Games using tangible projectile inventions 08/07

20070202959 - Imaging system and method including multiple, sequentially exposed image sensors: An imaging system and method are provided that include one or more image sensors, a light source for illuminating the field(s) of view of the image sensor(s), a control system for directing operation of the light source and the image sensor(s) in order to capture image(s) of a ball and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070202961 - Golf accessory for keeping the golf grip dry: A device is provided to assist a golfer in keeping the golf grip of their clubs dry if they are compelled to lay a club on the ground. In particular, a disk-like member is adapted to be received on the shaft of a golf club in such a way that... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070202960 - K-peg: A golf accessory which will peg the head of a golf club to the ground, holding the club in an upright position. The U-Shaped head of the K-Peg has been designed to be universal and will therefore fit and be compatible with the whole compliment of golf clubs available on... Agent: Mr Keith Flanagan

20070202962 - Golf like game with multiple projectiles: An equipment set and golf game are provided. The equipment set includes at least one golf club and a plurality of balls. The balls are designed to travel differing distances or be putted. Thus, each shot includes a ball selection and, in some cases, a club selection.... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20070202963 - Golf club head: A golf club head has a hollow shell structure comprising: a main frame provided with three independent openings which are a front opening, a top opening and a bottom opening; a face plate covering the front opening; a crown plate covering the top opening; and a sole plate covering the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070202964 - Golf club head: A golf club head (42) having a substantially square or rectangular body is disclosed herein. The golf club head (42) preferably has a volume ranging from 420 cubic centimeters to 470 cubic centimeters. The golf club head (42) preferably has a moment of inertia about the Izz axis through the... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20070202965 - Molded rubber material for golf ball, method of producing the material, and golf ball: The invention provides a molded rubber material for a golf ball which is obtained by molding and vulcanizing a rubber composition that includes a portion of a master batch prepared by mixing together a synthetic rubber, an unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt and a higher fatty acid or metal salt... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070202966 - High endurance flexible golf ball tee apparatus: A high endurance flexible golf ball tee apparatus specially designed for golf practice. Said tee has a stake (26) that is detachable and a top portion (25) that is flexible, which consists of a cylinder (20) to hold a golf ball up, a supporting disc (22) that stabilizes the tee,... Agent: Peter Lipidarov

20070202967 - 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

20070202968 - Apparatus and method for training players in sports: A ball-like target, which may be an actual ball used in playing a sport to be taught, for example in teaching batting to trainees, is attached to a rod, so that the trainer can precisely control the target's speed and attitude of the target during the entire course of presentation... Agent: Lariviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP

20070202969 - Basketball assistant: A device that is designed to assist a basketball player with shooting practice by controllably dispensing multiple basketballs, one at a time, to the player. A vertical housing with an open top is used to store the basketballs one on top of the other and dispense the balls to the... Agent: Seto Patents

20070202970 - Baseball training device and method of using the same: A training device for throwing a baseball includes a plate assembly that is pivotally connected to a support member. The plate assembly includes a flat, rectangular balance plate and a sleeve disposed transversely across the bottom surface of the balance plate. The support member includes an elongated support arm on... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070202971 - Table-tennis table: The invention concerns a table-tennis table that includes two playing surfaces and a support structure for these two playing surfaces, where this support structure includes a structure for folding the two playing surfaces between a playing position, in which the playing surfaces are horizontal and aligned, and a storage position... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070202972 - Device for aligning strings of a racquet: A handheld device for realigning the strings of a sports racquet, wherein the device is sized to fit into a clothing pocket of the user. The device comprises a body portion from which one or more alternately shaped protrusions extend. The protrusions generally include four-sided shapes that are sized and... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070202974 - Single wall ball bat including quartz structural fiber: A single-wall ball bat is made up of a series of layers or plies of unidirectional, two-dimensional, structural fibers having high strain energy properties. The plies are optionally layered upon each other in a lamina structure in which the fibers in one ply are oriented at opposing angles to the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070202973 - Composite bat with metal sleeve: A baseball bat has a composite bat body including a grip, a handle and a barrel extending from the handle. The baseball bat also includes a generally tubular, resilient sleeve having greater impact absorption and resistance characteristics than the composite bat body. The sleeve is disposed adjacent to an exterior... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070197305 - Gap detection devices of golf address and exercise form detection devices: P

20070197306 - Indoor putting game device: An indoor putting game device includes a main body, a plurality of goal boards with different patterns and ball holes of different numbers optionally selected to be mounted on the main body, and a flexible ball course member wound on a shaft in the main body possible to be pulled... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070197307 - Golf cup advertising disc: An article device bearing or containing an advertising or promotional message and that is adapted to sit within a golf hole cup. The article may be imprinted with an, or contain a viewable advertising logo, message, or the like with an ink or other visually identifiable medium that is not... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20070197308 - Putter training apparatus and method of use: A putter training apparatus and method of use are provided. In one form, a putter training apparatus includes a putter head generally formed as a mallet attached to a standard golf shaft. The putter head includes an opening through the vertical distance of the putter head, generally centered in the... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20070197309 - Golf practice device: A golf practice device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the golf practice device includes a first upper part and a second lower part. A hinge assembly rotatably connects the first upper part and the second lower part. The first upper part includes an interior sized to removably receive a golf... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070197310 - Chipping golf club: A chipping wedge is provided having a longer than usual shaft on the order of approximately 40 to 55 inches long and preferably about 47 inches so that the top of the shaft comes up to about the middle of the golfer's chest when addressing the ball. The shaft includes... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20070197311 - Interchangeable golf club heads with shared shaft: A system of interchangeable club heads sharing one or more shafts and golf bag for carrying the club heads and one or more shafts. The club heads contain a shaft segment to set club length and a coupler to interconnect to the shaft and grip. The shaft contains an opposite... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070197312 - Quick connect golf clubs: The quick connect golf club set is easy to use, light weight in comparison to conventional golf clubs, can be carried anywhere and the set is complete from driver, iron's and putter. The head lengths are different allowing for the club lengths to come out right. The quick connect coupler... Agent: James Thomas Carpenter

20070197313 - Golf ball: A golf ball comprising a core, an intermediate layer, and a cover exhibits a good profile of rebound, feel and durability suited for low head speed amateur players when it satisfies the requirements that (Shore D hardness of the cover)−(Shore D hardness of the intermediate layer)>0, (initial velocity (in m/s)... Agent: Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas, PLLC

20070197314 - Rangefinding devices and methods for golfing: A device comprises a rangefinder, memory, display, and processor. The rangefinder can measure a distance between a user and a target on a course. The memory stores data concerning a plurality of clubs including a hitting distance for each of the golf clubs. The processor, which is connected to the... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070197315 - Balance plate intelligent game apparatus: A balance plate intelligent game apparatus, structured to include a lower tier balance plate having a circular arc-shaped bottom portion and a transparent upper tier ball disk combined with a transparent top cover. A ball is disposed interior of the game apparatus so that when a young child treads on... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070197316 - Lacrosse handle: A shaft for a lacrosse stick includes two or more axially aligned portions that may be rotated independently of each other. Resistance to rotation provides exercise to strengthen the hands, arms and wrists of lacrosse players who use the stick.... Agent: Finch & Nguyen PLLC

20070197317 - Method of manufacturing wear-resistant panel of ball: In a method of manufacturing wear-resistant panel of ball, a TPU film having a pattern printed on a reverse side thereof is positioned in a mold for suction molding and trimming to form a panel of ball, which is then positioned in another mold for bonding to an injection molded... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070197318 - Apparatus and method for game: A tossable disk for playing a game is provided. The disk may be comprised of a first ring comprised of a curved top outer surface, a second ring comprised of a curved bottom outer surface, a top indented inner surface substantially at the center of the first ring, and a... Agent: Walter J. Tencza Jr.

20070191124 - Handle leveraged billiard ball rack: A billiards ball rack design providing improved ease, accuracy, and aesthetics for setting and removing billiards balls in a triangular fifteen ball setting. The present invention creates a handle on the back of the rack upon which downward force results in a clean release from set balls. The rack contacts... Agent: Michael Ries

20070191125 - Method and system for using skill-based gaming strategies with bowling: A variation of the traditional game of bowling combining skill-based gaming methods and systems for maximizing interest and strategy within the traditional bowling scoring and playing environment to enable the bowler to compete for prizes. In one embodiment, the bowler is rewarded for exactly bowling a predetermined score. Such score... Agent: Neil S. Goldstein

20070191127 - Audio digital recording and playback device configured to conveniently store and play audible messages pertaining to specific golfing techniques and situations: An audio digital recording and playback device is configured to conveniently store and play audible messages pertaining to specific golfing techniques. The device includes a housing, a power supply contained within the housing, switches operably coupled to the housing and adapted for enabling operator selection of one of a plurality... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20070191126 - Golf aid: A golf aid that prevents a user from leaving a golf club too far behind on a golf course. When a golf club is too distanced from the user, the user is alerted to retrieve the lost club. Preferably, a GPS system assists in guiding the user to the location... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20070191128 - Golf swing training apparatus: A golf training apparatus for practicing golf strokes using either irons or woods and from both even and uneven lies with training apparatus including a base coupled to a selectively tiltable platform having a standing section adjacent a striking section covered with a replaceable striking mat defining an uppermost and... Agent: AdvantageIPLaw Firm

20070191129 - Golf swing training aid: A golf swing training aid includes an armband coupled to a resilient member, the resilient member having at an opposite terminal end an anchor for anchoring the resilient member to at least one of a hossle and a shaft of a golf club, the resilient member providing feedback during a... Agent: Law Office Of Ira M. Turner, LLC

20070191130 - Golf putter enhancement device: An easily attached, universal performance enhancement device for existing golf putters. The invention comprises an “L” shaped body, made of a rigid, lightweight material. The device is designed to mount in front of and on top of an existing putter by clamping a clubhead between the face of the device... Agent: Aristo Kouldus

20070191131 - Golf club: A golf club has a device for the alternate picking up and simultaneous placing down of a marker on the green or respectively the placing down of a golf ball through the intermediary of a mechanical pivotal mechanism, wherein both the picking up of the ball and the simultaneous placing... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070191132 - Table tennis game having a playing surface divided into multiple independent playing stations by intersecting rigid barriers: A game table for playing variations of table tennis using at least one ball includes a table top having a playing surface and a plurality of generally identical, intersecting, equiangularly-spaced, rigid barriers positioned atop the playing surface and radiating from a center point thereof, the rigid barriers dividing the playing... Agent: Angus C. Fox, Iii

20070191133 - Complex hosel structure for a golf club head having a high degree of vibrational absorbability and elastic deformability: A golf club head includes a golf club head body and a complex hosel. The golf club head body includes a neck portion located at a heel-side portion, and a connecting portion formed on the neck portion. The complex hosel is constructed from a one-piece tubular member made from a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070191134 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically... Agent: Acushnet Company

20070191137 - Golf club head for putter, and golf putter: Putter head 2 having a head main body 4 constructed with a metal, and a member having low specific gravity 6 constructed with a material having a specific gravity lower than that of the metal constructing the head main body 4. The member having low specific gravity 6 is provided... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070191135 - Club head for a golfing putter: A golf club head (21) for a putter, in which the club head (21) is provided with a toe wing (31) projecting from a toe portion (23), and a heel wing (31″) projecting from a heel portion (25), each of the wings (31, 31″) being provided with an outward side... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070191138 - Curved golf putter: A golf putter with a having a curved body and a high toe design is disclosed and claimed. The putter head includes a face member, which has a heel and a toe, and a body member. The body member is connected to and extends rearward from the face member. At... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070191136 - Putter type golf club and a method of using it: A golf club of the so called putter type comprising a cylinder shaped head (10) with a vertical semi-through hole (15) placed in the middle of the cylindrical surface, a second threaded hole perpendicular to the first one for the insertion of a screw (16), a shaft (11) of adjustable... Agent: Themis Intellectual Property Counsel

20070191139 - Golf ball: g

20070191141 - Interactive sports training device: An interactive sports training device has a plurality of light sources, multiple sensor means and a processor to facilitate the manoeuvring, passing and shooting of an object. Each sensor means is associated with one of the plurality of light sources, the sensor means being adapted to be triggered when an... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070191140 - Lacrosse training apparatus and method: A lacrosse training apparatus is disclosed and includes a head, a rod and a mass. The head includes a first dimension defining a first longitudinal axis and a second dimension. The rod includes a length and is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the head. The mass is disposed in mechanical... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070191142 - Oversized basketball rim device: An oversized basketball rim device for retrofitting onto an existing standard sized basketball rim attached to a backboard of a raised goal which increases an opportunity of making a basket when shooting a basketball.... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070191143 - Ball propelling machine: The invention relates to an assembly and method of spinning a seamed ball prior to being propelled from a ball propelling machine. The assembly can simulate balls propelled in sports such as baseball. The assembly includes at least one pair of opposed ball supports to firstly position a loaded ball... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070191144 - Baseball pitching training device: A device for use in learning, practicing and perfecting a baseball pitching motion comprising, a practice glove worn on the pitching hand having a pair of directional indicator elements extending therefrom. The indicator elements extending as independent elongated flexible bands removably interconnected from the end of the index finger portion... Agent: Harpman & Harpman

20070191145 - Tennis court target comprising a tennis ball hopper and a target accessory: The present invention is using a ball hopper as a highly visible tennis court target. This is accomplished by attaching a bright colored target accessory to the ball hopper. The attaching fasteners can be implemented as separate elements or they can be integrated into or attached to the target accessory.... Agent: Thomas Winter

20070191146 - Apparatus and method for tennis swing training: A racket swing training apparatus providing a user-chosen static positioning of a tennis racket in the hand, at angles to the forearm, which are determinable and repeatable. The device further provides components to set the face angle of the racket engaged to the device and visual indica to allow for... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20070191147 - Apparatus for a game having a goal area: An apparatus, used as a goal in a game with a game ball and club, comprises a frame arranged to be supported on the ground which defines a perimeter boundary surrounding a goal area sustantially at ground level and a goal mouth extending at least partway about the perimeter boundary... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070191148 - Self-storing basketball goal system: A modular self-storing basketball goal system includes a foundation box having a pivotable top cover movable from a horizontal closed position and a vertical open position for deployment of a basketball game upward therefrom. The basketball goal includes a post assembly having a backboard and rim attachable at a top... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20070191151 - Basketball system: A basketball system may include a support structure that is sized and configured to support a basketball goal above a playing surface. The basketball system may also include a connecting structure that interconnects the basketball goal and the support structure. For example, the connecting structure may include a first pair... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070191150 - Foldable basketball stand: A foldable basketball stand comprises a seat having a supporting frame, a transfer unit installed at one end of the supporting frame and a weight installed to the supporting frame; and the weight being a foldable water box; a supporting unit formed of a plurality of rod bodies; one end... Agent: Lien-fu Lu

20070191149 - Self-storing basketball goal system: A self-storing basketball goal system includes a foundation box enclosing a portable basketball goal including a backboard and hoop rim. The backboard attaches to the distal end section of a post assembly, which is preferably foldable and telescopic. The foundation box may be dug in the ground so that the... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20070191152 - Overhead-supported net system: A net system pivotally displacing a net between a playing position in a vertical plane bifurcating a playing area and a nearly horizontal elevated storage position freeing the playing area for other uses. Parallel poles are located on opposite sides of the playing area with a net coupled to the... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070191153 - Lacrosse pocket having shooting string guide tubes between the runners: A pocket for a lacrosse head including a scoop, a throat, first and second sides, a front and a back. The pocket comprises first and second runners engaging the scoop and the throat, wherein the runners are positioned substantially adjacent to each other. A tubular member can be positioned between... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070191154 - Racquet sport apparatus & method: Apparatus for playing a game includes a racquet having a handle and an elongated foam member defining a hoop shape and having two ends, each end of the hoop shape terminating in the handle.... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070191155 - Racket handle of ergonomic character, a racket, and corresponding ranges of handles and of rackets: p

20070191156 - A multi-component bat having threaded connection and assembly process: A process for assembling a multi-component baseball bat includes providing a bat barrel having a threaded section and selecting a bat handle having a threaded section. The barrel and handle are interconnected in a threaded engagement, defining an intermediate tapered section providing impact absorption and reducing stress on the barrel... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070184910 - Compact golf course and privatized golf course community, and a method of designing and dynamically playing a compact golf course: The present invention is directed to a compact golf course, a privatized golf course community having a compact golf course, methods of designing a compact golf course and/or privatized golf course community, and methods of dynamically playing a compact golf course. The compact golf course includes a plurality of regulation... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070184911 - Mating golf glove with club grip: A grip system and/or apparatus for golfers with weak hand strength comprising: at least one mating glove and a club grip; the mating glove for use in covering a person's hand and for interfacing and mating with the club grip; the mating glove possessing a palm side, a dorsal side,... Agent: Law Offices Of Andrew Y. Schroeder

20070184912 - Golf club head with bi-polar magnetic impact detectors: A golf club head with multiple cells of magnetically held pins is disclosed. The cells are placed on the sweet spot on the head of the golf club. The pins within the cells are set to extend beyond the face of the golf club and maintained in position with a... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.

20070184913 - Golf ball gripping device: A device for securely engaging and retaining a golf ball. The device is preferably adapted for secure placement on the end of the grip of a golf club, such as a putter, thus enabling a user to use the club to extend his/her reach and pick up a golf ball... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20070184914 - Method for producing golf shafts of like flex: The method of producing tubular golf club shafts (10) of the same longitudinal stiffness and varying weights by wrapping composite materials on a tapered mandrel (15), or mandrels, having a given taper profile, producing a core (30) of angle-fiber-and-resin material and a shell (31) of longitudinal-fiber-and-resin material, and varying the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070184915 - Interchangeable putter system: An interchangeable putter system for the customization of putters to individual players and for increasing the versatility of putting on various putting surfaces. The system includes a club head and a plurality of interchangeable face plates. Each of the face plates includes a front surface having a pitch or loft.... Agent: Moss & Barnett P.A.

20070184916 - Molded polymer material and golf ball: The invention provides a molded polymer material which is obtained by subjecting a polymer composition that includes (A) at least one polymer containing α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, (B) at least one diene polymer, (C) at least one metal cation source, and (D) at least one organic peroxide, and has a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070184917 - Aerodynamic surface geometry for a golf ball: A golf ball (20) approaching zero land area is disclosed herein. The golf ball (20) has an innersphere with a plurality of primary lattice members (40) and a plurality of sub-lattice members (41). Each of the plurality of primary lattice members (40) has an apex and the golf ball (20)... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20070184918 - Golf tee setting device: A golf tee setting device including an elongated body and a retaining bracket affixed to the bottom of the elongated body. The retaining bracket includes a tee retaining foot for supporting the enlarged head at the top of a golf tee. The foot is provided with a keyhole slot for... Agent: Stephen R. Greiner, Esquire Greiner Law Offices, P.C.

20070184919 - The perfect golf tee: The present invention provides a golf tee wherein a Step is provided in specific heights based on the height of the Step built into the varying golf tees; when placed into the ground, the desired golf ball height is attained by the tee selected.... Agent: Michael A. Costantini

20070184920 - Electronic target system for sports: Sports shooting target assembly that electronically detects successful shots through the aperture of the target frame. One or more target assemblies are attached to a goal post or crossbar in desired practice locations. The target assemblies are electronically controlled by a central unit to form a sports shooting practice system.... Agent: Ernest Wing Mah

20070184921 - Self-contained cross-training aid for use by participants in baseball, softball, golf, and hockey: A self-contained cross-training aid for use by a sports participant in conjunction with a selected sports implement provides a support assembly, a vertical standard assembly supported by the support assembly, a horizontal arm assembly attached to the vertical standard assembly, and at least one tethered target assembly attached to the... Agent: James T. Robinson Exclusivity-law, Inc.

20070184922 - Field-sport game: A field-sport game modifies various aspects of rugby so as to be more appealing to the American audience. The playing field is substantially reduced in size, altering the strategy and play of the game. Moreover, walls may be provided in place of sidelines so as to eliminate out of bound... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070184923 - Lacrosse handle: In one embodiment, an improved handle (12) for attachment to a lacrosse head (10) is provided. The improved handle (12) includes a generally tubular member (14) having a top end (16) for attachment to a lacrosse head (18) and a bottom end (20) opposite thereto. The top end (16) and... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070184924 - Racket with versatile handle: A racket. In an illustrative embodiment, the racket includes plural handle portions, including a first handle portion and a second handle portion, which are equipped with a first gripping surface and a second gripping surface, respectively. A first mechanism couples the first handle portion and the second handle portion to... Agent: Lionel Burt

20070178981 - Rests: A rest for use in playing snooker, billiards and similar games comprises a shaft (12) and a head (10). The head (10) includes a fitting (11) for connection to the shaft (12) and has a configuration such that it can provide support for a cue at a number of different... Agent: Melvin I. Stoltz, Esq.

20070178983 - System and method for analyzing golfer performance: In a method for analyzing performance of a golfer, a number greens hit in regulation by the golfer during at least one round of golf and a number of long game strokes taken by the golfer during the at least one round of golf are determined, a long game efficiency... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070178982 - Method and apparatus for determining golf honors: A method and apparatus for determining honors in a golf game. The apparatus includes a substantially enclosed container and a plurality of individual honor sticks removably positioned in the enclosed portion of the container. Each of the individual honor sticks each include an elongated substantially rigid stick member having a... Agent: Scott Neubauer

20070178984 - Golf ball conveying apparatus for use on driving ranges: A golf ball carrying apparatus is used to carry golf balls to swing compartments at a single-floor or multi-floor driving range. The golf ball carrying apparatus of the present invention includes a chain, connected between a drive unit provided with a motor and a driven unit spaced apart from the... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070178985 - Carpet: A carpet includes a mat body of a certain thickness and a plurality of pseudo-hole members. The mat body has its surface provided with a ballgame design such as a golf course, a billiard table, a bowling course, a cricket ground, a croquet ground, a football ground, etc. The pseudo-hole... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070178986 - Golf swing training device and method: A golf swing training aid includes a shaft having two sliding elements magnetically attached to fixed positions on the shaft. The sliding elements slide along the shaft from initially coupled positions to impact positions during a backswing and downswing movement simulating a golf swing for providing distinctive sounds at selected... Agent: Carl M. Napolitano, Ph.d. Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070178987 - Golf club head with multiple insert front face: A golf club head has a cavity for receiving a face insert. A first face insert, which is disposed in the cavity, has a front surface that is contoured. A second face insert composed of multiple rod elements is disposed in the cavity on top of the first face insert... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20070178988 - Golf clubs and golf club heads including cellular structure metals and other materials: Golf club heads include: (a) a body member constructed, at least in part, from cellular structure material; (b) a ball striking face engaged or integrally formed with the body member; and/or (c) a shaft member engaged with the body member. Weight savings realized through the use of lightweight cellular structure... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070178989 - Cover for the head of a golf club: The present invention provides a cover for the head of a golf club, especially a putter. The cover comprises a hollow body having an open end, the body being arranged to define a slot which opens onto the open end of the body. The slot is shaped and arranged to... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070178990 - Golf club head structure: A golf club head structure is provided, which includes a body and a striking plate. The body is formed with a first frame opening portion and a second frame opening portion on one side surface. The cross-section of the first frame opening portion is a C-shaped frame opening. Furthermore, the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070178991 - Golf club head: Disclosed is a golf club head including a faceplate portion and a main body constituting a remaining part of the golf club head. A plurality of linear protrusions formed parallel to one another on the rear surface (opposing to the front striking surface) of the faceplate portion. The linear protrusions... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070178992 - Golf club head: A golf club head (42) having a substantially square or rectangular body is disclosed herein. The golf club head (42) preferably has a volume ranging from 420 cubic centimeters to 470 cubic centimeters. The golf club head (42) preferably has a moment of inertia about the Izz axis through the... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20070178993 - Baseball bunting target system: A batter training and protection system is shown. A protector for protecting an infield area is provided with a plurality of indicia situated thereon or integrally formed therein to define a plurality of target areas, respectively. The indicia may comprise a plurality of material segments, a plurality of colors, patterns,... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20070178994 - Ground anchor for sports support pole: The present invention relates to an anchor to be used with a basketball support pole, and more particularly to an anchor that facilitates ease of assembly and mounting of a basketball support pole and a backboard/hoop assembly attached thereto. The anchor may include an anchoring base and a lifting system.... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070178995 - Lacrosse head netting adjustment mechanism: A lacrosse head includes an open frame having a throat portion for receiving a handle, a ballstop portion, a pair of opposing sidewall portions, and a scoop. The open frame includes a plurality of net attachment structures to facilitate attachment of a netting to the head. The lacrosse head also... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070178996 - Darts: kit dart modifications: A dart is disclosed, by internal axii and radial modification, that has variously segmented positions that involve the forward or scoring embodiments for either soft tip darts or steel tip darts, their axial movement being through reciprocally staged bores for a depending shaft and enlarged collar; the central segment having... Agent: George E. Fenn

20070178997 - Bladder structure of a football: A football bladder includes an oval body and multiple ribs formed on an outer periphery of the oval body. After a skin is attached to the outer periphery of the oval body, protruding strips are formed on an outer periphery of the skin.... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims