Games using tangible projectile inventions 03/08

20080070712 - Golf swing training device method and apparatus: A golf swing training aid adapted to have a first rail and a second rail whereby a carriage system is slidably attached thereto and the pitch of the club is controlled with respect to the position of the carriage assembly in the course of a swing. In one form, the... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20080070713 - Golf apparatus: A golf apparatus on which a golf ball is placed for hitting with the head of a golf club. The apparatus includes a base having a first part which supports a user and a second resiliently deformable part over which a golf ball is in use positioned for hitting with... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080070714 - Club stand: A golf club stand made from one piece of round rod that sticks into the ground providing many services. The stand can be used for many purposes, the device will hold up to 8 plus clubs along with the flag stick, the device will hold a wet towel and club... Agent: Donald J. Blair

20080070715 - Extendible golf tool: An extendible golf tool includes a handle portion with front and rear portions, an extendible portion with a rear portion operably connected to the front portion of the handle portion, and a generally pointed tool operably connected to the front portion of the extendible portion. A ball retriever attachment may... Agent: Dinesh Agarwal, P.C.

20080070716 - Shaft for golf clubs and golf club: Points obtained by plotting flexural rigidity EI measured at ten sites on a shaft are defined as from T (1) to T (10) in this order from the head side, and the formula representing a line K that passes the T (1) and the T (10) is defined as [Y=aX+b1].... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080070717 - Interchangeable shaft for a golf club: 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

20080070718 - Golf club head for a hybrid golf club: A golf club head includes a heel end, a toe end, a front wall arranged for impacting a golf ball, and a crown extending between the heel and toe ends. The crown has a front portion and a rear portion. A sole extends between the heel and toe ends and... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20080070719 - Putterhead with dual milled face pattern: A putter-head (20) with a main body (22) having a striking face (24), a weight body (25) and an isolation layer 27 is disclosed herein. The striking face (24) has a dual milled pattern thereon. Preferably, a central area (40) has a first milled pattern and a periphery region (42)... Agent: Michael A. Catania Callaway Golf Company

20080070720 - Golf club head with high-density heel and toe weight and method of making same: A method of forming a golf club head includes providing a body having an end portion (e.g., a heel end or a toe end of the club head) wherein the body end portion includes a lower surface and a boss extending therefrom. The method comprises providing a weight having a... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20080070721 - Weight-adjustable golf club head provided with rear lightweight covering: A weight-adjustable golf club head includes a rear lightweight covering and a golf club head body combined therewith. The rear lightweight covering has a rear crown portion and a rear wall portion extended therefrom. The golf club head body is combined with the rear lightweight covering which is designed to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080070722 - Golf club head having a bridge member: A cavity back golf club head having a bridge member is disclosed. The bridge member extends across a first rear cavity connecting a heel and a toe of the golf club head to control the trajectory of a golf ball. For the longer iron clubs, a wall extending from the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080070723 - Golf tee setter and method of manufacture: A golf tee setting device includes a generally cylindrical body having a top portion, a bottom portion, and a passage extending between the top portion and the bottom portion. The passage is sized to allow a golf tee to pass therethrough. The body has at least one opening therein between... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080070724 - Moldable golf tee and method of making same: A method of manufacturing a golf tee includes a step of molding a shaft using a first moldable material. The method also includes molding an upper portion of the tee using a second moldable material. The upper portion has a ball receiving structure. A portion of either the shaft or... Agent: Harold C. Moore Maginot, Moore & Beck

20080070725 - Composite bat having a single, hollow primary tube structure: A bat preferably is formed of a single, hollow tube of composite material, wherein tubular “ports” extend through the hollow tube. The ends of the ports are bonded to the walls of the hollow tube. The ports improve the stiffness, strength, aerodynamics and comfort of the bat.... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP Princeton Pike Corporate Center

20080070726 - Bat used for baseball or softball: A bat used for baseball or softball includes a bat body including a grip part, a taper part and a first tube, a fixing component including a first fixing component and a second fixing component and a cylindrical second tube having two opened ends, the inner diameter of the cylindrical... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080070727 - Panel configuration for a game ball: A game ball, which may be a soccer ball or a variety of other types of ball. The game ball includes a plurality of pentagonal panels, with each of the pentagonal panels having five convex edges. The game ball also includes a plurality of hexagonal panels, with each of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080064515 - Composite billiard cue shaft: An improved billiard cue shaft is disclosed. The shaft includes a tapered and tubular shaft body made of a composite material such as carbon fiber/epoxy and may also include a plastic foam core. The thickness of the wall of the shaft body increases continuously along the length of the shaft... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080064516 - Distributor indexing device: A distribution indexing device (50, 60) is attachable to bowling pin-setting machines and replaces certain mechanical components within the distributing mechanism (10) that are prone to wear and require constant maintenance. The device (50, 60) includes a drive structure (50) and an electrical contact structure (60). The drive structure (50)... Agent: Joseph S. Heino, Esq. Davis & Kuelthau, S.c.

20080064517 - Self-righting golf ball tee: A self-righting golf ball tee. The tee may comprise plural golf ball supporting pedestals, for example, four pedestals that are evenly spaced from each other. The pedestals may extend from a central hub, such as at an angle of approximately 109.5 degrees between each pedestal. During use, a golfer tosses... Agent: Walter W. Duft Law Offices Of Walter W. Duft

20080064518 - Golf marker and method of use: A marker for a golf course and a method for using the marker that can have a changeable message. The marker can have a transparent plastic outer body, a display means, a changeable message and an anchoring device. There can also be an adhesive pad that can connect the anchoring... Agent: Buskop Law Group, P.C.

20080064519 - Golf swing trainer: A golf swing assistance device has a base having a flat upper surface with a hitting spot, a shallow lower surface indented adjacent to a hitting spot of the upper surface. The hitting spot is located in the middle of a golf swing that a user takes. A rear position... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20080064520 - Golf training device: A golf training device having a foot plate, an upright support extending from the foot plate, and a brace associated with the upright support, wherein a golfer may stand upon the foot plate with his buttocks against the brace to provide visual and tactical indication of a departure from the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080064521 - Golf ball teeing device: A golf ball teeing device includes a base adapted to mount to a golf club grip end and a ball carrier on the base. The ball carrier is positionable between an operational position for carrying a golf ball and a stowage position wherein a golf club on which the golf... Agent: Walter W. Duft Law Offices Of Walter W. Duft

20080064522 - Separable golf club system and methods of use: Apparatus and methods for providing a separable golf club are provided involving a connector having a male connector and a female connector configured to be selectively matable. The male and female connectors are configured to facilitate assembly of the connector with a reduced likelihood of damage to threaded portions of... Agent: Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20080064523 - Method of adjusting coefficient of restitution of face of golf club head: The present invention provides a method of adjusting a coefficient of restitution (COR) of the face of a golf club head. A metallic assistant device is fixed on a center of a back of the face by friction welding or brazing. The metallic assistant may increases the central thickness of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080064524 - Golf club head with alignment indicia: A golf club head includes a body and ball alignment indicia that protrudes forwardly of the front surface of the body. A transparent plate covers the ball alignment indicia and has a front face arranged for impacting a golf ball. A flange on the transparent plate is received in a... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20080064525 - Multiple material golf club head: A golf club (40) having a club head (42) with a face component (60) and an aft body (61) 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 portion (62), a sole portion... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20080064526 - Multi-piece solid golf ball: The invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball comprising a core, an envelope layer encasing the core, an intermediate layer encasing the envelope layer, and a cover which encases the intermediate layer and has formed on a surface thereof a plurality of dimples, wherein the core is made primarily of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

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20080064528 - Golf ball with vapor barrier layer: A multi-layer golf ball comprising a core, a water vapor barrier layer and a cover is provided. The core may have any construction and may have multiple layers. The core may also have a solid or liquid center or wound layers, and may be constructed from a polybutadiene with mid... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080064529 - Golf ball covers and mantles comprising glass particles: Disclosed herein is a golf ball with a mantle or cover layer formed from a composition comprising glass particles. More specifically, the golfball has a mantle and/or cover that contains a combination of glass particles and an ionomeric component or a non-ionomeric component.... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20080064530 - Golf ball: A low modulus durable coating layer for a polyurethane covered golf ball is disclosed herein. The coating includes a high equivalent weight polyester polyol wherein the high equivalent weight polyester polyol has an equivalent weight of at least 1000.... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20080064531 - Golf ball: A golf ball that is formed by a mold developed from a computerized modeling system such as CAD or CAE in combination with a CNC machine tool which superimposes a short waveform, or multiple waveforms, onto a longer base waveform to create a non-planar parting line that is functionally dependent... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080064532 - Golf tee: A golf tee includes an anchoring device, which has a flat top head with a coupling portion and vertical through holes around the coupling portion and a nail body downwardly extending from the flat top head for fastening to the ground in a golf course, a receptacle member, which has... Agent: Moldetk Precision Corp.

20080064533 - Golf game and scoring system: A method for scoring a golf game. The method includes determining a number of total golf shots hit by a golf group on a golf hole, determining a number of total golf shots selected by the golf group on the golf hole from the number of total golf shots hit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080064534 - Baseball swing training aid: A baseball swing training aid includes a housing and a lid for retaining a batting tee in a first or storage configuration and in a second or use configuration. In the first configuration, the batting tee is stowable on an underside of the lid such that the tee does not... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080064535 - Weighted training ball: A weighted training ball for use with a lacrosse stick assembly is provided comprising an inner ball core comprising an inner core density and having an inner core diameter. An outer ball shell surrounds the inner ball core and comprises an outer core density and having an outer shell thickness.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080064536 - Bat exercise, practice, and training device: An exercise, practice, and training device has a transition piece adjustably connected to a distal end of a handle. An action receiving element is bendably connected to a distal portion of the transition piece and extends distally therefrom. The action receiving element is also connected to the transition piece by... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20080064537 - Lacrosse handle: A lacrosse handle having two sidewalls each with a channel and two arched walls extending between the sidewalls is disclosed herein. The channels contribute to increased gripping ability by the user and overall increased strength of the handle. Each channel is capable of receiving an insert that includes individualized information,... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080064538 - Two-piece ball bat with rigid connection: A two-piece ball bat comprising a hollow barrel attached to a handle by a combination of mechanical interference and a layer of rigid adhesive interposed between the interior surface of the barrel and the exterior surface of the handle at a tapered junction. The rigid adhesive layer prevents any direct... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20080064539 - Grip training device: A grip training device is used to teach a person the proper grip of a ball in usage. More specifically, the grip training device may take the form of a baseball having finger position indicia on it. The finger position indicia may be constituted in several different ways, including by... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20080064540 - Game ball: A game ball includes two molded semi-spherical members each having an outer peripheral portions, and the peripheral portions of the molded semi-spherical members may be engaged with each other and welded or secured together to form the game ball. One of the molded semi-spherical members may include a valve for... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080064541 - Inflatable play ball: A play ball comprising an outer casing having a vent and a balloon is provided. The outer casing is substantially non-porous. An uninflated balloon is inserted into the outer casing through an opening. During inflation of the balloon, air from within the outer casing is vented.... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20080064542 - Inflatable play ball: A play ball comprising an outer casing having a first opening and at least one second opening that operates as a vent and a balloon is provided. The outer casing is substantially non-porous. An uninflated balloon is inserted into the outer casing through an opening. During inflation of the balloon,... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20080058111 - Circular pool table according to billiard congress of america and/or world pool-billiard association: A circular pool table comprises features that provide the player with a sensation of playing on a rectangular pool table. In particular, the circular pool table comprises a circular cushion whose geometry resembles that of the cushion of a rectangular pool table as specified by the Billiard Congress of America... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael M. Ahmadshahi

20080058112 - Golf training device: An apparatus to train and prevent golfers from slicing a golf ball and increases distance by promoting the proper angle of attack when striking a golf ball and creating the proper body motion for maximum performance, the apparatus comprising: a belt clip having a rounded portion and a clip; a... Agent: Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC

20080058113 - Iron-type golf club heads with variable forward wall thickness dimensions: A set of at least three iron-type golf club heads where each golf club head includes a forward wall having a front surface arranged for impacting a golf ball, a back surface disposed generally parallel to the front surface and a thickness dimension measured between the front and back surfaces.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20080058114 - Interchangeable shaft for a golf club: 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

20080058115 - Putter with aligned front and back weights and a forwardly angled shaft: A putter constructed for an improved golf swing with the desired straight back-and-forth stroke. The putter has a bi-weighted club head with a front face and a butt end. A first weight is positioned behind the front face and a second weight is positioned near the butt end of the... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080058116 - Golf club head: An exemplary golf club head having an increased amount of discretionary mass may be realized by utilizing improved drop angles, an improved average crown height, and/or articulation points. The discretionary mass may be placed low and deep in the club head to improve the location of the center of gravity... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080058117 - Iron golf club with improved mass properties and vibration damping: A golf club is provided having improved playing characteristics based upon a multiple material construction. This construction involves a club body in combination with a face insert that defines a hollow channel therebetween. This hollow channel is substantially filled with a heterogeneous viscoelastic material, such as urethane containing tungsten powder.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080058118 - Golf club head: A golf club head comprises a body defined with a hollow part thereof, an annular groove is defined in a front side of the hollow part, and an annular space is formed between the annular groove and the body. And a hitting panel, in a periphery of a rear side... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20080058119 - Multi-material golf club head: A golf club head formed of multiple materials is disclosed. Those portions of the club head that are subject to high stresses during normal use of the golf club head are formed of a metallic material. Most of the material beyond what is required to maintain structural integrity, however, is... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080058120 - Muscle back, with insert, iron type golf club head: A muscle-back iron golf club head includes a blade-like upper mass, a muscle-like lower mass, a planar front surface, a top surface, a sole surface, a heel surface, a toe surface, and a rear surface having a first contour. A recess is in the rear surface, the recess having a... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080058121 - Highly neutralized acid polymer compositions having a low moisture vapor transmission rate and their use in golf balls: The present invention is directed to a golf ball having at least one layer formed from a moisture resistant, highly neutralized acid polymer composition. Highly neutralized acid polymers of the present invention are produced with a cation source selected from ions and compounds of lithium, ions and compounds of zinc,... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080058122 - Golf ball: A golf ball having an indicia composed of a novel metallic ink is disclosed herein. The first indicia is preferably composed of a vacuum metallized pigmented ink having a particle size ranging from 10 microns to 12 microns. The ink is preferably an aluminum based ink. The golf ball is... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20080058123 - Multi-layer golf ball: A golf ball comprises a molded core, one or more ionomer mantles, and a thermoset polyurethane cover. The core is a high cis-polybutadiene crosslinked with zinc diacrylate and may also comprise a halogenated thiophenol and metal thiosulfate. One or more of the ionomer mantles comprises an ionomer neutralized to 80%... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20080058124 - 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

20080058125 - Mobile phone system and method for self-caddy: A mobile phone incorporates a positioning system to calculate a user's distance from a golf hole. Based on the distance, the mobile phone recommends a golf club to use.... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080058126 - Method for assessing biomechanical efficiency of the pitching delivery: A method of assessing the biomechanical efficiency of a pitching delivery relative to time elapsed through certain motions of the pitching delivery. The method includes a pitching delivery timeline. The pitching delivery timeline has a first time requirement between 0.95 and 1.05 seconds within which a first forward movement until... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080058127 - Multi-axis athletic training device: A multi-axis athletic training device used to simulate crucial movements in sports to better train and improve the skill set of participating players is provided. This device utilizes at least two devices for rotating to create two independently controlled rotations, each simulating a different motion involved in a movement or... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080058128 - System and method for training a football player: A football training system and method for training a player football technique, strength and endurance. The system provides an engagement member that can be engaged and driven upward and substantially simultaneously rearward. The system includes a life-size simulator, dummy or engagement member for providing a true-to-life training experience. The system... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080058129 - Lacrosse practice aid: A lacrosse practice aid is provided for use with a lacrosse stick assembly including a lacrosse stick, a lacrosse head having a head base, head sidewalls, and a head lip, a netting element attached to the lacrosse head, and a lacrosse ball positioned within the netting element. The lacrosse practice... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080058130 - Weighted stick practice aid: A weighted stick practice aid is provided for use with a lacrosse stick assembly including a lacrosse stick, a lacrosse head having a head neck portion, a head ball stop portion, head sidewalls, and a head lip. The weighted stick practice aid comprises a flexible padded weight donut comprising a... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080058131 - Sports racquet with insert members for anchoring strings: The sides of a sports racquet, and optionally the tip and throat bridge, include axially extending cutout portions. An insert member, having a plurality of string port holes and optionally conventional string holes, is seated in each cutout portion. The frame and insert member are preferably formed of different materials.... Agent: Fox Rothschild, LLP

20080058132 - Multi-component bat and assembly process: Assembling a multi-component baseball bat includes disposing a rigid sleeve coaxially over a portion of an elongate composite handle. The rigid sleeve encircles a second end of the handle and extends toward a first end of the handle. A ring is positioned near a second end of a bat barrel.... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080058133 - Composite arrow shaft including two-part reinforcing sleeve, method of making same, and front-loaded arrow which is produced therewith: A reinforced archery arrow shaft includes a tubular core, with an attached two-part sleeve either covering the core, or disposed inside the core as a liner. The core may include carbon therein. The sleeve includes at least one higher-density front section formed from a fabric material, which is wrapped around... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080058134 - Ball: A ball has an internal bladder, an inner fabric layer, a reinforcing layer, an outer fabric layer and an external cover layer. The internal bladder is spherical and hollow. The inner fabric layer is ventilative and soft, is mounted around the internal bladder and allows air existing inside or outside... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.