Games using tangible projectile inventions 07/08

20080182675 - Methods and apparatuses for time-constrained games of billiards, pool and the like: The present invention is generally directed to novel methods for playing billiards, pool and the like. The methods generally include associating a first player with a first timer set to a first value of time and a second player with a second timer set to a second value of time.... Agent: Carlos Candeloro

20080182676 - Safety and interlock system for use with an automatic bowling pinsetter: A safety and interlock system for use with an automatic bowling pinsetter is provided. In one embodiment, a safety interlock system is provided comprising a bowling pinsetter, a masking unit, a sensor configured to provide an indication after the masking unit is moved from a first position, and circuitry configured... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080182677 - Golf cup: A golf cup is provided that has a cylindrical wall defining an interior. The golf cup includes an insert formed from a non-metallic material positioned in the interior to form two chambers. The insert and chambers are arranged and configured to effect an audible indication upon an object, such as... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080182678 - Golf swing training device: A golf training device is provided that includes a cord (flexible member) and a connecting device attached to one end of the cord to connect to a golf club, to a golfer's hand and/or to a golfer's finger. A housing may house the cord when the cord is in a... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080182679 - Golf ball retrieving system: A golf ball retrieval device includes an annular collar sized for a snug friction fit onto a conventional golf ball. The collar in use is removable mounted on the grip end of a golf club and the collar tapped onto a golf ball so that the golf ball becomes frictionally... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20080182680 - Golf club with carburized tungsten face insert: An improved golf club head design for irons is presented which provides a carburized tungsten alloy insert in the club face. The carburized tungsten alloy insert improves the club's center of gravity and center of mass characteristics and presents a harder surface to the golf ball, improving club face longevity.... Agent: Steven W. Webb

20080182681 - Golf club head: Golf club head 2 is provided including face member 4, crown member 6, sole member 8 and recessed part 10. The recessed part 10 is provided around the sole member 8. The recessed part 10 has a maximum height Hm of equal to or greater than 10 mm. The projected... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080182682 - Metal wood club with improved hitting face: A hitting face of a golf club head having improved flexural stiffness properties. In one embodiment, the hitting face is made from multiple materials. The main portion of the hitting face is a plate-like face made from a first material having a first density. A dense insert made from a... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080182683 - Golf ball: The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent luster and durability. The golf ball of the present invention comprises a golf ball body and a paint film covering the golf ball body, wherein the golf ball body and the paint film contains a luster... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080182684 - Golf tee with rigid stake and flexible crown: A golf tee has a stake made of a rigid material such as a rigid polymer, combined with a flexible crown with flexible projections and possibly also a flexible pivot point. This reduces resistance at impact, producing less friction and low ball spin. As a result, distance and accuracy are... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080182685 - Trajectory detection and feedback system for golf: A system that captures, analyzes and provides feedback related to golf is described. The system is designed to capture and analyze an initial trajectory of a golf ball and predict a subsequent flight of the ball. The system may be configured to provide immediate feedback that may be utilized by... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080182686 - Baseball training aid: A baseball training aid is provided which includes an audio or visual pitch indicator for simulating a baseball pitcher's pitch. The training aid further includes an impact sensor, preferably in the form of a microphone, for detecting whether a practicing batter's swing is timely, premature or late. The audio signals... Agent: Russo & Duckworth, LLP

20080182687 - Shooter training system for improved accuracy and speed: A system for improving the speed and accuracy of shot on a hockey goal based upon feedback of the shot and the target report. An analogue sensor assembly records the number of hits and their speed and also displays the results with an LED based counter. This practice tool can,... Agent: Colin T. Ahern

20080176664 - Golf practice assembly with multi target and trajectory: A golf practice assembly includes a first surface which has three target areas displayed thereon and the target areas are located in a vertical axis passing through a center of the first surface. A ball has a second surface which can be attached with the first surface of the golf... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080176665 - Wearable golf swing training aid and method of using the same: A wearable swing training aid for golfers, for use in association with a golf swing which includes a take-away portion and an impact, to follow through portion. The aid has a guide to guide one arm of said golfer during said take-away portion of said golf swing and a limiter... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080176666 - Golf putter training device: The present invention provides an approved golf club alignment system. The invention includes a putter head. The putter head includes a flat club face, a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a cylindrical recess therein with a side wall and a circular bottom. Preferably, the side... Agent: Harris Beach Pllc

20080176667 - Weighted trainer golf club: A trainer golf club is provided having a hollowed shaft with a plurality of concentric weights extending along the length of the shaft for endurance training. The concentric weights may be added or removed to obtain a desired training weight for the golf club. Since the weights extend along the... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20080176668 - Golf ball retrieval system: A golf ball retrieval system is described, for mounting within a golf club, using as a dedicated ball retrieval device, or retrofitting to an existing golf club. The system in a first embodiment comprises a hollow shaft, an anchor member mounted within the shaft, a sliding member movable axially within... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080176669 - Golf shaft and club flex neutralization/matching and method for manufacturing same: In accordance with the present invention, this method encompasses a shaft with a neutral flex point mark and identification mark/sticker of quantitative characteristics that has been achieved by deflecting a shaft, at its tip, a specific distance while resting in a free floating position. Shafts are then sorted by the... Agent: David Bechtel And David Spencer

20080176670 - Liquid injection molded hand grips: A grip for a golf club is provided. The grip comprises a liquid injection molded elongated flexible sleeve that slips onto the shaft of a golf club and a liquid injection molded layer of material surrounding the sleeve and integrally bonded to the sleeve. The golf club grip comprises at... Agent: Eaton Corporation Eaton Center

20080176671 - Grip of golf club: The present invention provides an innovated grip partly covered with cotton yarn of golf club typically comprised of a terminal cap and a sleeve, wherein said sleeve is covered with cotton yarn over more than a half at the surface. After employing this structure, the friction of the hands and... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080176672 - Golf club head with alignment system: A golf club head is disclosed. The golf club head includes a first body member and a second body member. The first body member includes a strike face and a top portion. The second body member is coupled to the first body member and extends away from the first body... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20080176673 - Metal-composite golf club head: A golf club head is formed with a crown having an aperture with an arcuate rear edge and a forward edge that is substantially parallel to the striking face. The aperture is transected by an arcuate rib that extends from a region proximal the heel end of the crown to... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corp. C/o The Cavanagh Law Firm

20080176674 - Golf club head: A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention comprises a sole portion, a crown portion, and a stiffening element associated with at least one of the crown portion and the sole portion. The stiffening element has a survey length and at least one welded... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080176675 - Saturated polyurethane compositions and their use in golf balls: The present invention is directed to golf balls having at least one layer fonned from a saturated polyurethane composition. The polyurethane is the product of a reaction between an H12MDI/PTMEG-based prepolymer and a polycaprolactone curing agent. Golf balls of the present invention include one-piece, two-piece, multi-layer, and wound golf balls.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080176678 - Compositions for use in golf balls: A golf ball comprising a core and at least one layer disposed about the core, wherein at least one of the core or the layer is formed from a composition comprising a base polymer, a crosslink initiator, and an additive comprising an aromatic iodonium compound or an aromatic iodonium salt.... Agent: Acushnet Company

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20080176676 - Multi-piece solid golf ball: In the present invention, by optimizing the balance of Shore D hardness between the intermediate layer and the cover, the balance of Shore D hardness between the surface and the center in the core, the balance of initial velocity between the core and the sphere, and the balance of Deflection... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080176679 - Luminous basket backboard: A luminous basket backboard includes first and second boards made of light-transmitting acrylic material. The first board is provided on a front surface thereof a shooting rectangle and the second board has a surface that is roughened. Light reflectors are respectively arranged along edges of the first and second boards... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080176680 - Ball and glove returning toy: A toy that includes a returning ball mounted on an elastic cord. The other end of the elastic cord is mounted to a glove, such as a baseball glove. The elastic cord may be mounted to a stitch in the glove, or may be connected to a special connection part... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20080176681 - Systems and methods for archery equipment: An apparatus is configured for inclusion in an arrow. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a sensor configured to provide data concerning one or more flight characteristics of the arrow in flight and a communication link coupled to the sensor, the communication link configured to communicate the data to a... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080176682 - Fletching system and method therefor: A fletching system and method that allows for quick and easy attachment of a fletching member to an arrow shaft provides a slotted arrow shaft adapted to receive a fletching member projecting therethrough and an internal plug member disposed within a hollow center of the arrow shaft in pressing friction... Agent: Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law, L.l.c.

20080176683 - Fletching system and method therefor: A fletching system and method that allows for quick and easy attachment of a fletching member to an arrow shaft provides a slotted arrow shaft adapted to receive a fletching member projecting therethrough and an internal plug member disposed within a hollow center of the arrow shaft in pressing frictional... Agent: Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law, L.l.c.

20080176684 - Sliding device for recreational purposes: A hockey puck comprising a resilient material having each of a first predetermined configuration and a first predetermined thickness and having a centrally disposed opening therein. The centrally disposed opening has a predetermined diameter. A first disk has a second predetermined configuration, a second predetermined thickness and a predetermined coefficient... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080176685 - Football with inflatable bladder having integral grip areas: A football comprising an inflatable bladder integrally molded with raised areas which are intended to be exposed, and exterior panels which are adhered to the bladder to span the spaces between them. The raised areas or ridges are formed to extend outward from the exterior panels and provide a raised... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, Llc

20080171607 - 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: Cadillac Jack, Inc

20080171608 - Mounting device for flag pole: A mounting device for the end of a flag pole that provides an enhanced coupling of the pole within a golf cup is provided. The mounting device includes a securement rib that fastens to the pole without adhesive or secondary fasteners. The mounting device also includes features to minimize sticking... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080171609 - Mounting device for flag pole: A mounting device for the end of a flag pole that generally cleans a golf cup hole as the flag pole is removed from the golf cup. In one form, the mounting device includes an annular flange at one end that has a diameter and configuration to permit the mounting... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080171610 - Golf club for preventing hook and slice: Disclosed therein is a golf club for preventing a hook and a slice, which can allow a golfer to easily control the golf club while swinging the golf club since a sole progression having a side width extending backwardly from a club head face and a sole plate having a... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080171611 - Golf club: The golf club comprises a main body having a head portion located at one end thereof and a grip portion located at the other end thereof; and a shock-absorbing means fittingly coupled to the entire outer surface of the grip portion for absorbing a shock produced from the head portion... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080171612 - Golf club heads with one or more indented inserts and methods to manufacture golf club heads: Embodiments of golf club heads with one or more indented inserts and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20080171613 - Golf club head groove configuration: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves have sharp edges, radiused ends, and a draft angle between about 2° and 12°. The striking face is machined such that it... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20080171614 - Golf putter: A free standing golf putter is provided and configured to contact a golf ball at a point above the center of the golf ball. The mass of the central portion of the putter is greater than the mass of the toe and heel of the putter. The putter is utilized... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20080171615 - Golf club head: A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention comprises a striking surface having a face center, a crown portion, and a sole portion, four quadrants, and a linear stiffening element coupled to at least one of the crown portion and the sole portion. The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080171616 - Golf ball having nanostructured material and method for making same: The present invention is directed to a golf ball (1) having one or more nanostructured materials, i.e., materials with at least one dimension in the 1-100 nm range. The nanostructured materials are present within the hollow metal core (3), a surrounding polymer layer (4), or both. More particularly, the golf... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080171617 - Multi-layer golf ball having velocity gradient from faster center to slower 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 core, the at least one intermediate layer and the cover are constructed to have different initial velocities and COR such that... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080171618 - Wind resistant practice cage: A batting or ball practice cage has one or more frame members with a net attached over the frame. Frame members may be assembled having springs or elbows at the corner. A pitching machine may be aligned with the cage at one end.... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080171619 - Baseball batter training system: A system for training a batter to automatically swing at pitched balls corresponding to strikes and to refrain from swinging at pitched balls not corresponding to strikes, the device including a visual reference member suspended between a pitcher's mound and a home plate where the batter is located, at a... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20080171620 - Scale sports court and equipment: A scale sport playing court or floor and associated equipment are provided for persons of a smaller stature or height than the collegiate or professional players of the standard-size version of the sport. Teams are selected with players' height restricted to a maximum height (e.g., 72 inches) or less. The... Agent: Bernhard P. Molldrem, Jr.

20080171621 - Baseball and softball base anchoring system: A tapered box that is buried in the ground with a removable lid that is used to anchor baseball bases in place but also allows for them to be easily removed when the playing surface is being groomed. This novel system eliminates the problems created when soil accidentally falls into... Agent: Rodney Dean Jacobson

20080167135 - Supporter for exercising golf swing: A supporter for exercise of golf swing minimizes a gap between a state in which the supporter is mounted and a state in which the supporter is not mounted, and is highly effective for exercising golf swing. The supporter 1 comprises a block-like space retaining body 10 which is closely... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080167136 - Putting training device: A putting training device comprising a putter module which is selectively attachable and detachable to a putter and a target module. The putter module includes at least one indicia viewable when a users head is substantially vertically above the module. The putter module further includes a signaling element and the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080167137 - Golf club heads with interchangeable hosels: A hosel set for a golf club is provided that contains a plurality of hosels that can be used interchangeably and removably with one or more golf club heads to secure a shaft to the golf club heads. The hosels vary in length while maintaining the same weight. Mating, curved... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080167138 - Golf club head: This invention provides a plurality of grooves formed on a face of the golf club head. Each of a pair of side surfaces of each of the grooves has a first surface leading to the face and a second surface leading to the first surface in the depth direction of... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080167139 - Golf putter with concave cylindrical or spherical striking surface: A golf putter having a shaft and a putting head connected to the shaft, where the putting head has a first contact surface, a rear wall, a top surface, and a sole. The first contact surface has a concave, partially-spherical face. In a version of the invention, the first contact... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080167140 - Golf club head having a composite crown: The present invention resides in a golf club head having a high COR that is durable and has desirable acoustic qualities. The club head includes a body portion, a striking face and a crown forming a hollow cavity of at least 150 cc in volume. The body portion defines a... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080167141 - Golf ball with co-injected cover: The present invention is directed towards a multi-layered golf ball cover, formed by a sandwich injection molding process, wherein the multi-layered cover comprises an inner layer, an outer layer, and an intermediate layer sandwiched between the inner and outer layers. The materials of the inner and outer layers may be... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080167142 - Rubber compositions comprising high levels of oily substance and the use thereof in golf balls: The present invention is directed to golf balls having at least one layer formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and from 10 parts to 120 parts of an oily substance, by weight per 100 parts of the base rubber. The base rubber is a polybutadiene having a... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080167143 - Durable golf tee: A golf tee is disclosed that is highly durable compared to wooden tees, is easy to find if struck during a golf swing, and has other attributes. It is in the form of a tube of somewhat smaller diameter than a golf ball and having the lower end provided with... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080167144 - Baseball batting training aid: A batting training aid and method of use to improve baseball players' batting stance and swinging motion. The stance is characterized by a high center of gravity, erect posture with one leg forward, and the other backward. The proper swinging motion is around a vertical axis. The batting training aid... Agent: George S. Levy

20080167145 - Paddleball game: A paddleball game apparatus that includes a paddle member having a face portion. A first piece of fabric of either small hooks or small loops is disposed on the face portion. There is a plurality of targets having indicia therein disposed on the first piece of fabric in a predetermined... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080167146 - Hand grip for a sports appliance: A hand grip for a sports appliance provides a hollow handle part, which is made of rubber or plastics, with a fitting hole for being inserted with a rod portion. A medium layer is embroidered with a specific figure or pattern and is integrally joined to the surface of the... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080167147 - Height adjusting device for use in string pulling block of stringing machine: A height adjusting device for use in string pulling block of string machine comprises a rod member combining with a string pulling block of the stringing machine for moving relative to the rod member, a titled coupling seat mounted on the upper side of a base of the stringing machine,... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080161120 - Bowling training device: A training device is disclosed, the device includes a flexible strap that attaches to an article of clothing worn on a lower part of the body and worn by a user over the shoulder thereby maintaining a proper swing and release of a bowling ball.... Agent: The Intellect Law Group

20080161121 - Adjustable head for a golf putter: An adjustable putter head for a golf putter is designed having an elongated line of sight marking on a top surface of the putter head to aid in aligning the putter head in a putting direction toward a target point, and a putter face which is pivotally connected to the... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.c.

20080161122 - Putter-type golf club: A putter-type golf club comprising an alignment system and a club head assembly. The putter-type club head has a body that is preferably composed of aluminium, with a rear weight disc and small inserts composed of a material denser than the material used for the remainder of the club head... Agent: Joseph V. Colaianni Patton Boggs

20080161123 - Golf club grip: A novel golf club grip having a resilient, one-piece tapered body that can be easily and quickly adhesively bonded to the gripping extremity of the shaft of the golf club. The golf club grip uniquely includes an end cap that is constructed from graphite or like material that protects the... Agent: James E. Brunton, Esq.

20080161124 - Wood golf club head: A wood club head includes: a face portion; and a sole portion, wherein: a distance between a point of intersection where a perpendicular which passes through the position of the center of gravity of the club head intersects a horizontal line which passes through a leading edge in such a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080161125 - Golf club head with reinforced crown: A golf club head with a front wall, a rear wall and a reinforced crown includes ribs in the crown that are spaced more closely together near the front wall than near the rear wall. Preferably, the ribs radiate from a point in space located forward of the front wall.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20080161126 - Club head for iron golf club: An iron club head for an iron golf club, includes: an upper portion of a face member; and a lower portion of the face member, wherein: a maximum height (H) on the face member at which a ball is to be hit is obtained by an equation: H=Rb×(1−sin(loft angle−8)+DP/2×cos(loft angle)... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080161127 - Golf club head: A golf club head has a hollow structure comprising: a club face having a toe-side extreme end and a heel-side extreme end between which a club face maximum width Wf is defined; and a rear part being rear of the club face and having a toe-side extreme end and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080161128 - Golf ball: The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core, an outermost cover layer and an intermediate layer therebetween. The intermediate layer is formed primarily of a resin material obtained by blending together (I) a sodium ion neutralization product of an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid random copolymer with (II) a magnesium... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080161129 - Golf ball: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball which is superior in durability to a golf ball having an ionomer resin cover which has conventionally been used. Another object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball using a non-petroleum based material. The golf... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080161130 - Multi-layer golf ball: Golf balls consisting of a single-layer core and a two-layer cover are disclosed. The surface hardness of the core layer is greater than the material hardness of the inner cover layer, and is preferably 80 Shore C or greater.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080161131 - Golf ball with large inner core: The present invention is directed to golf balls having a resilient inner core and outer core made of a material substantially free of fillers. The invention also encompasses golf balls wherein the inner and outer cores are not made of a thermoplastic material. The invention encompasses golf balls having an... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080161132 - Multi-layer golf ball: Golf balls consisting of a dual core and a dual cover are disclosed. The surface hardness of the outer core layer is greater than the material hardness of the inner cover layer, and is preferably 75 Shore C or greater.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080161133 - Multi-layer golf ball: Golf balls consisting of a dual core and a dual cover are disclosed. The surface hardness of the outer core layer is greater than the material hardness of the inner cover layer, and is preferably 75 Shore C or greater.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080161134 - Golf ball: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball which is excellent in abrasion-resistance and durability. The golf ball of the present invention comprises a cover using a cover composition containing thermoplastic polyurethane (A) and a polyisocyanate mixture (B) in which a urethane prepolymer (b-1a) having at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080161135 - Golf ball: The invention provides a golf ball that is molded using a golf ball mold composed of a pair of mold halves, each having a hemispherical cavity, which when separably mated form an interior spherical cavity, the golf ball comprising a surface that includes an equator located at a place which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080161136 - Golf ball: The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball which is even more excellent in abrasion-resistance, durability and moldability by using a polyurethane ionomer having a novel structure as a base resin of a cover. The golf ball of the present invention has a cover, and the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080161137 - Golf tee: This invention relates to a golf tee and the modification of inserting a bubble “bulls eye” level onto the top face of the golf tee. The purpose for the bubble level ia to provide an indicator that the top surface of the golf tee is level. This bubble level will... Agent: Henry M. Noa Jr

20080161138 - Golf ball divot repair tool with a magnetic ball marker, level vial insert, distance sighting gauge, and belt hook: When the present invention when it is turned horizontally and the user looks at the hole from behind the ball, a level placed parallel to the horizontal edge of the present invention, when aligning the edge to the top of a golf hole, tells the slope. On the edge of... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, Llc

20080161139 - Pitching training 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

20080161140 - Baseball or softball bat: A baseball or softball bat having improved restitution characteristic and preventing degraded hitting feeling caused by vibration or impact at the time of hitting can be provided. The baseball or softball bat including a ball hitting portion, a tapered portion and a grip portion is provided with an outer circumferential... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP