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20090163285 - In-field behavior recording device for golf putting: The present invention can be used for either training purpose or recording in situ behavior of player during actual games or events. Sufficient data recorded and analyzed during training can be used as reference performance data to compare the actual behavior of the player during the events. When the present... Agent: Ohkyung Kwon

20090163286 - Connecting structure of a shaft and a grip member of a golf club: A golf club includes a shaft, a grip member positioned around a tail portion of the shaft, an expanding component positioned in the tail portion of the shaft, and a fastening component; the grip member has a holding room to receive the tail portion of shaft; the expanding component is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090163287 - Shaft cap associated with golf clubs and methods to manufacture golf clubs: A golf club comprising a grip, a shaft having a first end and a second end, with the first end of the shaft having the grip disposed upon it, a shaft cap disposed at the second end of the shaft, and a head having a face portion and a hosel... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20090163288 - Adjustable stiffness shaft structure: A shaft structure with an adjustable stiffness is provided for golf clubs, fishing rods and like apparatuses. The shaft structure employs an inner and outer shaft structure. The golfer, in practice, configures the stiffness of a golf shaft, by adjusting the pressure of an inner shaft structure. The combination of... Agent: Gregory Qualizza

20090163290 - Crosscut wedge golf club: A wedge-type golf club having a plurality of parallel grooves offset at an angle with respect to the base of the club face. The grooves provide enhanced backspin and control on a golf ball when struck with the club face open. The grooves are beneficial for “getting the ball up”... Agent: Shawna J. Shaw

20090163289 - Method of creating scorelines in club face insert: The present disclosure pertains to composite articles, and in particular a composite face plate for a golf club-head, and methods for making the same. In certain embodiments, a composite face plate for a club-head is formed with a cross-sectional profile having a varying thickness. The face plate comprises a lay-up... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090163292 - Composite articles and methods for making the same: The present disclosure pertains to composite articles, and in particular a composite face plate for a golf club-head, and methods for making the same. In certain embodiments, a composite face plate for a club-head is formed with a cross-sectional profile having a varying thickness. The face plate comprises a lay-up... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090163291 - Golf club face with cover having roughness pattern: The present disclosure pertains to composite articles, and in particular a composite face plate for a golf club-head, and methods for making the same. In certain embodiments, a composite face plate for a club-head is formed with a cross-sectional profile having a varying thickness. The face plate comprises a lay-up... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090163294 - Driver with deep aft cavity: A golf club head with a deep aft cavity is disclosed herein. The body has a striking plate wall, a crown section, a sole section and a rear wall. An area of interest preferably has less than 12% of the mass of the golf club head. The golf club head... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20090163293 - Golf club head: A golf club head (42) having a delta of the coefficient of restitution between a geometric face center of the face (72) and a location (806) 0.5 inch sole-ward from the face center that is less than 0.065. The golf club head (42) preferably has a volume ranging from 420... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20090163295 - Golf club head with a shock-absorber and method for manufacturing the same: A golf club head has a body, a shock absorber and a plug assembly. The body has multiple faces, an inner chamber, an injection base and at least one discharging hole. The injection base is formed on one of the faces beside the front and has an injection hole defined... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090163296 - Composite articles and methods for making the same: The present disclosure pertains to composite articles, and in particular a composite face plate for a golf club-head, and methods for making the same. In certain embodiments, a composite face plate for a club-head is formed with a cross-sectional profile having a varying thickness. The face plate comprises a lay-up... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090163297 - Polyacrylate rubber compositions for golf balls: Golf ball components, such as cores, intermediate layers, and covers, formed with compositions including polyacrylate elastomers cured with peroxide systems, amine-based systems, or a combination thereof.... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20090163299 - Golf balls having two or more core layers formed from hnp compositions: The present invention is directed to golf balls having a layer formed from a relatively soft HNP composition and a layer formed from a relatively hard HNP composition. Golf balls of the present invention have at least three layers, including an inner core layer, an outer core layer, a cover,... Agent: Acushnet Company

20090163298 - Sports equipment compositions comprising a polyurethane, polyurea or prepolymer thereof and a polyfunctional modifier: Embodiments of a composition useful for making sports equipment, such as golf balls, are disclosed comprising at least one polyurethane, polyurea, polymer precursor composition thereof, blocked polyurethane, blocked polyurea or blocked polymer precursor composition thereof, and an effective amount of a polyfunctional modifier. One disclosed embodiment of a method for... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090163300 - Multi-functional golf tool: An improved multi-functional golf tool having a handle portion formed at its proximal end, and a pair of prongs formed at its distal end and disposed in angular relation with the handle to facilitate the pivotal movement of the golf tool in repairing ball marks or other irregularities on the... Agent: Mark D. Bowen, Esq. Malin Haley Dimaggio Bowen & Lhota, P.A.

20090163301 - Baseball practice systems: Baseball practice systems are provided. In this regard, a representative baseball practice system includes: a backstop; a ball; a suspension assembly operative to suspend the ball in a strike zone, the suspension assembly having a first cantilevered arm and a damping assembly, the damping assembly being operative to damp motions... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090163302 - Ping pong ball retriever: Various devices for controlling errant ping pong balls during play are disclosed. A first embodiment may be construed as a device, positioned underneath a ping pong table, the device comprising a plurality of faces extending vertically from the ground and meeting at an apex to form a pyramid. Errant ping... Agent: Cts Solutions, LLC

20090163303 - Sport court target training aid, method for training using same, and method for advertising using same: The subject matter described herein includes a sport court target training aid, a method for training using same, and a method for advertising using same. According to one aspect of the subject matter described herein, a sport court target based training aid is provided. The sport court target based training... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090163304 - Inflatable sports goal: A sports goal comprises a plurality of struts interconnected to form nodes, with netting optionally attached thereto. The struts comprise: one or more struts defining a crossbar; two or more struts defining respective goal posts; a plurality of ground struts adapted to lie along the ground to define the bottoms... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090163305 - Quick change backboard bracket system: A quick change backboard bracket system for a basketball goal permitting the quick removal and replacement of a basketball goal can include a backboard assembly and a basketball goal support assembly. The backboard assembly can include a backboard, a first yoke member, and a rim assembly. The basketball goal support... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090163306 - Racket with moveably mounted bridge: The disclosure relates to a racket for ball games, and in particular, a tennis or squash racket, with a head region for receiving a stringing defining a stringing plane, a grip portion for holding the racket, and a heart region wherein the heart region has two arms and a bridge.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090163307 - Bat for baseball or softball and manufacturing method thereof: A baseball or softball bat which enables a ball to fly farther than a conventional bat. The bat is made of metal, wood or carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and its cylindrical ball-hitting part has an axial cross section shape as follows: a lot of concave-surfaced grooves and convex-surfaced ridges are arranged... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090163308 - Broadhead arrow adapter: An Archery Manufacturers & Merchants Organization (AMO) standards-based, arrow assembly, weight-and-length enhancer for archers and/or bowhunters is disclosed, which provides a fully compatible, standards-based way to increase the length and/or weight of the front of the arrow assembly by simply unscrewing the existing arrowhead from the insert of the arrow... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090163309 - Arrowhead: An arrowhead is provided which includes a body and one or more blades fastened to the body. The end of the blade extends behind the end of the body and consequently behind the end of an arrow shaft. This arrangement moves the FOC back towards the center of gravity of... Agent: Erickson, Kernell, Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC

20090156321 - Golf instruction system and method: A golf instruction campus. There is: a first field, having a first length; a second field, having a second length; a third field, having a third length; a fourth field, having a fourth length; and a fifth field, having a fifth length. A ratio of the first length over the... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20090156322 - Grip training aid for golf clubs: A training aid for use with golf clubs has a coupler easily interchangeable from one club to another with an attached hand strap for wrapping about the golfer's hand to restrain the club against slipping from the user's grip while swinging the club, thereby to encourage a looser and more... Agent: Law Offices Of Natan Epstein

20090156323 - Golf club: A hosel portion (22) has a screw portion (32) formed on an internal surface or external surface thereof and a hosel hole (28). A screw member (10) has a through hole (30) for causing a shaft (6) and an inner member (8) to penetrate therethrough, a screw portion (32) and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090156324 - Golf club with cavity, and method of manufacture: Embodiments of golf clubs with a cavity and their methods of manufacture are generally described herein. In one embodiment, a golf club head comprises: a strike face, a back face opposite the strike face; a heel region; a toe region opposite the heel region; and a cavity integral with the... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20090156325 - Attachment system for detachably securing a component to a shaft-like member: An interchangeable threaded attachment means for securing a given object to a shaft. By way of example and not limitation, the attachment means is embodied in a golf club assembly, providing for the use of multiple golf club heads with a single shaft. The assembly means comprises a threaded collet... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090156326 - Golf club head: A golf club head (42) having a substantially square or rectangular body is disclosed herein. The golf club head (42) preferably has a volume ranging from 420 cubic centimeters to 470 cubic centimeters. The golf club head (42) preferably has a moment of inertia about the Izz axis through the... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20090156327 - Victory putter: Existing golf putters basically have flat face surfaces that allow putting contact with only one point on the golf ball on any given stroke. This design provides the absolute minimum ball directional control possible for any given putt. The Victory Golf Putter indents the face of the golf club, by... Agent: Victor T. Celo

20090156328 - Putter face groove pattern for improved feel, accuracy and distance control: A golf putter ball striking face with a geometrically spaced groove pattern that gives the golfer improved feel, accuracy and distance control. This invention also relates to golf swing training, specifically to an apparatus that aids in learning and improving the alignment and swing for the putter.... Agent: John S. Reese

20090156329 - Golf club with optimum moments of inertia in the vertical and hosel axes: A golf club is provided having a hollow body golf club head comprising discrete concentrations of weight or mass located away from the center of gravity or the geometric center of the club head to optimize the moment of inertia of the club head about both the vertical axis running... Agent: Acushnet Company

20090156330 - 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

20090156331 - Golf ball: A two-piece golf ball having a reaction injection molded polyurethane cover is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a core with a diameter preferably ranging from 1.610 inches to 1.670 inches, and a cover having a thickness preferably ranging from 0.015 inch to 0.045 inch. The cover also preferably has... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20090156332 - Golf ball marker assembly: A golf ball marker assembly comprising a base and a golf ball marker releasably attached to the base, so that a portion of the base and of the golf ball marker are visible when the golf ball marker is attached to the base. The visible portions of the golf ball... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090156333 - Collapsible ball game practice device: A collapsible ball game practice device is comprised of a plurality of sections, each section above a lower section being substantially collapsible into the lower section. Detent structure is provided on an upper portion of each lower section and a lower portion of each upper section to secure each upper... Agent: Michael F. Petock, Esquire

20090156334 - Football goalpost rotation apparatus and method: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, apparatus, and method that allow a football goalpost to be rotated about a substantially vertical axis. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the football goalpost has a gooseneck-type post adapted to fit within a sleeve in the ground. The sleeve generally... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20090156336 - Arrowhead: An arrowhead includes a body having a longitudinal axis, a first blade, and a first fastener that extends through a portion of the body and engages the first blade to secure the first blade in position relative to the body. The first fastener is offset relative to the longitudinal axis.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090156335 - Compact broadhead: An axially compact broadhead for archery and other such purposes is disclosed. The broadhead may be formed from a tip configured to facilitate penetration of the tip into an object with a pointed distal end and an opposite proximal end. The tip may include a central tip chamber extending distally... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090149266 - Portable putting range adaptable for break adjustment: A golf putting practice device having a synthetic playing surface is supported by a flexible elastic substrate to produce natural curves and playing surface angles. Markings sequentially placed on the playing surface provide the user with feedback as to the proper angle of club impact with the ball, and club... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20090149267 - Golf club grip alignment using laser aligning device: A laser aligning device is mounted on the flat side of a putter grip or other cylindrically asymmetric surface of a club grip and emits a fan shaped light sheet. The light sheet is perpendicular to the flat side of the putter grip. The light sheet projects a visible laser... Agent: Suganda Jutamulia

20090149268 - Golfing aid to improve supination: A golf training aid is disclosed that trains a user for proper lead arm supination while a golfer swings a golf club. The golf training aid includes an extension that is applied to a golf club shaft and a stationary object. The user swings the golf club past a ball... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.

20090149269 - Golf club: There is provided a golf club which helps master a proper swing path easily without too much burden while hitting balls. A golf club 10 includes a hollow shaft 14; a club head 20 provided at a tip portion 16 of the shaft 14; a grip 24 provided at an... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090149270 - Device for picking up golf balls: A device for picking up balls or golf balls (10) is disposed in the region of the grip (11) of a club (12). It includes several holding elements, which are displaceable under the effect of at least one resilient element from a rest position on the grip into an actuatable... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090149271 - Head for golf putter and golf putter: A golf putter (2) includes a head (4), a grip (6) and a shaft (8). The head (4) has a head body (h1) formed of a metal and a face member (f1) formed by an elastic material. A front surface (Ff) of the face member (f1) constitutes at least a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090149272 - Golf club head wtih multiple undercuts: The present invention relates to a golf club head having multiple undercuts. The club head includes a body defining a striking face, a top line, a sole, and a back, and having a heel and a toe. The back contains a cavity. Multiple undercuts in the form of a plurality... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20090149273 - Modular golf putter: A modular golf putter head having a hollow body is provided. The modular putter head comprises a permeable thin center piece disposed between two substantially identical large hollow cups. The large hollow cups selectively secure to either side of the thin center piece to enable use for right-handed or left-handed... Agent: Christopher C. Dowdey

20090149274 - Dual face putter head: A putter-type club head having a blade member and a peripheral mass belt is disclosed herein. The blade member is preferably composed of an aluminum alloy, and has a first surface with a first insert and a second surface with a second insert. The blade member is removably attached to... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20090149275 - 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

20090149276 - Metal wood club with improved moment of inertia: A golf club head having at least two discrete weight members positioned on the sole to optimize moment of inertia is disclosed. A first weight member is located toward and substantially parallel with the face edge of the sole. A second member is located toward the back of the sole... Agent: Acushnet Company

20090149277 - Welded iron-type clubhead with thin high-cor face: Clubheads for iron-type golf clubs are disclosed. An example clubhead has a front including an iron-type face. The front is forged of a material such as C455 or 17-4 PH stainless steel. A heel, sole, toe, and top-line are situated rearwardly of the face, and a rear is situated rearwardly... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090149278 - Polyurea and polyurethane compositions for golf equipment: Golf equipment having improved cut and shear resistance that includes a polyurea composition, preferably saturated and/or water resistant, formed of a polyurea prepolymer and a curing agent, wherein the polyurea prepolymer includes an isocyanate and an amine-terminated compound, and wherein the curing agent includes a hydroxy-terminated curing agent, amine-terminated curing... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20090149279 - Titlable portable baseball tee with stowable handle and bucket retainer: A tiltable portable baseball tee unit is provided. The unit includes a base shaped to seat removably a bucket; includes a hitting tee assembly; and, includes a handle assembly. The base is mounted on a wheel-axle assembly such that the handle assembly can be used to tilt the base and... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20090149280 - Sports skills training apparatus: An apparatus for training sports skills for games conducted on a playing surface having a goal using one or more simulated opponents on the playing surface to train a player to strike the game object away from an opponent in addition to practicing striking the game object into the goal.... Agent: Robert L. Judd

20090149281 - Basketball and soccer training device and associated method: A basketball or soccer training device has a base, a body having a lower body portion and an upper body portion with the lower body portion overlying the base. The upper body portion has a first pair of arms projecting generally outwardly in generally-opposite directions and a second pair of... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20090149282 - Baddleball: A method for using a basketball may include the steps of placing a backboard a predetermined distance from a chair, throwing the ball when a user is sitting in the chair, and scoring a point when the user throws the ball through a rim of the backboard. The method may... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20090149284 - Hockey stick blade having fiber-reinforced high density foam core: A composite hockey stick blade including a fiber reinforced, high-density foam polymeric core material overlaid with a plastic wrap. The fiber reinforcement material, in the form of a plurality of milled or long fibers, provides increased toughness and stiffness of the high density polymeric foam core material. The hockey stick... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20090149283 - Split core hockey stick blade: A composite hockey stick blade having a paddle portion that includes an inner foam core overlaid, or sandwiched, with a plastic wrap. The inner foam core is formed having an upper section of a first foamed material and a lower section of a second foamed material, wherein the density of... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20090149285 - Baseball bat utilizing stepped dowels: A baseball bat comprising a base, a handle, and a barrel together defining a longitudinal axis wherein at least one pair of associated stepped dowels are disposed in the bat substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and opposing each other.... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd.

20090143156 - Pool cue training device: The present invention relates to a pool cue training device for assisting a player in determining cue movement so that the player can learn to control and minimize movement for better and more accurate shots. The invention comprises a laser capable of projecting a laser light in a dot or... Agent: Ty Ung

20090143157 - Alignment device for golfers: A golf alignment device includes an emitter assembly having an emitter portion for emitting radiant energy and at least one lens portion for projecting the radiant energy onto a surface with a predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern includes an illuminated golf ball alignment mark, an illuminated first foot alignment mark... Agent: Alvin R. Wirthlin

20090143158 - Pendular golf position alignment and golf swing training devices and methods, especially for use with putters and similar clubs to train golfers: Devices, apparatus, kits and methods for providing alignment, positioning and swing guidance and feedback to a golfer in learning or improving putting and similar skills are provided. Devices and apparatus of the invention comprise a pendular component, and are constructed and arranged for use in aligning the parts of a... Agent: Gary L. Shaffer

20090143159 - Strike force indicator: A golf club providing a universal training tool for golfers of all sizes is disclosed. The golf club includes an adjustable length shaft having a club head secured at one end thereof and a handle secured at the other end thereof, a sensor circuit disposed in the club head, wherein... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090143160 - Golfer's head movement monitor device and method: A system and method for determining an amount and direction of a golfer's head movement as the golfer executes a golf swing. The system may include at least two light baffles for monitoring the golfer's head movement along a path generally parallel to a target line. The baffles may reflect... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090143161 - Shaft structure with configurable bending, weight, moment-of-inertia and torque profile: A shaft structure with a configurable bending, weight, torque and moment-of-inertia profile is provided for golf clubs, fishing rods, and the like. The shaft structure employs an innovative inner and outer shaft structure. The golfer, in practice, configures the profile of a golf shaft by choosing from a plurality of... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20090143162 - Golf club with high moment of inertia: A golf club (40) has a golf club head with a large mass, relatively short club length and a moment of inertia about the Izz axis through the center of gravity of the golf club head greater than 5000 grams-centimeters squared. The golf club head (42) preferably has a volume... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20090143163 - Golf club and grip for golf club: A golf club (2) includes a head (4), a shaft (6) and a grip (8). At least one siping groove (g1) is provided on a surface of the grip (8). The siping groove (g1) is bent in a direction (Dd) of a depth of the grip. A width (Wg) of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090143164 - Twin-axis and head for sports equipment: This disclosed subject matter provides twin-axis sports equipment wherein a structure connecting a main shaft and a striking portion comprises two axes. The sports equipment can be a golf club, a hockey stick, an ice hockey stick, a tennis racket, a badminton racket, or the like. The striking portion can... Agent: Cermak Kenealy Vaidya & Nakajima LLP

20090143165 - Golf club head: This invention provides a golf club head including a plurality of score lines on a face. In the golf club head according to this invention, the angle between each side surface of the score lines and the face is 48° or more. Edges of the score lines are formed to... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20090143166 - Golf club head: This invention provides a golf club head including a plurality of score lines on a face. In the golf club head according to this invention, the angle between each side surface of the score lines and the face is 48° or more. Edges of the score lines are formed to... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20090143167 - Golf club head with adjustable weighting, customizable face-angle, and variable bulge and roll face: A customizable golf club head is disclosed herein. The customizable golf club head includes a face component having a face and a flange, a crown-plate attached to the flange, a sole-plate attached to the flange, a skid-plate attached to the sole-plate, a swing-weight member, and a plurality of removable weight... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20090143168 - Metal wood club with improved moment of inertia: A more efficient triangular shape for metal wood clubs or driver clubs is disclosed. This triangular shape allows the clubs to have higher rotational moments of inertia in both the vertical and horizontal directions, and a lower center of gravity.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20090143169 - Golf ball: A golf ball which has excellent abrasion-resistance and spin performance is provided. The golf ball of the present invention includes a core and a cover covering the core. The cover contains, as a resin component, polyurethane which is obtained using, as a polyisocyanate component constituting the polyurethane, 4,4′-dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090143170 - Method for preparing golf ball and golf ball: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a golf ball having a solid core formed of a rubber composition and a cover of at least one layer encasing the core, which method includes the steps of treating a surface of the core with a solution containing a halogenated isocyanuric... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090143171 - Basketball training apparatus: The present invention relates to the sports training aids, in particular a improved apparatus for providing drills for new basketball players to practice rebounding skills, not having a platform or base below the players as they jump which can twist an ankle or knee. Further an improved mechanism for tuning... Agent: Lane Patents LLC

20090143172 - Tennis ball delivery device: A tennis ball delivery device for use in practicing one's tennis stroke. The device includes an adjustable frame, at least one declining ball delivery conduit carried by the frame in an upper portion thereof, a declining ball discharge shoot carried by and communicating with the delivery conduit and a ball... Agent: Buchalter Nemer

20090143173 - Game playing equipment and method: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to sport game play procedures and rules, game arenas and/or equipment used for sports games. The game play method includes a face off procedure to begin a game by placing a ball between the shoulder blades of two players, each from an... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20090143174 - Automated line calling system: A system and appertaining method are described to detect whether a projectile impact occurs on one side of a boundary line or the other The system utilizes force sensing resistor-based sensors that may be configured in sections or groups and connected to a control system with a display. Sensor installation... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090143175 - Golfring, golfrisbee, golf disc and golf basket: swiveling club to launch flying ring and disk or ball to play golf: The killer applications of golfrisbee are comprised of the golh club, golfrisbee disc and golfrisbee basket, golfrisbee target, grenade, water golh gun club, etc. Swiveling the golh club, the flying object such as golfrisbee disk is thrown to fly into the golfrisbee basket. The golfrisbee basket has either the wind-bell-chain... Agent: Min Ming Tarng, Ph. D.

20090143176 - Apparatus for deterring modification of sports equipment: The present invention relates to an apparatus for playing ball sports including softball. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for deterring the modification of ball bats. The bat comprises a barrel, a sweet spot, a transition area, a handle, and an end knob. Within the barrel are... Agent: James C. Eaves Jr. Greenebaum Doll & Mcdonald PLLC