketball system may include a basketball goal with a backboard and a rim. The basketball system may also include a support structure that is sized and configured to support the basketball goal above a playing surface. The support structure may include an elongated support member that is generally vertically... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070054760 - Preformed lacrosse pocket and packaging for same: Included herein is a pocket for a lacrosse head. The lacrosse head includes a scoop, a throat, first and second sides, a front and a back. The pocket comprises a mesh material preformed to a desired shape so that when the pocket is placed on a stick, the location of... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.c.

20070054761 - Reinforcing member for a badminton racquet: A reinforcing member for a badminton racquet wherein the racquet extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a frame having a tubular hoop portion supporting a string bed and a tubular handle portion. The reinforcing member includes a generally T-shaped body having first and second sections. The first section has... Agent: Terence P. O'brien Wilson Sporting Goods Co.

20070054762 - Phosphorescent paintballs that glow in the dark: By using the glo-stick formulas also known as light-sticks and the assortment of luminescence bright colors like. Red, Yellow, Green, Violet, Orange, Blue, in these paintless paintballs it will make playing in the dark or in the day light more enjoyable for the sportsman and woman and children everywhere. These... Agent: Todd J. Tocco

20070049392 - Extendable billiard cue: An extendable billiard cue is disclosed to include a shaft, a butt detachably fastened to the shaft, a sleeve, which is embedded in the butt remote from the shaft and has two positioning devices near the two distal ends, a pull bar, and a stem, which has one end fixedly... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070049394 - Game played by a golf foursome during a round of golf: A game to be played by a golf foursome during a round of golf. The game includes instructions outlining a number of golf contests, intended to make the round of golf more entertaining, in the form of skills challenges or scoring options. The instructions instruct the players to compete in... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070049393 - Method for predicting ball launch conditions: A method and computer program for predicting a golfer's ball striking performance is disclosed. In order to generate a predicted trajectory and predicted ball launch conditions, it is desirable to determine several properties of the golf equipment and a player's swing. For instance, pre-impact swing conditions of a golfer are... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070049395 - Golf putter head with a visual alignment aid and an increased moment of inertia: A golf putter head includes a face member with a front surface arranged for impacting a golf ball. A first arm extends generally rearwardly from a heel end of the face member, a second arm extends generally rearwardly from a toe end of the face member, and a central member... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070049396 - Multi-function magnetic golf appliance: The present invention is generally comprised of an appliance that may assist in retrieving golf balls and golf clubs from a playing surface, as well as retrieving and holding one or more golf ball markers. The appliance may also be used to hold the handle of a golf club away... Agent: Law Office Of Kenneth P. Krohn

20070049397 - Golf-putter grip with removable ball mark repair tool: A golf club (10) is provided having a removable ball mark repair tool (20) seated within a recess (18) forming a part of the club grip (16). The tool (20) has outer surfaces (64,68) which mate with adjacent surfaces (26,28) of the grip (16), so that these tool surfaces (64,68)... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070049398 - Golf club: A reference state is envisioned in which a golf club is placed on a horizontal plane P with a predetermined lie angle and face angle, and the shaft axis line thereof is disposed within a reference plane that is perpendicular to the horizontal plane P. A center of gravity of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070049399 - Hollow golf club head: This invention provides a hollow golf club head in which the ratio of the rigidity of a sole portion to that of a crown portion is 1:0.1 to 0.8. This invention also provides a hollow golf club head in which a crown low-rigidity region is formed on the face side... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070049400 - Wood-type golf club head: A wood-type golf club head includes a metal sole portion, an elastic body and a weight member. At least one recess is defined in the metal sole portion to extend in a front-rear direction over at least half-length of a front-rear length of the sole portion. The elastic body is... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070049401 - Golf putter head: A golf putter head includes a hollow-structured body frame made of a metal material having a specific gravity of 4 to 9, which includes a face forming a recess, a crown forming in a center thereof a depression occupying at least 35% of an entire area of the crown, a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070049402 - Golf putter head: The present invention provides golf club heads exhibiting a relatively high moment of inertia. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to golf putter heads comprising an aluminum inner core, which is capable of absorbing vibration, and an outer shell formed of another material, which is more dense and comprises... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070049403 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes: a head body having a front face and a recess formed in the front face; a striking member fitted in the recess and having a striking plate flush with the front face, a composite layer, and a first adhesive layer for adhering the striking plate... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20070049405 - Golf club head: A hollow golf club head includes a face part, a crown part, a sole part, a side part, and a hosel part. The head has a volume of 100 to 250 cm3 and a weight of 195 to 250 g. The crown part includes a large-thickness crown part formed along... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070049406 - Golf club head: A hollow golf club head includes a face part, a crown part, a sole part, a side part, and a hosel part. The head has a volume of 80 to 200 cm3 and a weight of 205 to 250 g, a distance between face-side and back-side edges divided by a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070049407 - Golf club head: A hollow golf club head includes a face part, a crown part, a sole part, a side part, and a hosel part. The head has a volume of 300 to 460 cm3 and a weight of 175 to 220 g. The crown part includes a large-thickness crown part formed along... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070049412 - Golf club head: A hollow golf club head comprises: a face portion; a crown portion; a sole portion; and a side portion between the crown portion and sole portion, extending from a toe-side edge to a heel-side edge of the club face through the back face of the head. The crown portion is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070049414 - Golf club head: A hollow golf club head has a face portion, a sole portion, a side portion, a crown portion, and a hosel portion. A main portion of the crown portion is made of fiber reinforced plastic. At least the face portion and the front edge portion of the crown portion continuing... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070049408 - Hollow golf club head: This invention provides a hollow golf club head in which the ratio of the average thickness of a sole portion to that of a crown portion is 1:0.3 to 0.8. Preferably, a crown thin-walled region is formed on the face side of the crown portion, and a crown thick-walled region... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070049409 - Hollow golf club head: This invention provides a hollow golf club head having a sole portion and a crown portion. The ratio of a rigidity of a sole portion to that of a crown portion is 1:0.1 to 0.8.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070049410 - Hollow golf club head: This invention provides a hollow golf club head having a crown portion and a sole portion. Young's modulus of a material among materials of the crown portion which is used in the largest amount is lower than Young's modulus of a material among materials of the sole portion which is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070049411 - Hollow golf club head: This invention provides a hollow golf club head in which the ratio of the average thickness of a sole portion to that of a crown portion is 1:0.3 to 0.8. At least two regions having thicknesses different from each other are formed on the crown portion, and the area of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070049413 - Hollow golf club head: This invention provides a hollow golf club head having a sole portion and a crown portion. The ratio of a rigidity of a sole portion to that of a crown portion is 1:0.1 to 0.8.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070049404 - Magnesium alloy shell of golf club head made by die casting: A shell of a golf club head is made of magnesium alloy and is made by die casting. The golf club head has a top portion, a face, a bottom portion, a toe portion, a heel portion and a neck, which is divided into the shell and a face member... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070049415 - Metal wood club: A golf club head is provided having a body and a face insert, with a slot in a perimeter region of the body of the club head adjacent the face insert. The slot increases the flex of the hitting surface on impact with a golf ball, thereby increasing the speed... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070049416 - Metal wood club: A golf club head is provided having a body and a face insert, with a slot in a perimeter region of the body of the club head adjacent the face insert. The slot increases the flex of the hitting surface on impact with a golf ball, thereby increasing the speed... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070049417 - Metal wood club: A golf club head is provided having a body and a face insert, with a slot in a perimeter region of the body of the club head adjacent the face insert. The slot increases the flex of the hitting surface on impact with a golf ball, thereby increasing the speed... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070049418 - Method of making a golf club head from bismuth-containing titanium alloy and golf club head: The present invention discloses a method for making a golf club head by using a bismuth-containing titanium alloy having an improved castability. The mechanical properties of the cast are evaluated to develop a method for making a golf club head with high strength from bismuth-containing titanium alloy, so that a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070049419 - Golf ball material, golf ball and method for preparing golf ball material: A golf ball material composed of (A) an olefin-containing thermoplastic polymer having an acid content of at least 0.5 wt % but less than 5.0 wt %, (B) a resin composition which includes one or more selected from the group consisting of diene polymers, thermoplastic polymers and thermoset polymers, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070049420 - Golf products produced by a stoichiometrically imbalanced rim system: Disclosed herein are golf products, such as golf balls and/or components thereof, including the product of a fast-chemical-reaction mixture comprising a polyol and an isocyanate. The component is formed by reaction injection molding the reaction mixture. In the reaction mixture, the stoichiometry of the reactants is imbalanced.... Agent: Michael A. Catania Callaway Golf Company

20070049421 - Golf ball: The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core, an intermediate layer covering the core, and a cover covering the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a 3-dimensional shaped metal oxide having at least three needle-shaped parts. Blending the 3-dimensional shaped metal oxide into the intermediate layer enhances... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070049422 - Aerodynamic surface geometry for a golf ball: A golf ball approaching zero land area is disclosed herein. The golf ball has an innersphere with a plurality of lattice members. Each of the plurality of lattice members has an apex and the golf ball of the present invention conforms with the 1.68 inches requirement for USGA-approved golf balls.... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20070049423 - Dimple patterns for golf balls: A golf ball dimple pattern based on a hexagonal dipyramid polyhedron is disclosed. Preferably, the dimple pattern disclosed by the present invention includes dimples that are arranged such that at least a portion of neighboring dimples have one or more predetermined diameter ratios. The dimples are arranged based on six... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070049425 - Method and apparatus for playing a game with a projectile: A multiplayer game, having rules with aspects of the games of Four Square and Volleyball, is played with an apparatus that can optionally be respectively disassembled and set up.... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP

20070049424 - Smashball: The contents of this package are the rules and regulations for a new sport that I have created. The package contains all the rules and regulations of the game. This sport is going to be called Smashball in a National League environment. It n be played on either an indoors... Agent: Joseangel Hernandez-ramil

20070049426 - Swinging tee: A batting tee for baseball is comprised of a base, a height adjustable post erected on the base, a mechanical box containing a swing mechanism and a return mechanism being disposed at the top of the post, a rod being axially erected from one side of the swing mechanical box,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070049427 - \"po/pps\" (\"productive offense/points per shot\"): By excluding shot attempts on which a player is fouled, current methods used to track shooting proficiency in basketball do not display the consequences of a player's poor free throw shooting as directly and simply as POPPS. Under POPPS, field goal shot attempts of all kinds are included in one... Agent: Christopher B. Wells

20070049428 - Collapsible l-screen for protecting a baseball pitcher: An L-screen for protecting a baseball pitcher includes a plurality of screen sections pivotally connected to one another. The screen sections are pivotable, relative to one another, from a collapsed configuration in which the screen sections at least partially overlap one another, to a deployed configuration in which the screen... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070049429 - Reinforced sports support pole: The present invention relates to a sports support pole, and more particularly to a reinforced support structure for supporting a pole such as a basketball pole or the like. The support structure may include a support bar positioned substantially in the center of the sports pole and may be held... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070049430 - Tennis table and a net structure therefor: Table tennis has a long history. It began as a parlor game played on the dining table. Since any table could be used, the dimensions of tennis tables remained unfixed until years later when a standard size was established for tournament play. There was no apparent need or reason since... Agent: Norman L. Wilson, Jr.

20070049431 - Sticks for athletic equipment: An elongated shaft has a shock-absorbing core, a fiber-reinforced durable plastic outer skin encasing the core, and an elongated stiffening member encased within the core. The elongated stiffening member may be a spar or a hollow tube. If it is a hollow tube, the tube may contain a weight that... Agent: Richard D. Fuerle

20070049432 - Basketball having grippable apertures for one-handed dunking: A basketball having a generally spherical exterior surface with a plurality of spaced apart grippable apertures disposed entirely around the exterior surface. The apertures define a convex surface therebetween. Each of the apertures are sized and configured to releaseably receive a portion of a fingertip or thumb tip of one... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070049433 - Game ball with non-intersecting channels or ribs: A game ball, such as a basketball, having non-intersecting channels or ribs is disclosed in various embodiments. Each channel forms a closed loop extending across the surface of the ball between a right side and a left side. Exemplary embodiments of the game ball have four, two, and one channel(s)... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070049434 - Game ball: A game ball, such as a basketball, having 2 to 7 panels defined by one or more non-intersecting channels is described herein.... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP