Games using tangible projectile inventions 04/07

20070093307 - System and device for golf swing practising and gaming: The invention relates to a golf practising and gaming system, comprising a golf swing analysis device configured for analysing a golf swing and generating golf swing data comprising at least characteristics of said golf swing, an electronic key device for accessing said system on the basis of access data and... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070093308 - Putting practice ball and device: A golf putting practice device and ball is provided, wherein the ball has a flat end and a friction face which allow the putting practice ball to slide across the level putting surface of the putting practice device. The specific coefficient of friction provided by the friction face of the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070093309 - Device to control a swinging implement and method of use: What is disclosed is a device for assisting a person using a golf club, tennis racket or other swinging sports implement to maintain control of the implement during the swing. The device is a strap or other similar device that is to connect the implement and the user's fingers.... Agent: Arthur M. Peslak, Esq. Mandel & Peslak, LLC

20070093310 - Arm braces that maintain the arm straight and fully extended and are also comfortable to wear even in hot weather: This invention claims new methods to make arm braces that maintain the users' arms straight and fully extended and are also comfortable to wear even in hot weather, by making the braces with nonuniform thickness, their inside surface contoured, and providing them with a plurality of holes penetrating through their... Agent: Armand Moscovici

20070093311 - Golf club stand for remembering clubs: A golf club stand to prevent the forgetting of spare clubs by standing them upright in a noticeable position when they are brought to a shot but not used. The device generally comprises a shaft with a grip-handle similar to that of a golf club, and a sharp point at... Agent: Royal W. Craig Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver

20070093312 - Golf club head with a variably dampened face: A method for tuning a golf club head where the golf club head includes a body having a front surface, a back surface, a heel end, a toe end, a sole extending between lower portions of the heel and the toe ends, a top rail extending between upper portions of... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070093313 - Golf putter with recessed shaft: A golf putter head (10, 110) having a recess (18, 118) on a top side with a first diameter and a shaft (19, 111) or hosel with a second diameter secured in the head so that the diameter of the recess is larger than the diameter of the shaft or... Agent: Ian C. Mcleod Mcleod & Moyne, P.C.

20070093314 - Mini-face putter with non-horizontal grooves perpendicular and to the tangent of the vertical arc of the putter head: A golf putter head with a front edge is used for striking a golf ball in an essentially linear contact area horizontal to the ground when putting and an opposed back edge. A length is defined between a toe edge which extends from the front edge to the back edge... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20070093315 - Air-resistance reducing golf club head: A golf driver club head with air holes, for increasing the speed of the driver and the accuracy of the flying direction of the ball, is provided. The front face of the driver club head is flat. Two shallow vertical arc shape holes are developed on the left side and... Agent: Ki Cheol Kang

20070093316 - Golf club head and golf club: A golf club head 2 is provided which includes a recessed part 16 provided on the external surface of a head main body 14, and a weight member 20 which is mounted in this recessed part 16 and which is formed of a material having a specific gravity greater than... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070093317 - Compositions for golf equipment: Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise at least one poly(urethane-co-urea) prepolymer and at least one curative. These elastomer compositions can be used in any one or more portions of the golf balls, such as inner center, core, inner core... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070093319 - High performance golf ball having a reduced-distance: A high performance golf ball having a reduced overall distance while maintaining the appearance of a high performance trajectory. The golf ball includes a combination of low CoR core and cover materials coupled with a less efficient aerodynamic dimple pattern that achieves a reduction in carry and overall distance of... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070093318 - Multi-layer core golf ball having thermoset rubber cover: An all rubber golf ball with one or more thermosetting rubber core layers and one or more thermosetting rubber cover layer. At least one of the ball's layers has moisture vapor barrier property, and in one aspect the moisture vapor barrier layer is an intermediate layer. In one embodiment, the... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070093320 - Golf ball with improved flight performance: A golf ball with aerodynamic coefficient magnitude and aerodynamic force angle, resulting in improved flight performance, such as increased carry and flight consistency regardless of ball orientation. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball having increased flight distance as defined by a set of aerodynamic requirements... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070093321 - Golf tee leveling device: A device for placing a golf tee in a perfect vertical position. Said device consists of a body having an enlarged upper section and a tapered lower section pointing toward the ground. The bottom of the tapered lower section has a recess therein to receive a golf tee head which... Agent: James W. Carpenter, Jr.

20070093322 - Golf pitch mark repair tool: A pitch mark repair tool that includes a base with a push ledge at one end and a location for a thumb positioned at least one third way across the base from the push ledge. Preferably the location for the thumb is an indentation or ridged area, the center of... Agent: Butzer & Chen Law, LLC

20070093323 - Ball for racquetball with training markings: Markings are added to the conventional solid color racquetball ball, which gives the player additional information on the likely trajectory of the ball, and the player is thus able to make a more precise return stroke. When a ball is marked in some visible manner, the player is better able... Agent: Charles A. Walton

20070087855 - Collapsible golf club: A collapsible golf club has three coaxially stored tapering shafts. Each of the shafts has a beveled annular ring that makes stops the extension of the shafts from the stored position to the fully extended stored position. In the fully extended position, the successive sections form interlocking or interleaved joints.... Agent: Joel I Rosenblatt

20070087856 - Golf swing training device: The golf swing training device provides tactile feedback to golf players practicing their swings. The golf swing trainer provides a first, generally horizontal guide arm positioned at a height above the ground so that in the lower portion of the arc of a proper golf swing, the head of the... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070087857 - Push putter: The invention involves sporting goods, and namely an improved golf putter having a roller which allows a golfer to make contact with the ball by pushing the putter while in direct visual alignment of the hole.... Agent: Juneau Partners

20070087858 - Golf club head with a variably dampened face: A method for tuning a golf club head where the golf club head includes a body having a front surface, a back surface, a heel end, a toe end, a sole extending between lower portions of the heel and the toe ends, a top rail extending between upper portions of... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070087859 - Golf putter head: A golf putter head includes a front face (1) for striking a golf ball. At least the part of the front face (1) that is intended for striking the ball is defined by a sphere, the centre of which is to the rear of the putter head and, when the... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070087860 - Club head having enhanced striking power: A club head having enhanced striking power includes a hollow chamber, a striking face on one side, and at least one hollow guiding member directing towards the backside of the striking face. The guiding member houses a balance weight which is slidable back and forth therein, and at least one... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070087862 - Chemiluminescent golf ball: An illuminated golf ball comprised of an outer translucent layer and cover, and a spherical inner core of translucent plastic, filled with chemiluminescent liquid, such as Cyalume.™. The two components of the chemiluminescent liquid are held separate by a membrane or partition within the inner core. The chemiluminescent liquids are... Agent: Virtual Legal, P.C. Michael A. Kerr

20070087861 - Golf ball with light-emitting control mechanism: A golf ball with a light-emitting control mechanism is proposed in the present invention. The golf ball has a light-permeable inner shell for packaging a light-emitting module. The light-emitting module includes a timer, a battery set, and a vibration-sensing switch. The timer keeps the light-emitting component emitting light constantly until... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070087863 - Golf ball: A golf ball component, such as a golf ball cover layer, formed from a high or increased melt index thermoplastic polyurethane, polyurea or polyurethane/polyurea is disclosed. The cover layer may be relatively thin (i.e., 0.075 or less, preferably 0.050 inches or less, more preferably less than 0.040 inches, even more... Agent: Michelle Bugbee The Top-flite Golf Company

20070087864 - Golf ball and thermoplastic material: Disclosed herein is a novel thermoplastic material and a golf ball utilizing the thermoplastic material. The golf ball (10) preferably comprises a core (12), a cover (16) and optionally a boundary layer (14). At least one of the core (12), cover (16) or boundary layer (14) of the golf ball... Agent: The Top-flite Golf Company, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Callaway Golf Company

20070087865 - Golf ball: A golf ball comprising a core and a cover layer, wherein the cover layer provides one or more deep dimples having two or more different radii is disclosed. The deep dimples(s) extend(s) through the cover layer to and/or into a layer or component underneath. The cover may be a single... Agent: Michelle Bugbee Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.

20070087866 - Personal golfing assistant and method and system for graphically displaying golf related information and for collection, processing and distribution of golf related data: A personal golfing assistant system is comprised of software running on a PDA attached directly or remotely to a GPS receiver that enables the user to survey and/or electronically capture geophysical golf data. A handheld device connected to or integrated with a GPS receiver can instead be used. Software allows... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20070087867 - Tennis ball delivery device: A tennis ball delivery device for use in practicing one's tennis stroke. The device includes an adjustable, moveable frame, a tennis ball carrier assembly comprising an array of ball delivery conduits carried between an upper carrier section and a lower carrier section, a ball discharge chute carried by the lower... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20070087868 - 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

20070087869 - Joining member having pivotal components for net support structure: Provided is a net support structure comprising two pairs of leg members; two uprights; two joining members each including two opposite grooves pivotably secured to the leg members, a transverse socket, and a longitudinal channel pivotably secured to the upright; a hollow, multi-segment cross member, a hollow, staged flexible plug... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070087870 - Racquet for hitting a ball: Racquet for playing a ball, in particular a ball that is to be hit and/or guided. The racquet includes a shaft. One end of the shaft extends into a handle, while a hitting area is provided at the other end thereof. The handle extends so as to deviate from the... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20070087871 - Dual-stringing conversion and playing surface separation ring for sports racquet: A devise that enables the conversion of any sports racquet, such as a tennis racquet or a squash racquet, from a conventional “single-strung” configuration to a “dual-strung” configuration without altering or making any changes to the racquet frame itself. Whereas all embodiments to date for the dual stringing of a... Agent: Douglas Michael Giannantonio

20070087872 - Bat made of composite material: A bat includes a hollow handle, a head portion mounted on a first end of the handle, a tail portion mounted on a second end of the handle, and an elastic plate mounted in an inside of the handle. Thus, when the handle hits a ball, the elastic plate is... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070087873 - Apparatus and method for magnetizing a dart: An apparatus and method for magnetizing a dart, comprise the steps of: A. preparing a temporarily magnetizable dart; B. charging the dart with a magnet charger; and C. throwing dart and scoring. Through the abovementioned steps, the magnetizing coil or permanent magnet serves as a magnet charger to magnetize the... Agent: Banger Shia

20070082749 - Grip protector: A protection device for the golf club grips includes a compartment adapted to slideably receive the grip and protect the grip from moisture, precipitation and debris. In one embodiment, multiple compartments are combined to create a useful club tote having a strap for carrying and a clip for attaching to... Agent: Peter A. Haas, Esquire

20070082748 - Micropattern grip surface: A micropattern grip surface for use on a grip, and particularly a grip for a golf club, wherein the pattern includes alternating upstanding ridges and grooves between the ridges. In a preferred embodiment, the ridges extend with a generally longitudinal direction of extension component on the grip with a generally... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070082750 - Web micropattern grip surface: A web micropattern grip surface for use on a grip, and particularly a grip for a golf club, wherein the pattern is defined by upstanding ridges. The ridges have components of extension that extend both longitudinally on the grip and circumferentially around the grip. In one embodiment, neighboring ridges may... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070082751 - Golf club head having a high-degree elastically deformable structure: A golf club head includes a golf club head body, an elastically deformable thin layer, a striking plate and a club weight portion. The golf club head body includes a crown portion, a toe-side wall portion, a sole portion and a heel-side wall portion. The elastically deformable thin layer is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070082752 - Groove influence for golf irons and drivers: Grooves made for irons and drivers of golf clubs are adjusted so they will give a desirable rotation for the golf ball after impact. Beside the other possible adjustments that I mention, the grooves will primarily have one wall slanted to the other wall. This will allow the ball to... Agent: Wiiliam Boyd

20070082753 - Golf club head with pixellated substrate: A golf club head has a face insert that is supported from beneath by a substrate composed of a plurality of elongate rod elements arranged in a parallel closely packed array. Because the face insert is made of a single material, the resiliency of the face insert itself does not... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070082754 - Golf ball comprising uv-cured non-surface layer: Golf balls including at least one non-surface layer that has been treated with a radiation source to effect a complete cure of the non-surface layer and methods for making same, wherein the radiation-curable non-surface layer includes a polymer component and, optionally, an initiator, a crosslinking agent, or both.... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070082755 - Novel dual cores for golf balls: The present invention is directed to a golf ball comprising a dual core component. The dual core comprises an interior center component formed from a thermoset material, a thermoplastic material, or combinations thereof. The dual core also comprises a core layer disposed about the center component, formed from a thermoset... Agent: Richard M. Klein, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Beall, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee

20070082756 - Portable case for golf ball equipped with heat generating device: Disclosed herein is a portable case for a golf ball equipped with a heat generating device, which can maintain elasticity of the golf ball itself for improving the flight distance of the golf ball, and can keep a golfer player's body warm. The present invention has an accommodating zone being... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070082757 - Disc shaped golf tee with varying heights: A golf tee having a flat disc shaped base that allows its use on frozen, wet or loose ground. The unique design of the tee alleviates the need to guess what the height of the ball is from the ground. This will enable the golfer to make better contact with... Agent: James J. Burrowes

20070082758 - Divot repair and ball marker tool: The divot repair and ball marker tool may be a base member containing at least one recess for the positioning of the ball marker, at least one prong or fork extending from the opposite end of said base member, one top portion that forms a projection over such recess and... Agent: Skokos Law Group, LLC

20070082759 - Device for the reduction in the diameter of a basketball rim: A basketball rim attachment device for decreasing the diameter of the circular rim to increase shooting accuracy, having an annular rim insertion device for insertion onto the circular rim; and a plurality of hooking apertures upon the annular rim insertion device for attachment to the rim in a manner that... Agent: Mitchell A. Stein, Esq. Stein Law, P.C.

20070082761 - Code for use with game bases: A technique for improving the safety of a sport with bases involves providing a variety of indicia. The indicia can be associated with portions of the base to facilitate safe base running.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070082760 - Swing training device for sports: A device for practicing an address stance and ball-hitting motion in sports such as baseball, softball and tennis. A hitter stands on a step plate (30) and a swivel plate (31) mounted on a flat base (12). The plates have adjustable separation, with the step plate fixable in a plurality... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20070082762 - Baseball batting practice tee: An apparatus for teaching a baseball or softball player batting fundamentals. The apparatus comprises a base plate, a horizontally-disposed support bracket having baseball tee supports for supporting three telescoping baseball tees. The baseball tee supports are vertically mounted on the support bracket to support the baseball tees in fixed, elevated... Agent: Patent Department Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.l.p

20070082763 - Printed net: The invention relates to a novel net, in particular for sports, such as a volleyball net, tennis net or goal net, which can be provided with advertising or other information. Said net is characterised by a mesh structure that is formed by a film containing holes distributed over its surface.... Agent: Glenn E. Klepac

20070082764 - Projected implement entertainment device: A reconfigurable target/projectile activity entertainment device is disclosed, wherein the device includes a projectile, a target having a target area and a reversible base connectable to the target. The target is in the form of a hoop or ring and is disposed above the reversible base. The hoop has an... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070082765 - Goalpost upright verticality adjustment system and method: Rotatable sleeves are disposed adjacent the ends of the crossbar of a goalpost. A stub is integrally formed with each of the sleeves and each stub protrudes through an opening in the crossbar. The opening in the crossbar is dimensioned to permit back to front movement of the stub and... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070082766 - Metallic arrow shaft with fiber reinforced polymer core: The present invention is directed to a shaft and arrow system. The shaft and arrow system includes a hybrid structure that may include two concentric tubes. A first of the two concentric tubes may comprise an outer shell or jacket of thin-walled metal alloy. A second of the two concentric... Agent: Holland & Hart LLP

20070082767 - Arrow insert apparatus: The present specification described novel arrow inserts and arrow systems that may be used for archery. One aspect of the novel arrow inserts relates to two or more seperated contact portions or fit rings. The use of at least two fit rings contacting an inside diameter of an arrow shaft... Agent: Holland & Hart LLP

20070082768 - Method for forming outerlayer on a curved surface: A method for forming an outside layer on a curved surface and a kit for the same purpose is disclosed. The method here is achieved by the following steps: (a) providing an assembling kit containing a first set and a second set; (b) assembling the first set and a second... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070078017 - Bendless billiard cue: An unbendable billiard cue, which is manufactured by dividing a square lumber (20), sawed from a wood material (10), into a central member (21), having a cross-shaped section in which longitudinal sides thereof are perpendicular to transverse sides lines thereof and end terminals thereof contact edges of the square lumber... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070078018 - Golf range with automated ranging system: An automatic golf ball ranging system is provided for retrofitting existing passive golf ranges to include an electronic system for notifying golfers as to the distance between the impact of their golf ball on the range and the golfer's target. The automated golf ranging system includes a pod which is... Agent: Drummond & Duckworth

20070078019 - 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... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070078020 - Ultra light golf practice platform: An ultra light, low cost and easy-changed-contour-surface golf swing platform is invented. The platform is easy to operate and capable of providing plurality of lie conditions such as uphill, downhill, sidehill up and sidehill down lies which usually are provided only by complicated inclination and rotation mechanisms in other inventions... Agent: Chiou-muh Jong

20070078021 - Golf game system and method: A golf game system has one or more tee areas for use by players in striking balls and a plurality of sets of balls, each set of balls having an identifying code. At least one target hole is spaced a predetermined distance from the tee area or areas, the target... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070078022 - Methods and apparatus for golf short game training: A method for training for improving a user's play of a golf short game includes, in combination, the steps of: providing first and second trajectory targets such that the first trajectory target is located at a first height and the second trajectory target is located at a second height that... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070078023 - Putting range assembly: A portable training device is used for improving putting skills of a player by putting a ball. A plurality of sections are removably connected with one another to define an upper section and a lower section presenting an inclined axis. At least one compartment is defined in each of the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070078024 - Golf club rest: A golf club rest removably securable to the golf bag of a golfer, and utilized to support a plurality of golf clubs in a substantially vertical position when the golfer must venture a distance from the golf cart, the golf club rest comprising a vertical leg portion having a first... Agent: Clifford G. Frayne

20070078025 - Golf club rest: A golf club rest removably securable to the golf bag of a golfer, and utilized to support a plurality of golf clubs in a substantially vertical position when the golfer must venture a distance from the golf cart, the golf club rest comprising a vertical leg portion having a first... Agent: Clifford G. Frayne

20070078026 - Iron-type golf club with interchangeable head-shaft connection: An iron-type golf club (320) having an iron-type club head (322) with an interchangeable shaft (40) is disclosed herein. The golf club (320) includes a tube (344) mounted in the hosel (331) of the club head (322), and a sleeve (346) mounted on a tip end (50) of the shaft... Agent: Elaine H. Lo Callaway Golf Company

20070078027 - Clubface of a golf club and method for fabricating the same: A manufacturing method of a clubface of a golf club reduces the amount of the metallic material used and enhances production. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: a metal powder and a binder are mixed to form a mixture; the mixture is shaped by a clubface mold to form... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070078028 - Golf club head having a rust-resistant coating for reinforcing a surface thereof: A golf club head includes a rust-resistant coating layer forming on a base surface of at least one club head component of the golf club head. The rust-resistant coating layer is made from a Fe—Co—Ni alloy including iron of 5-20 wt %, cobalt of 5-25 wt % and nickel of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070078029 - Multiple material golf club head: A golf club (40) having a club head (42) with a face component (60), an aft body (61), and a sound modifying component (59) is disclosed herein. The face component (60) has a striking plate portion (72) and a return portion (74). The aft-body (61) is composed of a crown... Agent: Michael A. Catania Callaway Golf Company

20070078030 - Iron-type golf club head with sole having stable static address position: An iron-type golf club head having a sole, a center of gravity CG, and a static contact point SCP on the sole substantially vertically below the CG for providing stability when the club head is in an address position, but the sole has no points lower than the SCP when... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070078031 - Golf yardage guide: A golf yardage guide with removably securable pages inserted after the guide is assembled. The removably securable pages are provided for additions to, replacement of pages or removal from the golf yardage guide. The yardage guide includes a plurality of pages coupled together by a binding. The removably securable pages... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20070078032 - Tennis training apparatus and method of use thereof: A tennis training apparatus, and method of use thereof, for improving a forehand and/or backhand of a tennis player. The apparatus includes a wristband, an “L”-shaped bracket attached to the racket, and an inflexible strap linking the L-shaped bracket to the wristband. When the strap is tightened, it causes the... Agent: Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070078033 - Wavable basketball backboard and rim: When a rod extending out of the bottom of a hollow rigid plastic trunk encasing a collapsible basketball backboard is pushed up, the backboard comes out of the top of the trunk and opens and a rim rotates 90 degrees to an “up” position perpendicular to the trunk. A pulley... Agent: Steven Horowitz Counselor At Law

20070078034 - Broadhead for an arrow: A broadhead for an arrow includes a blade device with retaining tabs having threads disposed thereon. The blade device is placed into grooves on a ferrule and a retaining ring screwed over the threaded tabs to secure the blade device to the ferrule.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP