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Games using tangible projectile February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/10

20100048312 - Cue stick: A cue stick includes a shaft, a solid force-transmitting pipe, a butt, and a wooden fitting portion. This shaft includes a tip, a solid portion, a hollow portion and a connecting portion. This solid force-transmitting pipe contains an inner space. The butt connects with the shaft. The wooden fitting portion... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100048313 - Measuring the movement characteristics of an object: A method of an apparatus for measuring or determining the movement characteristics of an object uses the detection of changes in beams. A set of beams F1-B1, F2-B2, F3-B3 is disposed in the movement path of the object; at relative angles to each other; and at acute angles to the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20100048314 - Wireless detecting apparatus and system for golf club: A wireless detecting apparatus and a wireless detecting system are disclosed. The wireless detecting apparatus is applicable to a golf club. The apparatus includes an accelerometer, a terminal wireless module and a terminal microprocessor module. The accelerometer is used to generate an accelerating variable and output an electric signal. The... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20100048315 - Golf swing training apparatus: A golf swing training apparatus including a golf club guide and, preferably, a support frame having spaced apart front and rear frame members connected together by a base frame member. The support frame is adjustably inclined at the lie angle of the golf club by a support arm. The golf... Agent: Charles J. Prescott, P.A.

20100048316 - Fairway wood type golf club: The present invention is a unique fairway wood type golf club. The club is a fairway wood type golf club characterized by a long blade length with a long heel blade length section, while having a small club moment arm and a low center of gravity relative to a face... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20100048317 - Putters: A set of putters, the different putters having different values of at least one of the variables which affect the suitability of the putter for short or long putts, for example loft, lie, length, coefficient of restitution of the impact face (22) and alignment aid (21).... Agent: T H P Richardson

20100048318 - Set of iron-type golf clubs having a progressive sole configuration: The present invention is directed to a set of iron-type golf clubs having a progressive sole configuration through the set. In particular, the inventive golf clubs include a consistent relationship between the ground contact and center of gravity throughout the set and a progressive sole configuration that provides desired bounce... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100048319 - Visual and tactile confirmation golf grip and system: A visual and tactile confirmation golf grip and system is provided. The golf grip may include an alignment channel, an alignment projection, or combinations thereof extending along an anterior surface of the golf grip, a posterior surface of the golf grip, a side surface of the golf grip, or combinations... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20100048320 - Rotary striking surface on a golf putter: A putter club head is provided with an elongate cavity communicating to the exterior through a rectangular opening in the striking face thereof spaced above the club head lower surface that forms a lower shielding structure to deflect any growth in the course of a putting stroke. A conforming tubular... Agent: I. Michael Bak-boychuk Attorney At Law

20100048321 - 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

20100048323 - Golf club head having a composite face insert: A golf club head having a composite face insert attached to a metallic body is provided. The club head preferably has a volume of at least 200 cc and provides superior durability and club performance. The face insert includes prepreg plies having a fiber areal weight (FAW) of less than... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20100048322 - Golf club head, face of the golf club head, and method of manufacturing the golf club head: A golf club head that may increase the degree of freedom in design, a face of the golf club head, and a method of manufacturing the golf club head are provided. At least part of the golf club head includes an alloy, and the alloy includes Co and Fe in... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20100048324 - Golf club head: There is provided a golf club head that produces a loud hitting sound satisfying the golfer even if the volume of the golf club head having a hollow structure is increased to at least about 400 cc. A golf club head 1 having a hollow structure comprises a face part... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100048325 - Golf club head, and method for manufacturing the golf club head: To provide a golf club head which is easy-to-hit and which restrains the reduction of flight distance at the time of off-center shot to the minimum without making a sacrifice of the flight distance at the time of sweet spot shot, and a method for manufacturing the golf club head,... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100048326 - Multi-piece solid golf ball: The present invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball having a core, an envelope encasing the core, an intermediate layer encasing the envelope, and a cover which encases the intermediate layer and has formed on a surface thereof a plurality of dimples. The surface hardness of the core has a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100048327 - Highly-neutralized golf ball compositions: The present invention is directed to a golf ball and to a process for forming a golf ball having at least one layer, where the layer is formed of a highly neutralized polymer composition having greater than about 70 percent of the acid groups neutralized by a neutralizing agent including... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100048328 - 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

20100048329 - Golf ball marker and holder: Disclosed is a holder for removably securing a magnetizable golf ball marker. In certain embodiments, the holder is made of a durable material containing a recessed area, and acts as a magnetic base for the ball marker, to which the ball marker is attracted. In certain embodiments, a permanent magnet... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, (w/wys)

20100048330 - Adjustable displacement perception compensation golf putter apparatus and method: A method to reduce parallax effect and reduce aiming error while a golf player is putting is disclosed. The player positions a golf putter along a first selected alignment marker to align a multi-alignment marker golf club with a line of putt. Aiming along the first selected alignment marker of... Agent: Law Office Of Robert E. Kasody, Professional Corporation

20100048331 - Instructional ball: An instructional ball having a football-shaped body shaped as an ellipsoid having a longitudinal axis and a generally circular transverse cross section and a core.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20100048332 - Baseball and softball training device for improving batting skills: It is accordingly an object of the present invention to enable athletes, mainly baseball and softball players, to learn and practice the proper swing position and develop muscle memory for easy repetition of that position. The invention is of particular utility for indicating to the athlete whether or not each... Agent: Melvin Torres

20100048333 - Racket for ball games: The racket (2) for ball games of the present invention comprises a frame which is formed by a frame profile or a hollow profile and has a racket head and a handle portion connected thereto preferably via a heart region. Two indentations (12) that are symmetrical relative to the longitudinal... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100041489 - Golf club: An iron type golf head 10 comprises a body 12, the front side thereof defining a striking face and a socket formation 20. The body has a perimeter body portion 22 extending rearwardly from a body part of the body, that defines the ball striking face, thus defining a rear... Agent: Joel D. Skinner, Jr. Skinner And Associates

20100041490 - Golf club head and system: A golf club head system and a golf club head for inclusion into a golf club are provided. The golf club head includes a main body member and a secondary body member. The main body member has a striking surface, a sole portion, a crown portion, and a rear face... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100041491 - Orientation marker for golf club having releasable and interchangeable head and shaft connections: A golf club may have an orientation marker located on the golf club that indicates at least a relative orientation between the golf club head and shaft. The orientation marker may be located, for example, on the golf club head or shaft. A key member provides additional information with respect... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100041492 - Golf club shaft with high balance point and golf club including same: A golf club shaft having a weight distribution such that the balance point percentage is less than or equal to 44.50%. The weight distribution of the shaft allows for an increase in length and/or club head weight of a golf club while having a reduced impact on the swing weight.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100041493 - Iron-type golf clubs: The present invention is directed to an iron-type golf club that may be included in a set. In particular, the inventive golf club includes an adjustable hosel coupling and a mechanism for altering the sole configuration. The golf club may be included in a set having a progressive sole configuration... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100041494 - Golf club head and system: A golf club head system and a golf club head for inclusion into a golf club are provided. The golf club head system includes two or more rear or secondary body members, each configured for interchangeable attachment to a front or main body member. Each rear body member may have... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100041495 - Golf driver head with exchangeable rear sections: A golf driver kit includes a front portion and a plurality of rear portions exchangeably connectable to the front portion and being of different respective shapes for imparting different flight characteristics to a struck golf ball. The front portion includes a front face plate and a hosel for receiving a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100041496 - Highly-neutralized acid polymer compositions having a low moisture vapor transmission rate and their use in golf balls: The present invention provides golf balls comprising a low specific gravity intermediate layer formed from a moisture resistant composition and disposed between a core and a cover. Depending on the thickness and specific gravity of the various layers, among other factors, the moment of inertia of the golf balls can... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100041497 - Training device and method for guiding a ball throwing movement: A training device guides the throwing arm of a person in a ball throwing movement in a forward throwing direction. The training device comprises a base arranged to be supported on the ground, an upright support member extending upwardly from the base and a guide member on the upright support... Agent: Jacobson And Johnson

20100041498 - Method and system for training a baseball player: A method of training a baseball pitcher comprising the steps of providing a data processor, providing data capture devices which function to capture pitching data relating to the pitcher's pitching motion at a first location and which function to capture ball arrival data relating to the arrival of the pitched... Agent: Cozen O''connor

20100041499 - Batter training device with improved visual indicator: A device for training in swinging and batting in which a device is provided and attached to a batter's trailing back forearm with an arm attachment section and trailing back calf with a leg attachment section. A stretchable band is connected the two sections covered by a sectional sleeve having... Agent: Brian D. Bellamy

20100041500 - Bat swing training device: A bat swing training device for enabling the diagnosis and correction of an individual batter's swing. The training device includes a conventional bat modified to receive a training aid at its distal end in either an exposed extended assembly or an embedded assembly. The training aid provides a snapping sound... Agent: George A. Herbster

20100035697 - Golf club moveable disc shaft angle adjustment technology: Golf club moveable disc shaft angle adjustment technology that allows the angle of the shaft of a golf club (ie. the lie) to adjust in small increments, prevents movement as is the case with gears or teeth, and eliminates the use of small, difficult-to-handle parts such as a ball bearing.... Agent: Gregory Kaczmarz

20100035698 - Swing spinal angle retention and head movement prevention system and method: Embodiments of swing angle retention and head movement prevention are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Merle W. Richman, Iii

20100035699 - Putting template: A golf training device includes a template. The template has a passageway in it to receive a golf ball, and at least one hole on each side of the template to receive a golf tee or similar structure. The golf tee on each side of the passageway creates a boundary... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20100035700 - Golf club fitting assembly: This invention relates to golf club fitting devices and more particularly, to a novel golf club fitting assembly designed to interchangeably connect a shaft and club head.... Agent: Law Office Of Tracy P. Jong

20100035701 - Golf club: The invention provides a golf club including a clubhead including a hosel portion having an internal screw portion and a first support surface; a shaft including a neck portion having an external screw portion which screws into the first screw portion and a second support surface opposed to the first... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20100035702 - Grooves of golf club heads and methods to manufacture grooves of golf club heads: Embodiments of grooves of golf club heads and methods to manufacture grooves of golf club heads are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20100035703 - Putter head: A putter head prevents a ball from sliding over a green while maintaining golfers' preferred hitting feel and roll of the ball. A face insert fitted in a face of the putter head has an outer layer which serves as a ball-hitting surface and an inner layer which is located... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100035704 - Golf ball: A golf ball 2 has a core 4, an inner cover 6 positioned outside this core 4 and an outer cover 8 positioned outside the inner cover 6. The core 4 has a spherical center 10 and a mid layer 12 positioned outside this center 10. The center 10 is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100035705 - Method for treating thermoplastic polyurethane golf ball covers: A method of forming a golf ball is disclosed herein. The method includes placing a golf ball precursor product comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane cover further comprising an isocyanate or hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene in an isocyanate solution. The precursor product is then removed and heated to remove solvent. The precursor product... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20100035706 - Swing training device: A tethered swing training device that attaches to one or more cords. The cords, at ends opposite to the swing training device may be elastic and anchored to a fixed object or attached to a pulley and weight system. The swing training device includes cutouts and engagement members that are... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20100035707 - Multi-directional break-away goal: A basketball rim mounting assembly permitting multi-directional deflection in response to extraordinary forces imposed on the rim has a fixed portion coupled to a back board and a movable portion fixed to a basketball rim. The fixed portion can include a back plate secured to a front face of the... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20100035708 - Hockey stick: A composite hockey stick having a tubular hollow shaft and a blade is disclosed. The shaft includes a region of focused weight in the form of an overlay coating that is applied on top if the internal surfaces of the cured shaft using a coating plug. The blade includes a... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20100035710 - Lighted projectile: A projectile illuminated by a chemiluminescent light source is capable of producing a stroboscopic effect when set in motion. The projectile body is a solid body preferably made of a soft, pliable material such as NERF®, in the shape of a sports ball, and the light propagates, unobstructed, through orifices... Agent: William A. Birdwell Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

20100035709 - Method for employing a tracking device with an arrow: A two part arrow employing a tracking device used to track wounded game animals. When the hunting broadhead engages a game animal, a separating slide mechanism that encircles the anterior arrow segment slides toward the rear of the arrow catching the lever component of the release mechanism secured inside the... Agent: Absolute Technology Law Group LLC

20100035711 - Inflatable ball and method of making the same: An inflatable ball includes an inflatable bladder and s skin layer. The skin layer covers the inflatable bladder, and includes a plurality of interconnected panel segments. At least one of the panel segments includes a panel substrate proximate to the inflatable bladder, and a transparent protective layer, which has an... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C Intellectual Property Department

20100029400 - Golf club handgrip elevation apparatus: A golf club handgrip elevation device is provided which maintains the handgrip of the golf club off of the ground when the club is placed on the ground. The invention includes an opening in a receiving section into which the club is placed and includes a gripping section for holding... Agent: Harris Beach PLLC

20100029401 - Iron-type golf club set: A set of iron-type golf clubs comprising “n” pieces of golf clubs having club heads with different loft angles and having advantages that variation in spin amount at mis-shots by long irons is small and accuracy in shots of intentionally curving a ball by short irons is high, each of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100029402 - Golf clubs with variable moment of inertia and methods of manufacture thereof: Embodiments of golf clubs with variable moment of inertia and methods of manufacture thereof are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are disclosed herein... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100029403 - Golf club: A golf club is described, in which the weight of the head is increased compared with conventional clubs, and in which the upper part of the shaft is also increased in weight, whereby the centre of gravity is disposed in the central zone of the shaft. Preferably, the weight distribution... Agent: Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.

20100029404 - Metal wood club: A golf club head is provided having a body and a face insert, with a slot in a perimeter region of the body of the club head adjacent the face insert. The slot increases the flex of the hitting surface on impact with a golf ball, thereby increasing the speed... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100029405 - 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

20100029406 - Golf club head having an interchangeable bridge member: A cavity back golf club head having an interchangeable bridge member is disclosed. The interchangeable bridge member extends across a rear cavity connecting a heel and a toe of the golf club head to control the trajectory of a golf ball.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100029407 - Golf club head: A golf club may include a front surface, a rear surface having a recess, and an insert at least partially disposed in the recess. The insert may comprise a durometer hardness of less than about 95 Shore A and a cavity having a reinforcement member disposed therein. Preferably, the durometer... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100029408 - Golf club head: A head 2 is hollow. The head 2 has a sole part 8. The sole part 8 has a groove forming part k1 having a recessed outer surface g1 and a protruding inner surface s1. The sole part 8 has a first groove forming part k1 and a second groove... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100029409 - Golf clubs with variable moment of inertia and methods of manufacture thereof: Embodiments of golf clubs with variable moment of inertia and methods of manufacture thereof are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are disclosed herein.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100029410 - Golf balls comprising highly-neutralized acid polymers: A golf ball includes a dual core having an Atti compression of 70 or less and a diameter of 0.5 to 1.55 inches. An inner core and outer core are formed from a thermoset rubber composition and have a first and second hardness, respectively. An inner cover layer including an... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100029411 - Multi-layer core golf ball: The present invention is directed to an improved multi-layer golf ball displaying enhanced playing characteristics, including high speed, high launch, and low spin. In general the golf ball displays improved performance in areas such as distance and feel for lower swing speed players. The ball has a relatively large solid... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100029412 - Golf ball comprising de-vulcanized rubber: Golf balls in accordance with the principles of the present invention include a core and one or more cover layers, with the core having a base rubber component that comprises de-vulcanized rubber. The base rubber component may include a blend of polybutadiene with the de-vulcanized rubber, and may also include... Agent: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.

20100029413 - Golf ball: A low modulus durable coating layer for a polyurethane covered golf ball is disclosed herein. The coating includes a high equivalent weight polyester polyol wherein the high equivalent weight polyester polyol has an equivalent weight of at least 1000.... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20100029414 - Golf ball with multiple cover layers: A golf ball having a core and two or more cover layers, wherein the multiple cover layers are formed from materials that are substantially the same composition with the same Shore hardness, but are modified in some way to alter the processing or performance characteristics of the golf ball, or... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20100029415 - Methods and systems for identifying the launch positions of descending golf balls: Identification of the tee-off bay (52;53) from which a golf ball landing on a golf-range target (51) originated, is made by calculating an estimate of flight duration (Edurk) of the descending ball as a function of the measured angle (β) of descent in elevation, and, in respect of each ball... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20100029416 - Football goal or other similar goal: A football goal comprises a framework Including two opposite gable frames (10). At its lower end, each gable frame (10) has abeam member (11), which extends in the longitudinal direction of the gable frame (10) and by means of which the gable frame (10) can rest upon a substrate for... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20100029417 - Sporting pipe: A rectangular sporting pipe includes a shaft and at least two bulging portions formed on a surface portion of the shaft, the bulging portions extending in a longitudinal direction of the shaft and bulging outwardly.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20100029418 - Composite baseball bat and manufacturing method thereof: The method first provides a tubular outer member, a tubular inner member, and a head cap. Then, the inner member is threaded into the outer member and sealed inside by the head cap. The assembly is then placed in a mold, heated, and pressurized into a baseball bat. Due to... Agent: Leong C Lei

20100029419 - Carboxylated acrylonitrile butadiene latex seamless bladder and a process for manufacturing thereof: A soft seamless acrylonitrile bladder having excellent air permeability combined with good bounce characteristics for inflatable balls obtained by latex dipping process. The said process involves dipping hot moulds in a coagulant bath of calcium nitrate and water and later dipping the dried, coagulant coated formers in a compounded latex... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20100029420 - Football and method for manufacturing same: A football includes an inflatable bladder; a layer of wound filament fibers surrounding the inflatable bladder; a carcass surrounding the layer of wound filament fibers, including raised areas and recessed areas and a plurality of panels positioned within the recessed areas of the carcass. An outer surface of the plurality... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.