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20100298059 - Wrist rotation controller for bowlers: A wrist rotation controller for a bowler is attached to the arm and thumb of the bowler to restrict or enhance wrist rotation during release of a bowling ball. The controller includes an adjustable band adapted to extend around the arm of the bowler at a position just below the... Agent: Alan F. Meckstroth Jacox, Meckstroh & Jenkins

20100298060 - Golf swing training apparatus and method: The golf swing training apparatus and method provides an adjustable-length tee with a height of at least twelve inches and a golf ball thereon to be addressed by a golfer. A golf club is further provided to the golfer, allowing the golfer to swing and hit the golf ball off... Agent: Christopher Macdonald

20100298061 - Golf ball holding structure: An apparatus which uses a club having a head portion and a shaft. Integrated with the head portion is a shaped recess with a golf ball holder. The golf ball holder is capable of gripping and holding a golf ball with a predetermined force requirement for release, which requires the... Agent: Kenneth C. Spafford

20100298062 - Golf club with golf club head having compressible v-shaped grooves: A golf club with a golf club head having compressible v-shaped grooves is presented. The club head may include a plurality of grooves formed in a striking face. In some arrangements, the grooves have a rectangular cross section. The grooves may also include a compressible insert having a v-shaped end... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100298063 - Apparatus and method for forming a reminder rib in a grip: An apparatus and method for forming a reminder rib on a hand grip using an improved core bar having an axial groove extending lengthwise on a molding portion of the core bar for forming a rib on an interior surface of the hand grip. When the hand grip is installed... Agent: Eaton Corporation Eaton Center

20100298064 - Rotary striking surface in 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 so that the portion of the club head between the cavity opening and the lower surface forms a lower shielding... Agent: I. Michael Bak-boychuk Attorney At Law

20100298065 - Method of making golf clubs: A method for making golf club heads includes using direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), selective laser melting (SLM) and other computer controlled high energy sintering or melting techniques to form club heads with customized user parameters. The powdered metals can be selected by type and quantity to achieve a desired... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100298066 - Composition for use in golf balls and sports equipment: Disclosed embodiments involve a novel blend composition for use in sports equipment, particularly for use in golf ball manufacture. The composition comprises three components, (A), (B), and (C). Component (A) can be selected from polymer(s) comprising an ethylene moiety and one or more unsaturated carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, or phosphoric... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20100298067 - Golf ball: s

20100298068 - Use of nucleating agents to increase the flexural modulus of ionomers: A golf ball composition having a copolymer with an acid content modified by a nucleating agent is described. The nucleating agent modifies the flexural modulus of the acid copolymer.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100298069 - Method and apparatus for applying a topcoat to a golf ball surface: A topcoat is applied to a surface of a golf ball using a carrier fluid comprising nitrogen gas or nitrogen-enriched air. The carrier fluid typically has air enriched to about 90-99.5% nitrogen. A mixture of carrier fluid and coating material may be sprayed onto the exterior of the golf ball.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100298070 - Two-piece solid golf ball: The invention provides a two-piece solid golf ball having a core and a cover, which ball has a plurality of dimples formed on the surface. The number of dimples is from 250 to 500, the dimples have a surface coverage (SR) of at least 70% and a volume ratio (VR)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100298071 - Golf ball: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having an individualized and improved appearance by imparting the luster, without lowering durability and a color developing property of the paint film and/or the mark. Another object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100298072 - Method of a player putting a golf ball: A method of a golfer putting a golf ball along a target line to a destination hole on a putting green of a golf course or practice area includes grasping the grip of a selected putter with the golfer's nondominant hand between the nondominant thumb and the nondominant forefinger to... Agent: Curatolo Sidoti Co., Lpa

20100298073 - Artificial turf mat and method for manufacturing thereof: An artificial turf mat, including a backing and a plurality of protruding artificial grass blades divided into rows and connected to the backing. The mutual distance between successive blades in a row is substantially equal to the distance between adjacent rows and is at least 10 mm. The backing and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100298074 - Footwork grid to train football players to step correctly: A footwork grid to train football players to step correctly includes: a first bar; a first tee section on the first bar; a second bar, retained by the first tee section, generally transverse to the first bar; a second tee section on the first bar; a third bar, rotatably retained... Agent: James Esposito

20100298075 - Goal mounted signal: A basketball goal comprising: a frame; a transparent backboard mounted on the frame having a front face and a back face opposite the front face; a hoop mounted on the backboard and extending perpendicular to the front face of the backboard; an indicator strip mounted directly to the back face... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20100298076 - Multiple string for a ball game racket: The present disclosure relates to a string for a ball game racket including at least two parallel filaments, wherein only portions of the filaments are interconnected. Moreover, the disclosure relates to method of producing such a string. A first method includes the steps of providing at least two string filaments,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100292018 - Wood-type golf club head with adjustable sole contour: A wood-type golf club head with an adjustable keel zone member is disclosed herein. The golf club head includes a body and an adjustable keel zone member. The body has a front portion, a crown portion and a sole portion. The body also having a heel end, a toe end... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20100292020 - Golf club assembly and golf club with aerodynamic features: A golf club head includes a body member having a ball striking face, a crown, a toe, a heel, a sole, and a skirt extending between the crown and the sole and between the toe and the heel. The club head includes a drag-reducing structure that may include one or... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100292019 - Visual swing indicator golf club head: A golf club head with a body and an asymmetrical visual swing indicator is provided. The asymmetrical visual swing indicator may be formed to represent an apparent backswing path outward of an actual backswing path. In certain configurations the asymmetrical visual swing indicator is positioned such that a portion of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100292021 - Vcm golf club grip system: g

20100292022 - Shaft stiffening device: A golf club shaft stiffening device with a flexible tubular body including an inner circumference and a length forming a tubular cavity is described. The inner circumference of the shaft stiffening device is sized and configured to circumscribe and constrictively engage an outer surface of a shaft and to cause... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100292023 - Golf club head: This invention provides a golf club head including a face member. The face member includes a face portion forming a face, and a crown extending portion extending backward from the upper edge of the face portion. The width of the crown extending portion in a face to back direction at... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20100292024 - Method and apparatus for active control of golf club impact: A method and apparatus for actively controlling the impact between a club head and a golf ball. A golf club head has a face with an actuator material or device mechanically coupled to influence face motion. The face actuation controls impact parameters, impact properties, or resulting ball parameters such as... Agent: Leonard Tachner, A Professional Law Corporation

20100292025 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes a striking face having a plurality of grooves formed therein. At least one groove includes a first curved side surface, a second curved side surface opposite to the first curved side surface, and a bottom surface connecting the first and the second curved side surfaces.... Agent: Brian M. Mcinnis

20100292026 - Strike face insert: A golf club head, according to one or more aspects of the present invention, comprises a metallic striking wall having a striking surface and at least one through score-line opening. At least one complementary component may be disposed rearward of the striking surface such that at least a part of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100292027 - Golf club head with repositionalbe weight: A golf club head comprises a body, a track formed in or attached to the body and having a length and a weight and weight retainer. The weight is continuously repositionable such that it can be positioned at any selected point along the track between its ends. The weight has... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20100292029 - 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

20100292028 - Multi-component golf club head: A golf club head having multiple components is provided. The golf club head includes a plurality of components wherein at least one component exhibits a different modulus of elasticity than the other components. In some structures, one or more of the plurality of components that comprise the golf club head... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100292031 - Golf ball with intermediate layer containing an expandable polymer: A multilayer golf ball with at least one layer made from an expandable polymeric composition is disclosed comprising a thermally expandable microsphere encapsulating foaming agent wherein the expandable polymeric composition expands from 5% to 200% of its pre-expand thickness when the expandable polymeric composition is exposed to a triggering environmental... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100292030 - Transport system for golf balls through plasma field: An apparatus for use in transporting golf balls through a glow discharge plasma treating field, wherein the surface energy of the golf balls is increased to improve wetting ability and adhesion between layers of the golf balls. The apparatus involves a plurality of plastic open helical tubes for moving the... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100292032 - Tee support: A tee support includes a tubular body having a ball-support end, a lower end, and a longitudinal hole extending from ball-support end to the lower end. The tee support includes a first leg extending from the tubular body. The tee support includes a second leg extending from the tubular body,... Agent: Robert C. Rolnik Rolnik Law Firm, P.C.

20100292033 - Receive-and-return apparatus and methods: Apparatus and methods for receiving and returning objects such as sport balls. In one embodiment, the apparatus is used for training players such as baseball players. Exemplary apparatus are adapted to catch an item thrown, pitched or hit towards a target located on the apparatus. In the context of baseball,... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates, PC

20100292034 - Racket grip aid: The present invention provides a band, and/or fingerholds of thumb and index finger, or fingerholds of thumb and middle finger, or fingerholds of thumb and third finger, or a fingerhold of thumb, or a fingerhold of middle finger, or a fingerfold of index finger, or a fingerhold of third finger.... Agent: Mitsuhiro Aida

20100292035 - Safety baseball bat: A safety basketball bat can prevent a broken section of a bat to fly out so a to prevent from dangerous accident. The safety basketball bat comprises: a bat body; a hollow channel penetrates through a top end and a distal end of the bat body; a tube body installed... Agent: Tsung-nien Huang

20100285895 - Elevator mechanism and related components: An elevator assembly having a looped track assembly and a chain assembly having rollers which roll on the looped track assembly. The chain assembly includes spaced apart pin holders extending from the chain. A sprocket drive assembly engages the chain assembly.... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20100285896 - Golf grip with holding control arrangement: A golf grip includes a grip member and a holding control arrangement provided on an outer circumferential surface of the golf grip. The holding control arrangement has a first controlling surface and a second controlling surface having different frictional coefficients and longitudinally extended along a longitudinal axis direction of a... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20100285897 - Golf club shaft: A shaft of the present invention has a tip reinforcing layer. A prepreg s9 for the tip reinforcing layer has a portion having a larger circumferential direction width Ws toward a tip side. The prepreg s9 for the tip reinforcing layer has a thickness Pt of 0.06 mm or greater... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100285898 - Golf club head having a grooved and textured face: The present invention is directed to a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves have sharp edges, radiused ends, and a draft angle between about 2° and 12°. The striking face is machined such that it... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100285900 - Extreme weighted hybrid and other wood-type golf clubs and golf club heads: Wood-type golf club heads include: (a) a club head body member defining an interior chamber; (b) a weight system engaged with a rear perimeter portion of the club head body member; and (c) a connection system connecting the weight system with the club head body (e.g., with the rear of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100285899 - Golf club with deep undercut: A golf club head having a deep undercut is disclosed and claimed. The club head includes a cavity in a back portion thereof, opposite the striking face. A recess is provided in the back portion of the club head in proximity of the heel and, optionally, the sole. The recess... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100285902 - 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

20100285901 - Golf club head and method of manufacture: Embodiments of golf clubs and methods of manufacture are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100285903 - Apparatus for measuring the stimp and other characteristics of a putting green: An apparatus for measuring the rolling resistance and other characteristics of a golf course putting green is disclosed herein. The present invention can be incorporated into a golf ball housing and used by golfers, greens keepers, and other persons to measure the green speed or stimp, and other characteristics, of... Agent: Valauskas Corder LLC

20100285904 - Baseball and softball training device: The baseball and softball training system includes a home plate, a first base, a second base and a third base positionable relative to one another in order to practice base running and defensive baseball or softball skills. In this regard, the first base includes three indicia comprising a baseline section,... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20100285905 - Training device for ball players and method for the training of different sequences of movement: The problem of providing a training device and a training method with which it is possible to be able to train relatively complex game situations, in particular in handball and football, under consistent conditions and preferably in an actual playing environment is solved by the training device according to the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100285906 - Basketball return apparatus with track extender and deflector: The present disclosure provides for a foldable, portable, apparatus for use as an operant conditioning basketball shooting practice aid by retrieving and returning shots at the hoop. The apparatus is comprised of a dismountable trough assembly depending from crossbar slots of a support assembly frame. The trough assembly includes ball... Agent: Ian C. Mcleod Ian C. Mcleod, P.C.

20100285907 - Swing exercising apparatus: A swing exercising apparatus which can be used for improving a swing movement performed when practicing a sport or for other exercising purposes. The swing exercising apparatus comprises: a handle portion for grasping by the user; an elongated member having a distal end; a movable weight component for moving along... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20100285908 - Oscillating racket frame: An oscillating racket frame includes a main frame formed as a closed annular ring with an inner circumference and an outer circumference, and a net weaved inside the inner circumference with strings. A hole is bored in the frame from the outer circumference through the inner circumference, used to accommodate... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20100285909 - System and method for forming interdiction device: A reusable interdiction apparatus that makes use of a housing of dimensions making the housing suitable to be carried and thrown by an individual. A light source is disposed within the housing and adapted to project an optical signal through a portion of the housing. A controller is used for... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20100285910 - Inflatable play ball: A play ball comprising an outer casing having two adjacent openings, a vent and a balloon is provided. The outer casing is substantially non-porous. An uninflated balloon is inserted into the outer casing through an opening. During inflation of the balloon, air from within the outer casing is vented. A... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100279784 - Golf swing guidance device and methods of use: A device for guiding a golf swing, and methods of its use, are described. Embodiments of the device comprise a visual representation of a trajectory of a golf back swing, which a golfer tries to mimic as he or she performs a golf swing. The device comprises a two dimensional... Agent: Leyendecker & Lemire, LLC

20100279785 - Angle adjustment features for golf clubs: A golf club having a golf club shaft and a golf club head is provided. The shaft includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The golf club head, which is attached to the distal end of the golf club shaft, extends from a heel... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100279786 - Shaft mounting device for golf putters: A golf putter shaft mounting device that gives the golfer improved feel, accuracy and distance control by maintaining face balance through a wide range of custom settings of lie angle and custom length selection. This invention also allows for ease of manufacture of a putter with custom features. This invention... Agent: John S. Reese

20100279788 - golf club head: A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention may include a heel, a toe, a crown, a sole, a strike face, and a lower transition region between the strike face and the sole. The lower transition region may have a plurality of nadir angles... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100279787 - Angle adjustment discontinuities for golf clubs: A golf club having a golf club shaft and a golf club head is provided. The shaft includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The golf club head, which is attached to the distal end of the golf club shaft, extends from a heel... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100279790 - Club heads with contoured back faces and methos of manufacturing the same: Embodiments of club heads with contoured back faces and methods of manufacturing the same are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100279789 - 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

20100279791 - Golf club head: A golf club head comprising a strike face having a heel portion, a toe portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion includes one or more score lines. At least a portion of one or more score lines include a different average surface roughness and associated surface reflectance than at... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100279792 - Golf club head: A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention may include a main cavity having at least one auxiliary cavity and a base surface. An insert may be associated with the base surface and may comprise at least two contact elements, with a bridge member... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100279793 - 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

20100279794 - Club head sets with varying characteristics and related methods: Embodiments of golf clubs head sets with varying characteristics are disclosed herein. Other examples and related methods are also generally described herein.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100279795 - Club head sets with varying characteristics and related methods: Embodiments of golf clubs head sets with varying characteristics are disclosed herein. Other examples and related methods are also generally described herein.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100279796 - Club head sets with varying characteristics and related methods: Embodiments of golf clubs head sets with varying characteristics are disclosed herein. Other examples and related methods are also generally described herein.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100279797 - Multi-layered golf balls containing polyethylene powder: A multi-layered golf ball having an inner core, at least one intermediate layer, and outer cover is provided. The intermediate layer is made from a polyurea composition containing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene powder particulate dispersed therein. The intermediate layer provides the ball with advantageous properties including improved durability, toughness, hardness,... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100279798 - Golf tee and methods to manufacture golf tees: Embodiments of golf tees, such as golf tees with compressible materials, are described herein. Other examples and related methods are also described herein.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100279799 - Golf-related game: A golf-related game includes obtaining an instruction relating to at least one golf-related task; attempting the at least one golf-related task, and rewarding a player upon successful completion of the attempted golf-related task.... Agent: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20100279800 - System for capturing tennis match data: The present invention relates to a system and a method for gathering ball game data and in particular tennis match data in real time. To this end the system comprises a hands-free voice receiving means (4) adapted to receive words spoken by the player (2) wearing the receiving means. The... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20100279801 - System for confirming hit locations on tennis court boundaries: The present invention is an article and process for determining the site of impact of a movable object on a treated surface, where a tennis ball is treated with a striking composition, and a boundary line region is treated with a receiving composition such that when the striking composition and... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20100279802 - Bases for baseball and softball: A base for baseball or softball including a bottom surface wherein at least a portion of the bottom surface includes a prepared surface having a higher coefficient of friction than the surface in its unprepared state and wherein the base will move from its resting position when a human body... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi, L.c.

20100279803 - Arrow for hunting: Disclosed herein is an arrow for hunting. The arrow includes an arrow shaft having a predetermined length and including a nock on one end and a shaft threaded part in the other end. A plurality of feathers is positioned to be adjacent to the nock of the arrow shaft. A... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100279804 - Virtual shuffleboard: A virtual shuffleboard table gaming apparatus including a housing having a playing field, a game acquisition circuit, and a display. As a puck is propelled towards a puck return at the distal end of the playing field, the puck temporarily obstructs at least two beams from transmitters. Sensors that receive... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd