Games using tangible projectile inventions 04/08

20080096680 - Bowling pin and method of manufacture: A bowling pin including a body having a head, a neck, a ball line portion, and a base all integrally formed of a synthetic material. The body includes a hollow area and a longitudinal axis of the hollow area extends generally perpendicularly to a substantially planar bottom surface of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080096681 - Agent to remove paint, lacquer, glue, plastic or similar from objects and the use of it: An arrangement for playing miniature golf. Arranged over a part of a shortened miniature golf course is a display surface for the projection of an image of the entire extent of a miniature golf course. Arranged along a ball rolling surface of the shortened miniature golf course is a plurality... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20080096682 - Golf club putter heads and golf putters including same: Golf putter heads, gold putting kits, and golf putters including same are described. One putter head comprises a body having a putting face, a toe, a heel, a sole, and a crown, the sole and crown extending away from the face to an aft-mass, the body further having at least... Agent: Jeffrey L. Wendt The Wendt Firm, P.C.

20080096683 - Systems and devices for controlled putting: A putting system with a putter substrate and modules that detachably couple to the putter substrate to form a putter head is disclosed. The modules detect, determine, measure and/or monitor alignment and/or tempo of the putter head. Modules include displays and/or audio outputs that provide visual and/or audio representations of... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080096684 - Golf practice mat: A golf practice mat comprising a backing defining an upper surface and a lower surface, a first plurality of elongated polyethylene fibers stitched onto the backing so as to project upwardly from the upper surface thereof, a second plurality of durable nylon fibers stitched onto the backing adjacent to and... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080096685 - Golf ball recovery and ball mark repair tool: A golf accessory comprises a ball retrieval tool on one end and a ball mark repair tool on the opposite end which facilitates use of both tools without requiring a golfer to bend down. The golf accessory may further comprise telescoping members inside a shaft for extending the golf accessory... Agent: Michael A. O'neil Michael A. O'neil, P.C.

20080096686 - Putter insert: The present invention proposes a transparent insert (illustrated on attached drawings marked 3 on FIG. 3) with lines or other indicia printed or etched onto the upper surface of the insert (marked 1 on FIG. 3) and also onto the lower surface (marked 2 on FIG. 3) so that a... Agent: Surjit Singh Bilkhu

20080096687 - 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 and having a thickness ranging from 0.6 mm to 1.4 mm, a carbon-fibre... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20080096688 - Wood-type golf club head: A hollow wood-type golf club head 1 having a volume of 420 to 500 cm3 and comprising face portion 3, wherein the face portion 3 comprises a metallic material having a specific gravity of 4.30 to 4.60 and has a thickness of 1.5 to 4.0 mm, and in the standard... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096689 - Wood-type hollow golf club head: A wood-type hollow golf club head comprises a face having a specific thickness distribution, wherein average thicknesses tUTP, tUCP, tUHP, tMTP, tMCP, tMHP, tLTP, tLCP and tLHP of an upper toe portion UTP, upper central portion UCP, upper heel portion UHP, middle toe portion MTP, middle central portion MCP, middle... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096690 - Multi-metal golf clubs: Disclosed herein is a golf club head having a body portion and a face insert. The front of the body portion further comprises a cutout sized and dimensioned to receive the face insert. The body portion is preferably made from a high-strength metal such as stainless steel, titanium or titanium... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080096691 - Golf ball with colored impact zone: A golf ball has colored lines emanating from colored visual impact zones of the ball to form a useful alignment tool as well as directional indicators. The visual impact zones are located on opposite ends of the golf ball. The utility of such a colored design on the golf ball... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080096692 - Multi-layer golf ball: Disclosed herein is a multi-layer golf ball having a soft outer cover. The golf ball has an inner cover layer with a Shore D hardness of 60 or more, and an outer cover with a Shore D hardness of 55 or less, and more preferably 50 or less. In a... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20080096693 - Multi-layer golf ball having velocity gradient from slower center to faster cover: The present invention is directed to multi-layer golf balls having a center, a cover layer, and at least one intermediate layer between the core and the cover layer. The center, the at least one intermediate layer and the cover are constructed to have different initial velocities and COR such that... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080096694 - Golf tee: Disclosed is a golf tee which is prevented from being lost even though a golfer strikes the golf tee along with a golf ball when executing a tee shot. The golf tee of the present invention includes a ball support unit (10), a peg unit (20), a magnet (15), an... Agent: Booth Udall, PLC

20080096695 - Ball returner for use with a goal: A ball returner for a sports goal includes a triangular frame substantially framing an elastic material, which may be taughtly extended there across. The frame may include two or three sides coupled together. Coupled to one corner of the frame is at least one stand portion extending at an angle... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080096696 - Pitching training method and device: A device for learning pitching technique for ball games and improving muscle strength through resistance training. The device, which consists of an elongated U shaped coiled tubular spring with a curved end and pair of straight parallel shaft portions with solid tips, is aligned with and strapped to the user's... Agent: Mary A Whiting

20080096697 - Tennis serve ball machine cum training device: This invention, called Serve Assist, is an electro-mechanical ball machine for practicing the tennis serve. It helps a tennis student to practice serves by consistently dropping the ball in the desired location. It operates in one of two modes, an Auto-feed mode in which it drops the balls in the... Agent: Ramesh Balasubramanyan

20080096698 - Tennis serve ball machine cum training device ii: This invention, called Serve Assist, is an electro-mechanical ball machine for practicing the tennis serve. It helps a tennis student to practice serves by consistently tossing the ball in the desired location. It operates in one of two modes, an Auto-feed mode in which it tosses the balls in the... Agent: Ramesh Balasubramanyan

20080096699 - Kango game: The invention is a toy for performing a game of pitch and catch. The toy comprises a pair of rackets for propelling and catching a projectile. Each racket includes a rim for supporting a net between its inner periphery and a hook on its outer periphery. The projectile includes a... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20080096700 - Cover for the shaft of a lacrosse stick: A sheath for a lacrosse stick includes a cap and a rolled sheath. The cap is mounted on the free end of a lacrosse stick and the sheath is unrolled onto the stick to the desired length or the entire length of the stick. The cap and sheath are preferably... Agent: Thomas M. Galgano, Esq. Galgano & Associates, PLLC

20080096701 - Strings of sport rackets and method for making the same: A method for making strings for sport rackets includes a step of extruding two wires of different materials and a step of twining the two wires along an axis to form a string. The string includes a core wire of a first material and a sun-wire of a second material... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080096702 - Arrow launched media reservoir: An arrow having an arrowhead assembly attached thereto is provided for marking a remote location with a marking media. The marking media is preferably in the form of a paint ball or a scent ball. The arrowhead assembly includes a media reservoir defining a cavity and a plurality of supports... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080090670 - Aiming device for billiard cue: An aiming device for a billiard cue is disclosed herein, which includes a fixing member, an extending member coupled with the fixing member at one end thereof, a parallel light source coupled with the other end of the extending member and having a projection hole for passing a parallel light... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080090671 - Golf course yardage utilizing cellular phone: A cellular phone mounted player position as well as a hole position determining system for a golf course for use by players in playing the course is disclosed. Each of the cellular phone includes a monitor for displaying the golf course including each of the holes with its tee box,... Agent: Eugene Oak, Ph.d., J.d., M.div.

20080090672 - Par one: A golf system that includes a tee or other area for striking a golf ball; and a golf green having a concave surface with a ball receptacle located at the lowest point in the surface so that a ball landing and remaining on the green will roll into the ball... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080090673 - Golf swing training method and apparatus: A golf swing training apparatus for practicing a golf swing. In one embodiment, the training apparatus includes a sensor unit including a sensor outputting a sensor beam in a substantially horizontal direction, the sensor unit further including a microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor, the microcontroller configured to detect... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080090674 - Hollow golf club head: A hollow golf club head includes: a metal head main body including a hollow section; and a weight formed from magnesium or a magnesium alloy in at least one of a toe side, a heel side, a back side and a sole of the metal head main body.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080090675 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes a metallic head body 1 having a cavity 10 therein and an opening 8 being formed in a face part 2 therethrough to the cavity, and a metallic face plate 9 welded to the opening. The opening 8 is demarcated by an upper edge along... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080090676 - Golf club head: The present invention provides a golf club head capable of increasing carry on average even if being used by an amateur golfer who is prone to hit a ball by varied hit points of clubface. A golf club head 1 has a face part 2, a crown part 3, a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080090677 - Metal golf club head: A metal golf club head includes: a metal head main body; and an anticorrosion screw that is formed from a magnesium alloy and fastened to predetermined location on the metal head main body.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080090678 - Polymer compositions and golf balls with reduced yellowing: The present invention concerns reduced-yellowing thermoplastic or thermoset polymer compositions derived from the reaction of a diisocyanate, a polyol or polyamine, and a dicyandiamide. The present invention also concerns golf balls comprising the reduced-yellowing thermoplastic or thermoset polymer compositions derived from the reaction of a diisocyanate, a polyol or polyamine,... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080090679 - Video instructional system and method for teaching motor skills: A real-time camera image of a student is displayed to the student while the student is performing a physical activity. The student can switch between seeing his natural field of view and the live video image by refocusing his eyes. Additionally, instructional information may be overlaid on the real-time video,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080090680 - Football center training aid: A football center training aid comprises a box-like training device in the form of a framework, covered on its top and sides with open-mesh netting, which provides a guide to encourage accurate passing of a football by a center to a place-kick holder or quarterback, and which allows observation by... Agent: James Russell Claybrook

20080090681 - Method for teaching basketball shooting: Methods are provided for increasing shots-made frequency by educating a player's eye and memory through repetitions at one or more specified distance locations from a basketball hoop. In one aspect, a shooter must make a first plurality of shots at a first location at a threshold success frequency in order... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20080090682 - Basketball goals: Disclosed herein are various embodiments of basketball goal systems. One embodiment, among others, comprises a rim connection assembly coupled to a support structure, the rim connection assembly comprising a support plate coupled to a backboard frame, a rim, and a plurality of tubular members through which portions of the rim... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080090683 - Concept for activating a game device: A game ball wherein in the vicinity of a goal, or in a goal area, an electronic system is activated in the goal area by an activation signal, which may be a magnetic field or a radio signal, so as to subsequently facilitate, e.g., highly precise position measurement of the... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080090684 - Dart: A dart barrel comprising a body, a surface on the body; and a coating deposited on the surface by physical vapor deposition, said coating comprising a layer of titanium, aluminum and nitride, whereby the dart barrel has improved hardness and wear resistance. The body is metal and the coating on... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080085777 - Bowling game machine: This invention relates to a bowling game system that prevents a ball from falling into one of gutters with no players noticing. A bowling game system 1 is provided with a bowling ball b in which a plurality of permanent magnets are embedded with their faces along the surface of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080085778 - Systems and methods for measuring and/or analyzing swing information: In a first aspect, a system for monitoring a swing is provided that includes (1) a swing measurement device adapted to couple to a swinging object and to output a signal indicative of a characteristic of the swinging object; (2) a wireless transmitter coupled to the swing measurement device and... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, P.c.

20080085779 - Trial golf club for measuring loft angle and methods for using the same: The invention is directed toward a trial golf club head and method for determining the optimal loft angle for any golf club, and in particular a hybrid-type golf club. The invention includes a trial golf club head having a face portion, a leading edge portion, a toe portion, a heel... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080085780 - Putter head: The putter head has a front face with a heel and toe edge extending from the front face, giving the head an overall triangular configuration. Both the heel and toe surfaces have cavities extending from the outer surface toward a central wall. The central wall is perpendicular to the face... Agent: Martin Smolowitz, Esq. Law Office Martin Smolowitz

20080085781 - Golf club head structure: A golf club head consists of a shell part, and a face part; the shell part has a front opening, a holding hollowness behind the front opening, several strengthening pieces in the holding hollowness, and a slot on an upper side, which communicates with the holding hollowness; the slot of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080085782 - Iron golf club head: An iron golf club head includes: a block that is made by a magnesium alloy; and a metal head main body, wherein the block is embedded into the metal head main body.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080085783 - Golf ball: The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having a lasting scent. The golf ball of the present invention is a golf ball comprises a paint film on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein the paint film comprises a microcapsule encapsulating a perfume material.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080085784 - 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. The core is formed primarily of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080085785 - Flavored golf tees: A golf tee is flavored, and in some instances, the color of the golf tee corresponds to the particular flavor of the golf tee.... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20080085786 - Golf tee anchoring system: A golf tee anchoring system disclosed herein has two or more anchoring fins and an energy deflecting section integrated in one piece tee unit composed of flexible but substantially indestructible, reusable material or plastic which is adapted to prevent the unwanted loss of the tee by the impact of a... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080085787 - Batting tee apparatus: A baseball batting tee apparatus for positioning a baseball and guiding a bat swing, comprising a planar base support a first upright member having a first and second end; said first end releasably mounted to said base support and extending in a vertical direction, a second upright member having a... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080085788 - Sports training device: The invention pertains to a sports training device for improving the follow through of the lower body during a sport activity. The device includes a base having a top planar surface and a disk assembly removably coupled to the base and configured to receive a foot of a user. The... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080085789 - Athletic training device: An apparatus for improving athletic technique is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least one stationary attachment means, a strap attached to the stationary attachment means, a waist belt attached to the strap and at least one knee restraint attached to the strap. The strap and each of the at least... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080085790 - Concept for making goal decisions by means of magnetic fields: A method for deciding whether a movable object has been brought through a goal having a goal area defined by the goal, an internal magnetic field being measurable, within the goal area or in parallel with the goal area, which is larger than an external magnetic field present outside the... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080085791 - Modified soccer field and method of use: A modified soccer (“football”) field layout and associated modified method of playing soccer on the modified soccer field layout are described. The modified soccer field layout is approximately the same size as a conventional soccer field layout. In one example, the modified soccer field layout also has two Forward Areas... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080085792 - Ball bats: Ball bats comprising a stem and a handle surrounding the stem. An elastomeric decoupler system installed in the handle sharply reduces the transmission of shocks and vibrations from the stem to the handle, mitigating stinging and other unpleasant sensations experienced by the batter when a ball is struck. Unpleasant sensations... Agent: Richard D. Multer

20080085793 - Arrow vibration dampening apparatus: An arrow vibration dampening apparatus having a dampening mass capable of being inserted within an arrow shaft is disclosed. The dampening mass may include a first end, a second end, and a dampening material for dampening vibrations. The apparatus may also comprise a support structure capable of being at least... Agent: Holland & Hart LLP

20080081708 - Extension for a golf club shaft and method of installing the same: An apparatus for extending a length of a golf club shaft is disclosed. The apparatus includes an expandable plug with an extension length that is fitted in the hollow interior of a shaft of the golf club in a grip area of the club. The plug has wedge portions which... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080081709 - Wood-type golf club head: A hollow wood-type golf club head with improved directional stability having, in head periphery region Ao including head contour line OL defined by crown portion 4 when viewed from above as a plane view of the head in the standard state, thick wall portion 9 extending along the contour line... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080081710 - Phase transition golf ball and method of use: A phase transition golf ball comprises a phase transition material. The phase transition material may optionally include a microwave susceptor or an induction susceptor. The phase transition material preferably comprises an ethylene acid copolymer, or an ionomer of an ethylene acid copolymer. The performance of the phase transition golf ball,... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080081711 - Sporting good items including pre-printed graphics: A sporting good item or other product includes a “shrink-label” formed from a shrink-sleeve, shrink-wrap, or a stretch-sleeve adhered to or otherwise affixed to an outer surface of the item. The shrink-label includes pre-printed graphics and closely conforms to the item's outer surface, including any contours or tapered regions, so... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080081713 - Portable basketball shooting practice device: A portable basketball shooting practice device includes an upper and a lower cover pivotally connected and openably closed to each other; a backboard connected to an inner side of the upper cover, and provided at a central position with a pivotal connecting unit, to which a rim is pivotally turnably... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080081712 - Water level indicator for a fillable sports base: A water level indicator for use with a fillable base for supporting a basketball goal is disclosed. The water level indicator may be attached to the fillable base and may alert a user when the level of water contained in the base drops below a predetermined level. In one embodiment,... Agent: Howrey LLP