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Games using tangible projectile April category listing, related patent applications 04/10

20100105494 - billiard panel and a billiard table coupled with the billiard panel: A billiard panel and a billiard table coupled with the billiard panel are provided. The billiard panel includes a medium-density fiberboard formed with openings at the periphery of the medium-density fiberboard. An imitation marble decorative layer is provided on an upper surface of the medium-density fiberboard. The billiard panel composed... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20100105495 - Golf training aid: A golf training aid utilizes a sliding ball assembly enabling sensory feedback for training golfers to make correct golf swings.... Agent: Ocean Law

20100105496 - Takeaway tee: An elongate strip of material includes a longitudinal base, a forward portion for receiving a tee whose heard is to be disposed above a substantially planar surface, and a rearward portion. The forward portion and the rearward portion tangentially align about the substantially planar surface to visually stimulate a projected... Agent: Aaron Kyle Mulvey

20100105497 - Golf mat: A golf mat includes artificial grass fibers attached to and extending upward from a backing material, which may be one or more layers. The artificial grass fibers include groups of at least two different kinds of fiber sewn through a common path in the backing material. One of the kinds... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20100105498 - Versatile vibration-damped golf swing-weight system: A highly versatile damper-weight system enables the installation of adjustable swing-weight in a vibration-damped manner inside a golf club shaft. A plug assembly of selectable weight is inserted through a circular opening in the golf grip cap with a special tool, moved to any desired location within the shaft and... Agent: J.e. Mctaggart U.s. Patent Agent

20100105499 - Golf club head with moveable insert: The present invention is directed toward a golf club head with an adjustable insert. The insert is moveable in a face to back direction, and may be locked into place by one or more locking mechanisms. The insert may be adjustable so that the overall distance from the face to... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20100105500 - Golf club face with spin strip: A golf club head (such as a putter head), has a face that includes a ball-contacting region. The ball-contacting region has an inset containing an elastically deformable material and at least one rigid element disposed within the elastically deformable material. When a golf ball is struck, the elastically deformable material... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100105501 - Golf club head: A golf club head maintains a low weight of a face part, keeps the resilience property of the face part in the rule conformity range, and prevents the resilience performance from decreasing even when a ball is hit by a face part deviating from the sweet spot. The golf club... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100105502 - Lacrosse practice device: A lacrosse practice and/or training device allows a person to practice throwing and catching by themselves. The device includes an anchor mechanism that slides over the top of a lacrosse stick head, a cord, and a ball. A single cord connects the anchor mechanism to the stick head and the... Agent: Lathrop & Gage LLP

20100105503 - Vertical beam emitting marker for a sports field: A marker for a sports field comprising an elongated substantially vertical device for marking a field position associated with a game playable on the sports field using an object that may become airborne. The field position is used to determine compliance of the object when airborne with a rule of... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20100105504 - Ball bat including visual indication of whether internal structural tampering with the ball bat has occurred: A ball bat includes a barrel having a radially inner surface. Graphics, or an indicator layer including graphics, that provide a visual indication of whether tampering, such as shaving, has occurred to the radially inner surface of the barrel are affixed to, applied to, or integral with the radially inner... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20100105505 - Tether tennis game apparatus: The invention relates to a tether tennis game apparatus which includes a hollow pole that has a helix formation extending externally therefrom along an operative top segment of the pole. The helix formation defines a helical guide path within which a loop formation, that is formed at one end of... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20100099508 - Ball game and equipment: Game apparatus for playing a baseball-like and golf-like game to be played on a golf course or a sports field or yard with rules of play for golf courses and sports fields or yards. The game apparatus includes a unitary bat-putter that resembles a baseball bat but has a flat... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel, LLP

20100099509 - Automatic real-time game scoring device and gold club swing analyzer: An automatic real-time game scoring device and golf club swing analyzer which may include enhanced capability based on GPS parametric and golf course specific information. One aspect of the invention includes the capability to assess a player's swing as a function of ball strike, club information, and length of an... Agent: Law Office Of Robert C. Klinger

20100099510 - Golf club head and method of manufacturing: A golf club head is composed of a first body having mass concentrations at the heel and toe ends joined by a relatively thinner central web portion that is recessed from the front, top and rear surfaces of the club head. A second body member selected from a plurality of... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100099511 - Golf clubs and golf club heads with adjustable center of gravity and moment of inertia characteristics: Golf clubs, club heads, and club weighting systems may include: (a) a club head body member; and (b) one or more weight members removably and/or movably engaged with the club head body member so as to move between a first position and a second position to change an overall exterior... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100099512 - Shank of four-piece forging of golf club head: Disclosed is a shank of a four-piece forging of golf club head. Atop piece of the four-piece forging of club head forms, at a portion thereof adjacent to the shank, a two-staged structure of an outward flaring sector-shaped connection portion that is combined with the shank, whereby an abutting condition... Agent: Leong C Lei

20100099513 - 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

20100099514 - Highly-neutralized acid polymers and their use in golf balls: The present invention is directed to a golf ball having at least one layer which includes a polymer composition containing at least 50 wt % of an acid polymer and at least 0.5 wt % of a plasticizer selected from the group consisting of alkylamines, alkanol amines, and fatty acid... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100099517 - Golf ball comprising a core layer having a hardness gradient and trans gradient: A golf ball includes a ‘dual core’ formed from an inner core layer and an outer core layer. The inner core has an outer surface and a center and is typically formed from a substantially-homogenous rubber composition such that the center of the core has a hardness of about 72... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100099515 - Highly-neutralized acid polymer compositions having a low moisture vapor transmission rate and their use in golf balls: The present invention provides high moment of inertia golf balls comprising a low specific gravity core layer formed from a moisture resistant composition. The moisture resistant composition has a moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of 12.5 g·mil/100 in2/day or less and comprises a highly neutralized acid polymer. Golf balls of... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100099516 - Multi-layer core golf ball: The present invention is directed to an improved golf ball displaying the desired spin profile and having a generally rigid, thermoset polybutadiene outer core surrounding a relatively soft, low compression inner core. In general, this golf ball has an inner core and at least one outer core layer surrounding the... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100099518 - Golf ball marker: Providing visual cues to a golfer to instruct or remind the golfer as to aspects of better play. The visual cues are placed on a device which may be planted on a golf course to mark ball location on the golf course, so that the ball may be removed and... Agent: Italia Ip

20100099519 - Golf divot repair tool: A golf repair tool includes a pivot repair member movable between a stored and a deployed position, and includes a spring assist construct that facilitates movement from the stored to the deployed position, and vice-versa.... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20100099520 - Ball toss toy: A portable lightweight ball toss toy comprises a tube, a wind sock and an air supply adapted to direct air through the tube and support a ball in a hover mode at an open end of the wind sock. The toy can include a ball supply adapted to hold at... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100099521 - Football with inflatable bladder having integral grip areas: A football comprising an inflatable bladder integrally molded with raised areas which are intended to be exposed, and exterior panels which are adhered to the bladder to span the spaces between them. The raised areas or ridges are formed to extend outward from the exterior panels and provide a raised... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20100087264 - Bowling pin and manufacturing method thereof: To provide a bowling pin which exhibits a pin action of the bowling pin which is generated due to strong hitting of the ball with the bowling pin close to a pin action of a conventional bowling pin. An upper core 25 and a lower core 23 are set in... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20100087265 - Ball collector: The ball collector has a form similar to a golf club head and is used for collecting golf balls and positioning them on the tee. The ball collector comprises a body having a concavity in its base leading to a pair of arms at one end. The pathway between the... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20100087266 - Golf putting practice device and methods of practicing putting thereof: A golf putting practice device/simulator and ball return with no moving parts, and method for a golfer to practice putting a golf ball in which the device is located in close proximity to the golfer and the intended target can be of any normal putting distance allowing one to practice... Agent: Valauskas & Pine LLC

20100087267 - Golf training aid: A golf training aid and methods of performing golf drills therewith are provided. The golf training aid comprises a thin, rigid, card-like member having structures configured to retain one or more golf balls in place until struck. The training aid further includes a plurality of directional indicia for assisting a... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20100087268 - Inflatable type golf swing training apparatus: An inflatable type golf swing training apparatus, which comprises an inflatable track guide and adjustable struts. The inflatable track guide had a radian of an swing track and is made by an enclosed capsule which is hollow and inflatable and is made of elastic material. The adjustable struts includes two... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20100087269 - Putter heads and putters including polymeric material as part of the ball striking face: Golf clubs and golf club heads, such as putter heads, may include a putter body and an insert forming a ball striking face and engaged with the putter body. Portions of the insert may be formed of a metal material, while portions of the insert may be formed of a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100087270 - Golf club head: This invention provides a golf club head including a plurality of score lines on the face. The golf club head includes a plurality of striations formed on the face and extending from a toe side to a heel side. A depth Dp of each striation satisfies 10 μm≦Dp≦40 μm. A... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20100087271 - Golf club head: A golf club head of this invention is a hollow golf club head which includes a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion. The wall thickness of a face/crown bending portion, which is molded by casting and forms the boundary between the face portion and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100087272 - Golf club head having a displaced crown portion: A hollow wood-type golf club head having an increased weight budget and improved mass characteristics at minimum structural mass is disclosed. The club head has a striking face portion, a sole portion, a skirt portion, and a crown portion having a total surface area. A hosel portion joins the club... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20100087273 - Dual identification layered golf balls: A dual sensory golf ball having two identification layers comprising a first exterior surface identification layer having at least one first identifier and a second clear coat identification layer comprising a polymer and a second identifier wherein the second identifier is an additive comprising an odorant and wherein the second... Agent: Southporte Enterprises

20100087274 - Golf ball with very low compression and high cor: A golf ball having a very low compression and a high COR is disclosed herein. The core preferably comprises a single neodymium-catalyzed polybutadiene, and has a diameter ranging from 1.575 inch to 1.62 inch with a compression ranging from 20 to 45. The cover preferably has a thickness ranging from... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20100087275 - Golf ball: An object of the invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in the durability at the normal and low temperatures, flight distance, and shot feeling on the shots. Another object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in a direction stability on the shots. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100087276 - Multilayer core golf ball having hardness gradient within and between each core layer: The present invention is directed to an improved multi-layered core golf ball wherein each core layer comprises its own specific hardness gradient (positive, negative or a combination) in addition to an overall specific hardness gradient from one core layer to the next. In a first embodiment, the golf ball comprises... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100087277 - Golf ball with very low compression and high cor: A golf ball having a very low compression and a high COR is disclosed herein. The core preferably comprises a single neodymium-catalyzed polybutadiene, and has a diameter ranging from 1.575 inch to 1.62 inch with a PGA compression ranging from 20 to 45. The cover preferably has a thickness ranging... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20100087278 - Off court tennis: The present invention is an apparatus to provide a virtual tennis net that can be placed on any convenient surface having two movable poles each having a light source dependent thereon; at least two scanning mirrors; at least two retroflectors; at least two beam splitters; at least two photo-detectors; and... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20100087279 - Baseball bat handguard: The handguard is an improved protection device to be attached to the knob and grip portion of a bat. A molded substratum provides a means to insure maximum protection for a batter's hands during impact by a baseball or softball. The impact absorbing substratum is partially covered by a thin,... Agent: Travis Don Jennings

20100087280 - Tennis ball retriever: A spring wire loop is affixed to a tennis racquet to enable a player to conveniently scoop a tennis ball off the playing surface and retrieve it. In one add-on embodiment, the loop can be affixed by mounts secured to the strings of an existing racquet; in another it is... Agent: Michael De Angeli

20100087281 - Adjustable weighted field hockey stick: A weighting system for a sports stick, particularly a field hockey stick, comprising a surface, recess, channel, hole or plurality of pockets formed along the length of the sports stick, and one or more weights moveably or selectively attachable along the surface and/or within the channel/pockets to allow a player... Agent: Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver Suite 800

20100087282 - Baseball bat with multiple reinforcing beams: A bat for limiting the maximum barrel response at high impact speeds while minimizing the dampening performance at low impact speeds includes a plurality of separate longitudinal beams extending from the end of the bat to the tapered portion of the bat. These beams, as well as the tapered portion... Agent: Hoffman Wasson & Gitler, P.c Crystal Center 2, Suite 522

20100087283 - Rear mountable cutter device for a hunting arrow: A rear mountable cutter device for a hunting arrow is mountable to an arrow shaft. The device includes a plurality of elongated cutting members that are positioned along the rear end of the arrow shaft following mounting of the cutter device to the shaft. The cutting members are configured such... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20100081513 - Sport and game target net: A target is provided for hitting or throwing balls and other objects for sport practice sessions or games. The target includes a plurality of foldable arms with a connected net which can be moved between open and closed positions by pulling and pushing a handle connected to the arms. In... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20100081514 - Golf training system: A golf training device including a runner, a first cup having a first cup diameter and a first distance marking on the runner, wherein positioning of the first distance marking is variable based upon a ratio of the first cup diameter to a standard golf cup diameter and upon an... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20100081515 - Weights for grip length extensions to test golf clubs: A weight joined to a grip length extension, further joined to a test golf club to produce a device outwardly indistinguishable from a production golf club. The assembled device is used as part of a golf club fitting system to emulate the swingweight of various production golf clubs.... Agent: Shane Thielen

20100081516 - Golf club shaft and golf club using the same: A golf club shaft formed by winding prepregs made of uncured thermosetting resin into a tapered shape and curing the prepregs thermally, the prepregs include a first woven fabric prepreg which is made of one of a triaxial woven fabric or a tetra-axial woven fabric that are impregnated with uncured... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20100081517 - Multi-layer golf ball: Golf balls comprising a multi-layer core and a cover are disclosed. The multi-layer core comprises at least one intermediate core layer formed from a metallic, composite, or inorganic/organic hybrid composition.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100081518 - Multi-layer core golf ball: Golf balls consisting of a multi-layer core and a cover are disclosed. The multi-layer core comprises at least one intermediate core layer formed from a thermoset composition other than diene rubber.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100081519 - Golf ball dimples with a catenary curve profile: A golf ball having an outside surface with a plurality of dimples formed thereon. The dimples on the ball have a cross-sectional profiles formed by a catenary curve. Combinations of varying dimple diameters, shape factors, and chordal depths in the catenary curve are used to vary the ball flight performance... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20100081520 - Method and device for improving putting: Implementations of the present invention provide systems and methods for providing a golfer putting information. Preferred embodiments may provide a golfer with optimal ball trajectory, including the initial path the ball should be stuck on, point to which the ball should be struck and optimal force with which the ball... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20100081521 - Hopscotch buddy: The Hopscotch Buddy is a line of specially designed bean bag markers, configured expressly for use when playing Hopscotch. The Hopscotch Buddy is designed expressly as a user friendly alternative to using stones, rocks and sticks as markers. Double stitched and reinforced, the Hopscotch Buddy is a cushiony soft bean... Agent: Ruth Eure

20100081522 - Reconfigurable implement positioner and guidance system: The present invention relates to a reconfigurable implement positioning and guidance system. The system includes an implement (e.g., a ball), an implement support, and a swung object (e.g., a bat). The implement support is reconfigurable between two modes. In a first mode the implement can be struck and propelled from... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20100081523 - Adjustably weighted training device and method of manufacture: The present application is direct to an adjustably weighted baseball bat for use when striking a ball and includes a cylindrical contacting region having a transverse dimension of Dout and defining one or more receiving channels having a transverse dimension of Dint, wherein Dint is less than Dout, a gripping... Agent: Jonathan Davis

20100081524 - Method and apparatus for analyzing a pitched ball: Analysis of pitches to determine both their velocity and the location at which they arrive at the batter. The speed of the pitch is adjusted according to an adjustment value whose magnitude is a function of the location of the pitch relative to the batter. For example, high outside pitches... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us )

20100081525 - Baseball bat: A baseball bat includes a wood portion and a filling material contained by the wood portion. The filling material fills a longitudinal hole in the length of the wood portion to form a cord and a pair of widened portions at either end of the longitudinal portion to form a... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building