Games using tangible projectile inventions 11/08

20080293507 - Golf training device and method: A golf club training device and method utilizes a substantially rigid, sleeve-type member that is positioned over a forefinger of a lower hand of a golfer. The sleeve-type member is positioned over a central portion of the forefinger, extends above and below the forefinger, and is open at both ends.... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20080293508 - Golf swing trainer apparatus and method: The subject invention is comprised of a striking member adapted to emulate a specific selected sport, such striking member having removable indicator appendages that enable the user to feel by vibration and replicate by sight where the striking member is during the striking movement, and a target member adapted to... Agent: John M. Novosel

20080293509 - Golf mat apparatus: A golf mat (20) specially designed for golf practice. Said mat (20) has a foam bottom (24) that has above an artificial turf (22) which has a recessed shape (28) that uses a golf tee connector Docket #11/334894—(30) to connect a golf tee Docket #11/199540—(26) that lies in the recessed... Agent: Nicholas Lipidarov

20080293510 - Golf club: Golf club 2 has shaft 6, head 4, inner member 8 and screw member 10. The inner member 8 has shaft channel 46 provided so as to open on the top end side, and engaging hole 52 provided separately from this shaft channel 46. The head 4 has hosel member... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080293511 - Golf club head: A golf club head having a multi-material face. The golf club head has a hard, wear resistant material as the ball-impacting face surface coupled to a softer material, allowing the multi-material face to be joined to a soft body material such that the body can be bent and customized. The... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080293512 - Two-piece type wood golf club head: A wood golf club head includes a shock-absorption member and a face member connected together. The shock-absorption member is made of a light and shock absorption material, such as aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, fiber reinforced resin, or plastic, with a specific weight less than three. The shock-absorption member includes a... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080293513 - Direction and distance correcting golf putter: A golf putter has a putter head with an actively compliant beam which is parallel to the face of the putter. The beam connects to a shaft along its length and is separated from the head except for its ends. The force of impact between the face of the putter... Agent: Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson & Goldstein P.C.

20080293514 - Structure of a golf club head or other ball striking device: Ball striking devices, such as golf club heads (including putter heads), have a high moment of inertia about their center, to help prevent twisting and mis-hits, particularly when the ball striking device hits the ball at a somewhat off-center position. The ball striking head of the ball striking device may... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080293515 - 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

20080293516 - Golf club head and golf club: A golf club head 2 is provided which includes a recessed part 16 provided on the external surface of a head main body 14, and a weight member 20 which is mounted in this recessed part 16 and which is formed of a material having a specific gravity greater than... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080293517 - Castable liquid rubber compositions for golf balls: A golf ball comprising a layer made from a liquid rubber composition is disclosed. A castable liquid polybutadiene is the preferred principal rubber component. The molecular weight of the castable liquid polybutadiene is at least about 1,000 and the castable liquid polybutadiene is in a liquid state at room temperature.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080293518 - Golf ball and process for preparing the same: The golf ball of the present invention is a golf ball having a core and a cover covering the core. The cover contains a layered silicate and a polyurethane resin having a secondary or a tertiary amine structure in a molecular chain thereof. In the present invention, the polyurethane resin... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080293519 - Multipurpose prefabricated sporting goods: Disclosed is a multi-purpose sectional sports apparatus. The sports apparatus includes a plurality of assembling poles each including a main pole and a sub pole, a connector, and a supporting unit. The main pole has an insertion bore, an L-shaped lower fixture and a plurality of main coupling holes in... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080293520 - Training soccer ball: In the present invention, a training soccer ball includes an initial contact area with a first set of designations and a follow-through area with a second set of designations. The first and second set of designations can be the numbers “1” through “12”, in a split clockface design. The initial... Agent: Anderson, Levine & Lintel L.L.P.

20080293521 - Baseball pitcher's eye training and game: Provided are articles comprising targets useful in aiding persons desiring to improve their baseball pitching skills. An article according to one embodiment of the invention comprises a target area that corresponds substantially in size with the strike zone in American baseball, and the target area is divided into quadrants each... Agent: Christopher J. Whewell Western Patent Group

20080293522 - Tennis practice target and display: A freely positionable tennis court practice target has a plurality of areas each of which generates a signal when impacted by a ball. A counter-display is responsive to signals from each area to numerically display the number of hits to each area. Lights and/or speakers may be included to provide... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20080293523 - Disc launching and catching device: A device for use in launching and catching flying discs includes a frame having a handle section and an open forked section. The opened forked section includes a pair of opposing forks wherein each fork has a distal end and a proximal end with the distal end being free and... Agent: Brian D. Smith, P.C.

20080293524 - Ball stop for a lacrosse head: A ball stop for a lacrosse head providing for improved pocket geometry.... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20080293525 - Angled field hockey stick toe: A field hockey stick is disclosed that allows a player to have improved handling of the ball. The field hockey stick of the present invention includes at least a portion of a ball-contacting surface that is positioned on an angle relative to the front surface of the shaft.... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20080287204 - System and method for analyzing bowling ball motion: A system and method for graphically and statistically analyzing and predicting the motion of a bowling ball. In one embodiment, the system includes an automatic precision ball thrower, a computer aided tracking system (“C.A.T.S.”), and a computing device. Certain static properties of the bowling ball are recorded as independent variables.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080287205 - Golf swing measurement device and golf swing measurement system: A golf swing measurement device is placed in front of a golfer when the golfer swings a golf club to hit a golf ball. The golf swing measurement device includes a sidewall portion extending substantially in parallel to a swing path of the club head; a first sensor coil and... Agent: Kubotera & Associate, LLC

20080287206 - Method of training a golfer to improve his or her putting skills and a device used for such training: A method of training a golfer to improve his or her putting skills and a device used for such training. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification... Agent: Nils H. Ljungman & Associates

20080287208 - Golf ball movement measuring apparatus: A golf ball movement measuring apparatus includes: a camera for taking a plurality of images of a golf ball hit by a golf club; a dark-colored background material which is disposed so as to configure a background of the golf ball in the images; and a processing unit to which... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080287207 - System and method for measuring a golfer's ball striking parameters: A system (20) for capturing and analyzing golf club information and golf ball information during and after a golfer's swing is disclosed herein. The golf club information includes golf club head orientation, golf club head velocity, and golf club spin. The golf club head orientation includes dynamic lie, loft and... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20080287209 - Rotational golf training aid: A hinged golf training club having a hinge that pivots rightwardly at a ninety degree angle relative to the reference plane 42 of zero degree clubhead 32. This device corrects the two main faults shared by all prior patents in this genre. The first fault is that their hinges are... Agent: John M. Novosel, Sr.

20080287210 - Golf club: This invention relates to a golf club consisting of a club head having a tapered bore formed therein extending and tapering inwardly from the base of the club head to the upper surface thereof, a socket of corresponding external shape to the bore in the club head and a shaft... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20080287211 - Golf club: A golf club with a shaft and an asymmetrical head, wherein said head has a gravitational center which is further from a trailing edge than said striking face and is disposed on a vertical plane which includes said grip axis.... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20080287212 - Golf club shaft and method of fabricating the same: A precise impact and increased ball drive distance may be achieved due to an increase of elastic force and restoring force of a golf club shaft, when the golf club shaft includes: a first shell portion interiorly disposed in the golf club shaft; at least one elastic member disposed in... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20080287213 - Golf club shaft: A golf club shaft having an exterior with a non-circular cross-section along at least a portion of its length is disclosed. In one embodiment, the cross-section of the exterior of the shaft along an intermediate portion of the shaft between the butt end and the tip end is non-circular. In... Agent: Jeffrey V. Bamber

20080287214 - Training putter: A club head for use with a golf putter is provided. This club head includes a body having a center longitudinal axis passing lengthwise therethrough; a first guide rod mounted within and passing through the body parallel to the center longitudinal axis and on one side thereof, wherein the first... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20080287215 - Coated golf club head/component: A golf club component, such as a golf club head and/or a golf club shaft, can comprise a golf club component substrate having an outer layer of titanium carbide, typically comprising at least forty percent (40%) carbon content. Alternatively, a golf club component can comprise a golf club component substrate,... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080287216 - Iron-type golf club head: An iron-type golf club head comprises: a main unit made of a carbon steel having a carbon content Ch (wt %) and integrally including a hosel attached to a club shaft; and a face plate made of a carbon steel having a carbon content Cf (wt %) and attached to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080287217 - Golf ball material and golf ball: A mixture having good thermal stability, flow and moldability and suitable as a golf ball-forming material is obtained when a base resin comprising a (metal ion-neutralized) olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylate ternary random copolymer and optionally a (metal ion-neutralized) olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid binary random copolymer is blended with specific proportions of... Agent: Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas, PLLC

20080287218 - Training balls for varying ball speed, methods of use, and systems: Methods and apparatus provide for at least one ball, comprising: a hard shell of a predetermined size defining an internal volume and including a plurality of apertures therethrough; and a foam core disposed within the internal volume.... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080287219 - Golf tee support apparatus: A golf tee support apparatus for protecting a golf tee is disclosed. The golf tee apparatus comprises a partially hollow sleeve having a closed first end and an open second end. The first end is pointed and adapted for being inserted into the ground during use and the second end... Agent: Steven S. Payne

20080287220 - Method for conducting business on the golf course incorporating the use of golf ball markers: A method of promoting business on a golf course using golf ball position markers including the steps of: providing replacement golf ball markers mountable on golf gloves, the markers having a corporate theme or logo to be promoted conveyed on the top side of each marker; distributing the markers to... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20080287221 - Base structure for squash courts: A base structure for a ball court, and in particular a squash court, with a supporting structure resting on a base and a floor forming a playing surface resting on the supporting structure The floor comprises a plurality of safety glass panes laid adjacent each other and which are freely... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080287223 - Apparatus and method including hand controlling and ball tossing features: A ball-toss training aid is provided, which includes a base piece configured to a user's wrist and having an axis parallel to the wrist. The base piece includes a curvature at an offset angle from the axis which protrudes into the user's palm so as to hold the wrist back... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080287222 - Kicker training device: A field training device for the development of the special characteristic required from a competitive kicker to inculcate and instill upon his mind the discipline of a sound professional, and more in particular, for attaining the special art form required to airborne a foot or soccer ball until the required... Agent: Taylor S. Rowan

20080287224 - Hockey stick-handling device with sensor and effects: A hockey stick-handling device comprises cross members and support columns. The support columns elevate the cross members from a training surface to allow an object for stick-handling to be passed underneath. The cross members are rotatable with respect to one another to allow the hockey stick-handling device to be arranged... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080287225 - Baseball batting instruction system and method: A batting instruction system is disclosed. The system includes an indicator assembly having a plurality of indicators disposed thereon. Each of the plurality of indicators corresponds to a motion of a pitcher prior to the pitcher delivering a pitched ball. A method of teaching batting with the system is also... Agent: Joseph E. Maenner

20080287227 - Lacrosse head with sidewalls of asymmetrical height: A lacrosse head in which one of the opposing sidewall portions is shortened by bringing its lower rim upward relative to the corresponding lower rim of the opposing sidewall. At the same time, the upper rim of each of the opposing sidewalls is maintained at the same level. This moves... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20080287226 - Structured lacrosse stick: A structured lacrosse shaft includes a bead portion configured to be connected to a lacrosse head, an end portion configured to be capped by an end cap, and a middle portion. At least one of the head portion, the end portion, or the middle portion includes an interior portion and... Agent: Douglas Appleton

20080287228 - Single wall ball bat including e-glass structural fiber: A single-wall ball bat is made up of a series of layers or plies of unidirectional, two-dimensional, structural fibers. 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 fibers in one or more... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080287229 - Apparatus, system and method for archery equipment: An apparatus is configured for inclusion in an arrow, where the apparatus includes a device configured to provide feedback to a user concerning the arrow shot from a bow, and a processor coupled to the device, the processor configured to control an operation of the device at least during a... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080287230 - Game ball cover with improved stripes and/or logos: An inflatable game ball including a carcass, a cover and at least one thin member. The cover has inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface of the cover is coupled to the carcass. At least one recess is formed into the outer surface of the cover. At least one thin... Agent: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.

20080287231 - Ball with improved structure: The disclosed ball with improved structure of the present invention comprises a hollow bladder that can be inflated in to a ball-like shape, a reinforcement layer that is a layer of cloth having intensive pores and fixedly covering up to the outer surface of the bladder, a buffer layer that... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080280692 - Method and apparatus for an assistive energy type golf club: The present invention relates to method and apparatus adapted for use with an assistive energy type golf club which is safe to use, inconspicuous, and able to release sufficient assistive energy at the optimum time during a golf swing to add prescribed incremental velocity to a golf ball.... Agent: Donald M. Duft Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080280693 - Golf club, club head and body of the club head: A golf club comprises a club head and a club shaft, in which, the head includes a main body with a top hole arranged in a top portion thereof and a bottom hole corresponding to the top hole in a bottom portion of the same, and also includes a joint,... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20080280694 - 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

20080280695 - 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

20080280696 - Golf club adapter: An adaptor for a golf club having a golf club head with a head hosel socket and a golf shaft includes an adapter body that includes an adapter shaft portion and an adapter hosel portion. The adapter hosel portion has an adapter hosel socket sized and shaped to receive an... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20080280697 - Golf club head and shaft assembly: A golf driver or wood club head assembly has a shaft which is attached to the top of a club head at or near the midpoint of the contact surface or face of the club.... Agent: George T. Manolis

20080280698 - Movable weights for a golf club head: Embodiments of movable weights, such as weight assemblies and weight screws, for a golf club head are disclosed herein. One embodiment for a weight assembly, for example, comprises a mass element having a first end, a second end and a sidewall extending between the first end and the send end.... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080280699 - Water repellant golf balls containing a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic outer layer or coating: Water-repellant, self-cleaning coatings and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. In one embodiment, a hydrophobic or super hydrophobic coating is applied to the surface of a golf ball to make the golf-ball water-repellant and self-cleaning. Suitable coating materials include silicone compounds, silicone compounds, nanoparticles, silanes, fluorocarbon polymers,... Agent: Patrea L. Pabst Pabst Patent Group LLP

20080280700 - 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.

20080280701 - 3-in-1 divot tool: A multi-purpose divot tool includes: a divot member having a pair of legs bifurcated from the divot member for repairing a golfing surface; a pen member rotatably mounted on the divot member and operatively protruding a ball pen or pencil outwardly for writing scores; and a marker magnetically attracted on... Agent: Austin Wang

20080280702 - Device for attaching a soccer ball to a soccer kicking training apparatus: A soccer kicking practice apparatus is provided with a domed bolt shaft receiver for mounting a soccer ball having a protruding threaded bolt to a soccer ball holder. In the alternative the soccer kicking practice may employ a soccer ball having a nut to receive a threaded bolt mounted to... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20080280703 - Training apparatus for training players invloved in sports activities: Disclosed is a training apparatus for training players involved in contact sports, such as football. The training apparatus includes a frame assembly, a first driving mechanism, a drifting mechanism, a second driving mechanism, and a dummy. The frame assembly is configured to support the first driving mechanism, the drifting mechanism,... Agent: Jay M. Schloff Intellipex PLLC

20080280704 - Basketball shooting training aid and method of use: A training aid for improving a player's skill in shooting a basketball. The training aid includes a substantially planar surface and foot positioning indicia viewable on the planar surface. The foot positioning indicia include a lead foot indicia and a plurality of trailing foot indicia. Each of the trailing foot... Agent: Law Offices Of Brian C. Pauls

20080280705 - Basketball training glove: A muscle memory training glove for basketball having a palm portion for covering the palm of the wearer's hand formed with a first opening for receiving the fingers and hands. A plurality of finger coverings communicate with the palm portion at a first end of the palm portion opposite the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080280706 - Basketball net with net-like components of different colors: A basketball net includes a plurality of net-like units including a plurality of first loops on a top for fastening at a rim of a basket, a plurality of second loops at a bottom, and a first connecting cord extending from one end of the first loops, and a knot... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080280707 - Sports equipment handle: An embodiment of the invention provides a sports equipment handle, such as a lacrosse stick handle, that includes a hollow tubular lacrosse stick shaft defining a slot substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and a rib disposed in the slot. The shaft and the rib comprise separate... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080280708 - Sporting ball with enhanced visual acuity: Sporting balls with enhanced visual acuity, casings for sporting balls with enhanced visual acuity, and methods for enhancing visual acuity of a soccer ball are described. In embodiments, the sporting ball has an exterior with a substantially spherical surface including a first pole opposing a second pole and an equator... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080274817 - Practice putting green: An indoor golf putting green is disclosed comprising base panels (12), base-panel spacers (14), stand-board spacers (54), rails, a stand-board (18) and a putting surface (24). The putting surface is fully contourable providing a large variety of slopes which can be configured on the surface, allowing the user to practise... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20080274818 - Golf training glove and method: A golf glove includes a palm section having attached thereto a thumb sleeve, an index finger sleeve, a middle finger sleeve, a ring finger sleeve and a baby finger sleeve. Partial connections are made between the thumb finger sleeve and the palm section, the middle finger sleeve and ring finger... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20080274819 - Grip pressure sensor: Grip pressure is monitored by a collection of battery powered components embodied in an assembly analogous to an ordinary wrist watch, that is a watch housing or casement and a stretchable band. The system, which we shall refer to as a swing monitor, is worn on the wrist and deployed... Agent: Theodore Weissenburger Caldwell

20080274820 - Golf swing aid: A golf swing aid for assisting a golf player in properly maintaining alignment, balance, and lower body biomechanics during a golf swing comprising a base having a bottom surface and a top surface; a vertical support post having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis, a first region... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20080274821 - Golf swing aid: A golf swing aid is disclosed that includes a base, an elongated member and at least one generally L-shaped member. The one or more generally L-shaped members are moveably connected to the elongated member such that the one or more generally L-shaped members are positionable vertically along at least a... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080274822 - Apparatus for weighting golf club shaft: An apparatus for selectively adding weight to the hollow shaft of a hand-held implement. One embodiment includes an upper cylindrical member, a lower member, and an expansion ring that fits between the upper and lower members. These components are sized slightly smaller than the inside diameter of a hollow shaft,... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP Intellectual Property Department-nwj

20080274823 - Apparatus for weighting golf club shaft: An apparatus for selectively adding weight to the hollow shaft of a hand-held implement. One embodiment includes a deformable upper cylindrical member, a lower member, and a rod coupled between the upper and lower members. These components are sized to fit within a hollow shaft, such as a golf club... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP Intellectual Property Department-nwj

20080274824 - Golf ball compositions: Golf balls consisting of a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a solid, single-layer core formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a quinhydrone. The core has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the core's surface hardness and the core's center... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080274825 - Two-piece golf ball having an improved core composition: The present invention is directed to a two-piece golf ball having a core and a cover, wherein the core comprises at least one unsaturated polymer, at least one cross-linking agent, at least one co-cross-linking agent, and at least one peptizer (comprising one or more organic sulfur compounds, or one or... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080274826 - Golf ball: The present invention provides a golf ball composed of a core, an outermost cover layer and one or more intermediate layer therebetween. At least one intermediate layer includes a mixture composed of a base polymer made of, in a specific ratio, (a) a metal ion neutralization product of an olefin-unsaturated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080274827 - Golf ball: A golf ball component, such as a golf ball cover layer, formed from a high or increased melt index thermoplastic polyurethane, polyurea or polyurethane/polyurea is disclosed. The cover layer may be relatively thin (i.e., 0.075 or less, preferably 0.050 inches or less, more preferably less than 0.040 inches, even more... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20080274828 - Golf ball compositions: Golf balls comprising a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a dual- or multi-layer core, wherein at least one layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a benzoquinone. The core layer formed from such rubber composition has a positive hardness gradient such... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080274829 - Golf ball compositions: Golf balls comprising a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a dual- or multi-layer core, wherein at least one layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a resorcinol. The core layer formed from such rubber composition has a positive hardness gradient such... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080274830 - Golf ball compositions: Golf balls comprising a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a dual- or multi-layer core, wherein at least one layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a quinhydrone. The core layer formed from such rubber composition has a positive hardness gradient such... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080274831 - Golf ball compositions: Golf balls comprising a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a dual- or multi-layer core, wherein at least one layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber, a free radical initiator, and a hydroquinone. A ratio of the amount of the hydroquinone present in... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080274832 - Golf ball compositions: Golf balls consisting of a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a solid, single-layer core formed from a rubber composition comprising a resorcinol. The core has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the core's surface hardness and the core's center hardness is 25 Shore... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080274833 - Golf ball compositions: Golf balls consisting of a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a solid, single-layer core formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a benzoquinone. The core has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the core's surface hardness and the core's center... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080274834 - Golf ball compositions: Golf balls comprising a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a dual- or multi-layer core, wherein at least one layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a catechol. The core layer formed from such rubber composition has a positive hardness gradient such... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080274835 - Golf ball compositions: Golf balls consisting of a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a solid, single-layer core formed from a rubber composition comprising a catechol. The core has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the core's surface hardness and the core's center hardness is 25 Shore... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080274836 - Golf tee: A golf tee includes a tip portion that is adapted to be driven into the ground, a body portion that is adapted to stabilize and erect the golf tee and a ball support portion that is adapted to stably support a golf ball. The ball support portion comprises a hollow... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080274837 - Slope indicator: A slope indicator for fastening to the ground of a putting green to indicate the slope during the game of golf is disclosed to include a housing having a transparent top face and a pointed bottom anchoring rod for fastening to the ground, a fluid sealed in the housing, and... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20080274838 - Golf ball positioning dispenser for putting practice: The golf ball positioning dispenser for putting practice comprises a hollow tube for holding golf balls. A stop mechanism attached to a body block near the bottom end of the tube dispenses balls one at a time. The stop mechanism includes a pivotally attached biased lever that controls movement of... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080274839 - Basketball rim attachment: A basketball practice device including a C-shaped ring capable circumferential contraction from its normal unrestrained configuration to reduce the diameter of the rim of a basketball goal including means to facilitate the installation and removal of the same.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080274840 - Method for playing a game of ball: A ball game platform and a method to play a ball game on said platform are disclosed. The ball game platform comprising a rectangular surface divided into two sections with boundary lines and a middle line, and a dual pole set on one end of the middle line. The method... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080274841 - Multi-material composite locking upright: A composite locking upright having low weight and great rigidity for installation into a playing surface with built-in sleeves. The composite locking upright supports and secures a net at a playing height for athletic sports such as, volleyball, tennis, and badminton. The composite locking upright may have a composite tube,... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20080274842 - Sports racket: Defined, is a sport racket with innovative uniform elongated spring bed, uniform man strings and cross strings segments, uniform elongated sweet spot, uniform head structure, innovative robust yoke design, and handle. The sports racquet includes a frame, a yoke and a string-bed. The frame includes a head portion, a handle... Agent: John L Sledge

20080274843 - Method for manufacturing a racquet frame for sports racquet and a racquet frame thereof: A racquet frame has one or more string holes formed therein and a string bed plane, along which the string holes extend. The racquet frame is preferably formed by providing a frame bearing structure, which is aimed at providing flexural stiffness to said racquet frame, and structurally integrating the frame... Agent: Fox Rothschild, LLP Pittsburgh

20080274844 - False activation reducing centrifugal activation system: The present invention is directed to a false activation reducing centrifugal activation system. The system is an activation system that may be used to activate a wide variety of functionalities in a wide variety of devices. The functional elements to the system are a device housing, a power supply module,... Agent: Silversky Group LLC