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Games using tangible projectile December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/10

20100331094 - Removable hole cover for golf green: A removable hole cover for golf greens includes a generally disk-shaped spacer received within the interior of the hole assembly. The spacer provides a support surface upon which a plug of artificial turf is supported. The spacer is sized and shaped to position and support the plug of artificial turf... Agent: Roy A. Ekstrand

20100331095 - Golf ball aligning device: A golf ball aligning device (GBAD) (10) that is disclosed as a golf visor (12) and as a golf cap (80). Both the visor (12) and the cap (80) feature a bill (40) that has a front square edge (44), an upper surface (50) and a lower surface (52). To... Agent: Albert O Cota

20100331096 - Golf club with improved performance characteristics: A metal wood type golf club with improved performance characteristics is disclosed herein where the metal wood type golf club head will combined the performance characteristics of both a driver type golf club head and a fairway type golf club head. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331097 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331098 - Iron-type golf clubs: A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331099 - Golf putter: A golf putter having an improved club head construction comprising a tapered toe and heel, and cut-out portions to distribute weight towards the toe and heal of the club to preventing twisting and to prevent club head interaction with the ground during stroke. In an aspect, the club head further... Agent: Maxey Law Offices, PLLC

20100331100 - Rotational molded golf club heads: Wood-type golf clubs and/or golf club heads include: (a) a golf club head base member including a face member having a ball striking face; and (b) a polymeric body member engaged with the golf club head base member, wherein the polymeric body member is formed via a rotational molding process... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100331101 - Golf club head: A golf club head according to this invention includes a hollow head body, cylindrical body, weight member, and fixing member. The hollow head body has a projection formed along the periphery of the sole, a recess formed inside the projection, and an opening formed in the projection so as to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100331102 - Golf club head with non-threaded internal cavity chamber: A metal wood or utility type golf club head is disclosed in which the golf club head may have dynamic mass properties that are capable of being adjusted without utilizing a threaded mechanism. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head that has an internal receptacle or cavity... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331103 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes a hollow head main body provided with a recess portion in a sole portion thereof; a gravity center characteristic adjusting portion with a plate shape disposed in the recess portion between a center part of the recess portion and a part of a surrounding wall... Agent: Kazunao Kubotera Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20100331105 - Golf putter: A putter having a shaft and a lightweight club head, with a low center of gravity. The club head has the shape of a U seen from above having two side portions forming the legs and a central portion connecting the side portions defining a ball striking surface. The club... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20100331104 - Putter head: Disclosed is a putter head and a putter having the putter head comprising a putter head body having a putter shaft connector and least one horizontal bore extending therethrough and a locatable adjacent to the putter head body. The impact adjustment body has at least one bore alignable with the... Agent: Richard D. Okimaw

20100331106 - Golf club with improved performance characteristics: A metal wood type golf club with improved performance characteristics is disclosed herein where the metal wood type golf club head will combined the performance characteristics of both a driver type golf club head and a fairway type golf club head. More specifically, the present invention relates to a golf... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331108 - Hardened golf club head: A golf club head with a hardened striking face portion that improves durability and performance is disclosed. More specifically, the golf club head disclosed may have a martensitic striking face portion that may be at least about 1.3 times harder than the rear portion of the golf club head due... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331107 - Wedge type golf club head with improved performance: A wedge type golf club head with improved performance characteristic is disclosed herein where at least a striking surface of the wedge type golf club head is coated with a polymer coating to decrease the coefficient of friction as well as create a hydrophobic surface to remove dirt and debris.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331109 - Multi-layer golf ball: Multi-layer golf balls having a hard, high compression center, a relatively soft intermediate layer, and a stiff outer cover layer, are provided. The outer surface hardness of the intermediate layer is less than that of both the center and the outer cover layer.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331110 - Multi-layer golf ball: Multi-layer golf balls having a hard, high compression center, a relatively soft intermediate layer, and a stiff outer cover layer, are provided. The outer surface hardness of the intermediate layer is less than that of both the center and the outer cover layer.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331111 - Multi-layer golf ball: Multi-layer golf balls having a hard, high compression center, a relatively soft intermediate layer, and a stiff outer cover layer, are provided. The outer surface hardness of the intermediate layer is less than that of both the center and the outer cover layer.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331112 - Multi-layer golf ball: Multi-layer golf balls having a soft, low compression center; a soft, flexible outer cover layer; and a relatively hard, high compression intermediate layer disposed between the center and the outer cover layer are provided. The outer surface hardness of the intermediate layer is greater than that of both the center... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331113 - Golf ball: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball that has excellent abrasion resistance and spin performance without sacrificing the processability of the cover, in a golf ball having a cover for which a crosslinkable thermoplastic polyurethane is used as a resin component. The present invention provides... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100331114 - 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 and containing polyurethane as a resin component, wherein the polyurethane has, as a constituting component, a polyisocyanate component, a high-molecular weight polyol... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100331115 - Golf ball and method for producing the same: An object of the present invention is to improve the abrasion resistance and controllability in a golf ball having a polyurethane cover containing a layered silicate or the exfoliated layer thereof. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and a cover covering the core, wherein the cover... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100331116 - Golf ball with single layer core having specific regions of varying hardness: A golf ball comprising a single layer core and a cover layer disposed about the single layer core, the single layer core being formed from a substantially homogenous formulation and comprising a geometric center and an outer surface wherein an inner core region is disposed about the geometric center, an... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331117 - Golf ball with single layer core having specific regions of varying hardness: A golf ball comprising a single layer core and a cover layer disposed about the single layer core, the single layer core being formed from a substantially homogenous formulation and comprising a geometric center and an outer surface wherein an inner core region is disposed about the geometric center and... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331118 - Golf ball: An object of the present invention is to improve the abrasion resistance of a golf ball that uses a polyurethane as a resin component for a cover. Another object of the present invention is to improve the shot feeling of a golf ball that uses a polyurethane as a resin... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100331119 - Ball rolling device: Described herein is a rolling ball device comprising a pair of ball support structures secured together and spaced apart so as to support a golf ball there between, each of the ball support structures having a first portion having a first end and a second end and having a first... Agent: Collen Ip

20100331121 - Interchangeable shaft system: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head and a fastener. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The fastener retains the shaft sleeve in the... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100331120 - Method for selecting a golf club: A method for selecting the optimum golf club is disclosed by utilizing formulas based on the golfer's ability, distance required and wind conditions. The selection is made by obtaining an average hitting distance with a golf club, determining the distance between the hitting spot and the target, calculating a club... Agent: Triantaphyllis Law Firm

20100331122 - Training system for an article of footwear with a ball control portion: A training system for an article of footwear is disclosed. The training system includes a method of training an athlete to use an article of footwear with a ball control portion to help enhance accuracy when kicking a ball. The method can be implemented on a computer, mobile device or... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20100331123 - Goalie training device: A device for training hockey goaltenders comprises a base having an ice engaging surface to minimize sliding on the ice. A plurality of side panels are arranged around the perimeter of the base and secured directly or indirectly to the base. Each side panel has an outer surface adapted to... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20100331124 - Variable mode batting practice assembly: A batting practice assembly includes a controller-power system, and preferably two ball chutes on a slide bar assembly of a ball release apparatus, which is mounted on a height adjustable frame assembly. Four modes of operation are initiated by a foot-activated mechanism of the practice assembly: I-Ball drops from one... Agent: Kathleen M Harleston The Harleston Law Firm

20100331125 - Exercise racquet: An exercise racquet to aid in the playing development of the user. The racquet incorporates a handle and a solid planar member extending from the handle. The planar member has a centrally located stabiliser member including a longitudinally concave length located on both surfaces of the planar member, the longitudinal... Agent: Bio Intellectual Property Services (bio Ips) LLC

20100331126 - Racket: A tennis racket includes a frame that includes a shaft and a looped frame portion, the shaft having a grip formed on one end side thereof, the frame portion being joined to the other end side of the shaft and forming a hitting face with a string being strung across... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100323805 - Golf swing analysis method: A swing analysis method of the present invention includes steps of: preparing a radio type acceleration measuring device 4 capable of measuring respective accelerations in three axis directions; mounting the acceleration measuring device 4 to a golf player's body t1; receiving measured data from the acceleration measuring device 4 during... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100323806 - 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.

20100323807 - Head, putter, and putting method: Provided are a head and a putter, including the head, which are aimed to increase putting accuracy. The head includes a face portion including a heel end and a toe end; a crown portion extended from the face portion in a rear direction of a top surface of the face... Agent: Jason Y. Pahng And Associates, LLC

20100323808 - Golf club, head of golf club and method for adjusting property of golf club: A golf club includes: a head, formed with a hosel insertion hole, including: a female screw, formed in an inner peripheral surface of the entrance portion of the hosel insertion hole; a hosel, formed with a shaft case insertion hole and mounted on a deep portion of the hosel insertion... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100323809 - Golf club with adjustable hosel angle: A golf club head with an adjustable hosel that sits within a cavity loaded with filler material. The cavity may generally extend from crown to sole or, in the alternative, extend only a partial amount of the distance from the crown to the sole.... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20100323810 - Shaft for golf club: A shaft for a golf club comprises a plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers. A plurality of circumferentially oriented metal wires are provided at intervals of 1 mm to 4 mm in an axial direction of the shaft having a length in an axial direction of more than 100 mm and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100323811 - Hybrid golf club head: A hybrid type golf club head is disclosed herein. The hybrid golf club head preferably has an increased heel/toe camber to minimize drag through rough when a golfer swings the hybrid golf club. A sole of the hybrid golf club head is relieved to allow for the face angle to... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20100323812 - Golf clubs and golf club heads: Aspects of this disclosure relate to golf club heads which include a wood type golf club head body with a double wall structure that includes a ball striking face portion, which is configured to be disengaged from a rear portion of the golf club head body. Further aspects relate to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100323813 - Putter heads and putters including polymeric material as part of the ball striking face: Putters include a putter body having a ball striking face member made of a material having a first hardness characteristic. A cavity is defined in the putter body behind the ball striking face member, and plural openings are defined in the ball striking face member extending rearward with respect to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100323814 - Reverse p golf club putter face: All Possibility Characters and Backgrounds—a process for creating computer generated movies, using a library of pre-recorded characters (actors performing roles of characters), personalities, actions and dialogue along with settings, backgrounds and scenery, and sounds, etc. which are retrieved from the library by computer commands and added and deleted and adjusted... Agent: Barry Ceminchuk

20100323815 - Golf club head and removable weight: A golf club head and a removable weight that is received in a receptacle of the golf club head. The weight includes a cap and a slug. The cap is removably coupled to the receptacle and includes a recess that receives a portion of the slug so that the cap... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100323816 - Iron-type golf club head: An iron-type golf club head is assembled from a front component (4) made of a metal material having a specific gravity ρ1, a rear component (5) made of a fiber reinforced resin having a specific gravity ρ2 lower than the specific gravity ρ1, a toe-side component (6) made of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100323818 - Extrusion method for making golf balls: The present invention relates to a method for making golf balls by an extrusion molding process, particularly forming golf ball cores from an extrusion moldable composition. The present invention also relates to a golf ball having an extruded core, an outer cover layer and, optionally, one or more inner cover... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20100323817 - Golf ball with oriented particles: A golf ball with a layer of composite material applied to at least one surface of one layer of the ball. The composite material includes a plurality of particles. The particles are shaped to enable specific orientations. A percentage of the particles in the composite material achieve a specific orientation.... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20100323819 - Golf ball cores based on polyalkenamer rubber having positive hardness gradients: Golf balls having a core comprising a polyalkenamer rubber composition are provided. The rubber composition may further include other rubbers such as, for example, polybutadiene, polyisoprene, ethylene propylene rubber, ethylene propylene diene rubber, and styrene-butadiene rubber. The rubber composition helps improve resiliency of the core and provides the ball with... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100323820 - Golf balls having multi-layer cores based on polyalkenamer compositions: The present invention generally relates to golf balls and more particularly to golf balls having multi-layered cores comprising a thermoset rubber center, a thermoplastic intermediate core layer, and a thermoset rubber outer core layer. A cover layer is disposed about the multi-layered core. At least one of the center, intermediate... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100323821 - Color golf ball: The two-piece colored golf ball of the invention is a fluorescent ball which nonetheless retains a sense of transparency and has a high-quality feel, in addition to which it has a good weather resistance and is capable of preventing a change in color.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100323822 - Low lift golf ball: A golf ball having a plurality of dimples formed on its outer surface, the outer surface of the golf ball being divided into plural areas comprising at least first areas containing a plurality of first dimples and second areas containing a plurality of second dimples, the areas together forming a... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20100323823 - Multipurpose golf divot tool: A golf tool having a plastic body with a two prong divot repair tool that protrudes from a first end of the body for repairing golf course divots. Located within the body is an integrated lighting device or, in the alternative, a waterproof empty chamber adapted to receive a lighting... Agent: Italia Ip

20100323824 - Football pass catching trainer: The football pass catching trainer includes a vest wearable by a receiver and at least one interference pad selectively removable from the vest. The vest and the associated interference pad are configured to require the receiver wearing the vest to catch a football with arms and elbows extended away from... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20100323825 - Baseball batting trainer: The batter training device attaches an ankle strap on the batter's forward ankle to a weighted sack on the side of home plate opposite to the batter. A cable placed over home plate connects the sack to the ankle strap. As a fast ball is pitched through the strike zone... Agent: Langdale & Vallotton, LLP

20100323826 - Baseball batting trainer: The batter training device attaches an ankle strap on the batter's forward ankle to a weighted sack on the side of home plate opposite to the batter. A cable placed over home plate connects the sack to the ankle strap. As a fast ball is pitched through the strike zone... Agent: Langdale & Vallotton, LLP

20100323827 - Apparatus for retrieving and storing tennis balls: A ball hopper which allows for the easy retrieval and transportation of tennis balls. The ball hopper includes a basket includes a base and a side wall defining a cavity for storing the tennis ball. Balls are retrieved through ball retrieval channels provided in the base of the basket. The... Agent: Clark Hill PLC

20100323828 - Lacrosse head with sidewalls of asymmetrical height: A lacrosse head in which one of the opposing sidewall portions is shortened by bringing its lower rim upward relative to the corresponding lower rim of the opposing sidewall. At the same time, the upper rim of each of the opposing sidewalls is maintained at the same level. This moves... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100323829 - Goalkeeper stick with angled shaft: A goalkeeper's hockey stick with an angled shaft is disclosed. The goalkeeper stick is comprised of a shaft, paddle and blade. The shaft connects to the paddle which connects to the blade. The portion of the shaft where it connects to the paddle is angled to the top portion of... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20100323830 - Sports apparatus shaft and blade with added impact protection and method of making same: The invention pertains to sports shafts to other sports equipment subjected to impact thereon. The longitudinal edges of the sports shaft are replaced with elastomeric material so as to create a series of bumpers along the longitudinal edges providing increased protection and longevity to the stick. The invention also pertains... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100323831 - Bamboo bat having fiber-fused core and method of manufacturing the same: A baseball bat has a core section formed of wood fibers artificially fused together and an outer section substantially surrounding the core section. The core section can be made exclusively of bamboo fibers artificially fused together. The core section can be substantially square having opposite front and rear sides and... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20100323832 - Means and method for producing sure-grip gripping surfaces and the objects so enhanced: A process for enhancing a gripping area of an object, providing a frictionally enhanced, moisture repellent, sure-grip gripping surface, achieved by less than a one second ultra-violet radiation curing of an ultraviolet-curable coating applied over an ultra-thin, less than 0.001 inches thin, polymeric woven or knitted fiber such as nylon,... Agent: Patricia M. Costanzo Pats Pending

20100317448 - Golf putting stroke training device: The present invention provides a simulated golf putting device to improve a golfer's putting skill, comprising means to execute a simulated putt and to determine if the putt would be on target, and if not in which direction the simulated putt would miss the target. The device provides near-instantaneous signals... Agent: Laurence C. Bonar

20100317449 - Practice aid for golfers: A practice aid (22) for golfers (10), which is formed by a jacket-shaped textile upper part (24) with at least one tubular-shaped sleeve (26, 28). The sleeve (26, 28) comprises a stiffening and follows the motion sequence of the golfer (10) when hitting with the golf club (14). The stiffening... Agent: Hoffberg & Associates

20100317451 - Adjustable putter alignment aide: A golf club head with a body and a pivotable alignment aide non-removably housed on a top surface of the body is provided. The pivotable alignment aide is pivotable relative to the top surface and about an axis of rotation transverse to the top surface. The pivotable alignment aide may... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100317450 - Golf training aid: The present invention is for a golf training aid designed to teach a golfer the correct path to swing a golf club from the set up position to the top of the swing to impact and follow through. Specifically, this invention includes a golf training aid in the form of... Agent: Ezra Sutton, P.A.

20100317452 - Swing training device and system: Described is a swing training device comprising a first foot plate, a second of foot plate, a connector connecting the first foot plate to the second foot plate, a first foot pad pivotably mounted on the first foot plate, and a second foot pad pivotably mounted on the second foot... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP 5200 Bank Of America Plaza

20100317453 - Golf club head having a hollow rail member: The examples provided describe a golf club having a hollow rail member constructed to provide improved strength while reducing weight. The weight removed by using the hollow rail member may be redistributed to change club performance. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100317454 - Golf club, head of golf club and method for adjusting properties of golf club: A golf club head with a leading end of a shaft mountable thereon, the golf club head includes: a head main body, formed with a hosel insertion hole; a hosel, formed with a shaft case insertion hole and removably mounted in the hosel insertion hole; and a shaft case, formed... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100317455 - Golf club head: The idea relates to a golf club, metal driver (FIG. 01) or in some cases metal irons (FIG. 04) which differs from conventional golf clubs. In this idea the shaft is moved from the heal of the club head to the center of the club head to meet the contact... Agent: Keystone Trust @ Clair Cox

20100317456 - Golf club shaft and golf club: A shaft 6 includes a textile layer. The textile layer has a biaxial textile 20 composed of warps and wefts. The warp is oriented substantially parallel to an axial direction of the shaft. The weft is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the axial direction of the shaft. When a tensile elastic... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100317457 - Multi-sectional co-cured golf shaft: A shaft for a golf club having a total length and a total weight. The shaft includes first and second tubular portions. The first and second tubular portions are formed of first and second materials, respectively. The second tubular portion has a proximal end and a tip end. The tip... Agent: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.

20100317458 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes a face line 8. A depth D1 (mm) of the face line 8 is 0.100 (mm) or greater and 0.508 (mm) or less. When a first curvature radius is defined as r1 (mm) and a second curvature radius is defined as r2 (mm), the first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

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20100317460 - Golf club head and method for manufacturing the same: A golf club head having a club face for hitting a ball comprises a hollow main body provided with a front opening, and a face member disposed at the front of the main body so that a front surface thereof forms at least a major part of the club face,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100317461 - Club heads with multiple density weighting and methods of manufacturing the same: Embodiments of club heads with multiple density weighting and methods of manufacturing the same are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20100317462 - Golf balls comprising ionomers formed from post-neutralization of in situ na/zn ionomers with li or ca cations: The present invention is directed to compositions and methods relating to golf balls. In one embodiment, a golf ball can include a core and/or intermediate layer formed from a partially-neutralized in situ ionomer that is neutralized to a first level by a first cation, and is subsequently neutralized by a... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100317463 - Golf balls having layers made from functionalized ethylene copolymers: Golf balls having a core and containing at least one surrounding layer made from a functionalized ethylene copolymer having a linear or substantially linear structure are provided. The core may be made of a polybutadiene rubber material. The functionalized ethylene copolymer composition may be used to form any layer in... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100317464 - Golf ball and method for manufacturing the same: A method for manufacturing a golf ball includes the steps of forming the golf ball by using a mold, which mold includes at least two body parts, and is configured so that a cavity is formed within the mold by the joining of the at least two body parts, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100317465 - Pitchers aid for strike zone accuracy: Disclosed is a pitcher's aid for strike zone accuracy that serves the purpose of guiding a pitcher's body to the left or right side, inside/outside, of home plate in order to provide familiarity with how their body can be used to locate a pitch to the desired target. The new... Agent: Kenneth Bower

20100317466 - Miniature kick bag game and apparatus kit: A miniature kick bag game and apparatus kit for playing a footbag game between opposing teams divided into two zones by a medially positioned two foot high portable reticulated net, or nets, is provided. The reticulated net, or nets, are substantially two vertical feet in height.... Agent: K.p. Correll And Associates, L.L.P.

20100317467 - Goal for ball games: A goal (1) for ball games, which is compatible with different team sizes and different ages of players, comprises a first frame (4) defining a first substantially rectangular goal opening (2) facing in a first direction and a second frame (8) defining a second substantially rectangular goal opening (3) facing... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20100317468 - Table tennis racket or like racket played by hand controlled by fingers and palm: A table tennis racket or like racket played by hand controlled by fingers and palm is described. The racket includes a handle portion with a palm curved set and a racket portion constituted by a ball-striking portion and a gripping connection portion. The ball-striking portion has a striking face and... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20100317469 - Bat with patterned handle: A bat for use in the game of baseball or softball with a pattern burnt, etched or carved into the bat's handle. The pattern creates a tactile frictional contact between the player's hands and the handle in order to enhance the grip on the bat, which replaces and eliminates the... Agent: Mary A Whiting

20100317470 - Lighted gaming bag: A gaming bag including at least one outer wall defining a cavity, at least one light emitting source positioned adjacent the at least one outer wall, a filling material disposed within the cavity, and wherein the at least one light emitting source provides illumination. A method of lighting a gaming... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20100317471 - Game ball: Ball structures, such as basketballs, are formed to include regions with different and distinct tactile characteristics or “feel.” Such ball structures may include a cover member divided into plural panels that are separated by channels. The exterior surface of one or more of these panels may include regions having different... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100317472 - Youth oriented sportsballs: Inflatable sportsballs such as volleyballs, soccer balls, basketballs, and footballs are disclosed having various volume/weight, surface area/weight, and or cover layer/carcass thickness ratios. Such sportsballs are particularly suitable for youth.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20100311511 - Jump shot tool for billiards and pool: Equipment and methods for shooting a billiards jump shot to hop a cue ball off the surface of a billiards table. A billiards jump shot tool supports a pool cue white shooting a jump shot, providing the necessary lateral support for the pool cue at the correct height, enabling a... Agent: The Brevetto Law Group, PLLC

20100311512 - Simulator with enhanced depth perception: A simulator system includes a user tracking device for detecting a position of a user and generating a sensor signal representing the position of the user, a processor for receiving the sensor signal, analyzing the sensor signal, and generating an image signal in response to the analysis of the sensor... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20100311513 - Golf putting and swing aid apparatus: A pressure sensing and notification system to be worn by a golfer to facilitate proper putting and swing techniques. The system indicates to the golfer via a physically-detectable signal that is transmitted to the golfer instantly in response to the golfer handling a club with excessive pressure.... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20100311514 - Wearable swing training apparatus: A swing training apparatus includes a first plate, a second, plate, a moveable joint, and an angular resistance mechanism. The movable joint connects the first plate to the second plate so that the first plate can rotate with respect to the second plate and about a shared plate axis of... Agent: Kasha Law LLC

20100311515 - Apparatus for improving a golf swing: A training apparatus for improving a golfer's golf swing is disclosed. The training apparatus can restrict movement of the golfer's hands, as well as the shaft of the golfer's golf club, during the swing. A set of rails supported by a support structure are oriented so as to restrict the... Agent: Russ Weinzimmer

20100311516 - Device for improving a golf swing: Described is a portable and intuitive golf swing improvement device for indicating the proper shift of a golfer's body weight to the front foot during a down swing. More specifically, the swing improvement device measures the shift of the golfer's body weight during a golf swing and indicates when such... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20100311517 - 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, a back and a hosel region, located at the intersection of the ball striking face, the heel, the crown and the sole. The body member may have a first... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100311518 - Golf club head: A head 2 has a face line 8 having a depth of D1 (mm). In a section line of a surface of the face line 8, a boundary between a land area LA and the face line 8 is defined as a point Pa; a point of which a depth... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100311519 - Golf club face: A golf club head includes a golf ball striking face having a patterned striking surface covering the striking face. The patterned striking surface includes a plurality of generally pyramidal shapes extending outwardly a height H and at an angle Ω from the face. The pyramidal shapes have a top surface,... Agent: Mastrogiacomo PLLC

20100311520 - Golf club head and removeable weight: A golf club head and a removable weight that is received in a receptacle of the golf club head. The weight includes a cap and a slug. The cap is removably coupled to the receptacle and includes a recess that slidably receives a portion of the slug so that the... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100311521 - Golf ball: The present invention relates to a golf ball having a solid core of at least one layer, a cover of at least one layer encasing the core, and a paint film on a surface of the cover, wherein at least one cover layer and/or the paint film includes a luster... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100311522 - Gps device: A golf GPS device is disclosed herein. The device includes a GPS unit, a memory for storing a plurality of aerial images of a golf course, a display for displaying the plurality of aerial images, a user input for inputting a plurality of location points on an aerial image of... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20100311523 - Gps device: A golf GPS device is disclosed herein. The device includes a GPS unit, a memory for storing a plurality of aerial images of a golf course, a display for displaying the plurality of aerial images, a user input for inputting a plurality of location points on an aerial image of... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20100311524 - Hitting device: The present invention provides for the first time a hitting device having a plural ended pedestal. The plural ended pedestal includes at least one end having a pedestal for supporting objects and at least one end having a smaller pedestal for supporting smaller objects.... Agent: William Coleman Lay

20100311525 - Bat: The present invention provides a bat having a handle and a body, part of the body including a hitting area which in use is intended to hit a ball, wherein at least a portion of the hitting area is made of a resilient material. The incorporation of a resilient material... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20100311526 - Shuttlecock: A shuttlecock including a cap and a skirt part whereto an air passage hole is formed, wherein a rib is provided to the skirt part, adjacent to a rear end of the air passage hole in a generatrix direction of the skirt part, the rib having a shape wherein air... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100311527 - Fletching for arrow: Disclosed herein is fletching for an arrow, which is light and displays sufficient air resistance, thus ensuring the linear travel and stability of the flight of the arrow, being easy to attach to a shaft, and reliably maintaining the shape of the fletching. The fletching includes a wing part and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100311528 - Filamentary fabric article: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a filamentary fabric article and methods of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment of the present invention, a filamentary fabric article consists of a plurality of elongated partially rolled fabric tubes, wherein the plurality of elongated partially rolled fabric tubes are sewn... Agent: Maldjian & Fallon LLC

20100304876 - Golf diagnosis apparatus and a method of performing golf diagnosis: A golf diagnosis apparatus, comprising a first acquisition device adapted for acquiring first information indicative of a performance, particularly a stroke, of a golf player, the first acquisition device being directed along a first direction, a second acquisition device adapted for acquiring second information indicative of the performance, particularly the... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20100304877 - Hitting position detecting device, hitting position detecting method, and method of manufacturing hitting position detecting device: A hitting position detecting device includes: a golf club which includes a shaft having a grip portion and a head portion having a face portion with a hitting surface and a rear surface and attached to the front end of the shaft; vibration wave sensors which is arranged on the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP

20100304878 - Putters with enhanced alignment visualization: Putters and putter heads better camouflage the main body of the head and/or highlight the alignment aid. The top surface of the head (when viewed from a ball address orientation) may be finished in a non-reflective, matte finish, optionally, in a dark color and/or in a color or colors selected... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100304879 - Golf putter with aiming apparatus: The present invention relates to an improved golf club with line markings on the head of the putter that facilitate a precise and accurate motion of the club. One of these markings, the aiming line, runs parallel to the club face across the top of the club and is intended... Agent: Jason Scott Luck

20100304880 - Combination base for a golf practice artificial sod: A combination base for a golf practice artificial sod is formed by a number of combination plates for placing the artificial sod on the combination base. Each combination plate is made of foaming PU (Polyurethane) and has a protruding edge to extend upwardly. The protruding edge has a first end... Agent: Ching-cheng Li

20100304881 - Adjustable length and torque resistant golf shaft: An adjustable golf shaft having an upper shaft member, a lower shaft member and an inner rod. The upper shaft member includes an elongated bore therein with an upper bushing fixed within an upper end of the elongated bore therein. The lower shaft member has an elongated bore therein with... Agent: Patent Office Of Dr. Chung S. Park

20100304882 - Variable mass grip: A variable mass cap 20 for a shock imparting implement grip has a butt element 22 connected to a tubular portion 24 constructed to receive a selected mass 26, 28. The tubular portion 24 fits snugly within a recess 34 of a body 32, and is retained therein by the... Agent: Eaton Corporation Eaton Center

20100304883 - Wedge type golf club head: A wedge type golf club head is disclosed herein where the wedge type golf club head has enhanced performance characteristics such as improved backspin, ball speed, and launch angle. More specifically, the present invention relates to a wedge type golf club head having a lower center of gravity, where the... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100304884 - Golf club head: A head 2 has a face line 8 having a depth of D1 (mm). When a boundary between a land area and a face line is defined as a point Pa; a point of which a depth is [D1/4] (mm) is defined as a point Pb; a point of which... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100304885 - Vertically curved face putter with multiple horizontal contact facets: A golf putter head having a vertically curved putter face with multiple horizontal contact facets. The face has a vertical radius of curvature that is at least 2 inches and no more than 3.5 inches. The face includes a plurality of horizontal contact facets that are vertically curved to match... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20100304886 - Golf club and golf club head with interchangeable body component: An iron type golf club head includes a club head having a first body component defining a striking face, and a second body component releasably secured to the first body component with a fastener. The second body component defines at least a perimeter portion of a rear face of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20100304887 - Golf club head having variable center of gravity location: The present invention is directed to an iron-type golf club head with one or more passages travelling through a portion of the body. The passages may be accessible in the toe, heel, rear, or sole, or any combination thereof. The passages may be substantially vertical, substantially horizontal or a combination... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20100304888 - Golf club head: A hollow golf club head is disclosed, wherein a front member including a face portion and a hosel portion of the club head is made of a material having a specific gravity ρ1; a rear member forming a backmost point of the club head is made of a material having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100304889 - Golf club head: A golf club head having a hollow construction includes a face part having a ball-impacting surface and a first main rib and a second main rib disposed on the inner surface of the face part. The first main rib extends from a crown side to a sole side, and the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100304890 - Wedge type golf club head: A wedge type golf club head is disclosed herein where the wedge type golf club head has enhanced performance characteristics such as improved backspin, ball speed, and launch angle. More specifically, the present invention relates to a wedge type golf club head having an adjustable center of gravity, where the... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100304891 - In-mold powder coating of golf ball equipment and methods of making the same: A golf ball having an inner core and a cover or intermediate layer made from a non-ionomeric polyolefin composition is provided. The method for making the golf ball includes the step of adhering a thin layer of a non-ionomeric polyolefin powder to the interior surfaces of a golf ball mold.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100304892 - 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

20100304893 - Golf balls with cores or intermediate layers prepared from highly-neutralized ethylene terpolymers and organic acids: Described are golf balls comprising cores or intermediate layers prepared from thermoplastic compositions having coefficients of restitution equal to or greater than 0.83 and PGA compression greater than 100. Also described is a composition comprising or prepared from (a) at least one aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid having from 16 to... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20100304894 - Polyisobutylene-based compositions for golf balls: Polyisobutylene-based compositions suitable for making golf balls are provided. The amine-terminated polyisobutylene may be reacted with an isocyanate and amine-terminated curing agent to produce a polyurea composition that may be used as a cover material and/or intermediate casing layer. The resulting ball has improved weatherability. In one version, the golf... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100304895 - Multi-layer golf balls having moisture barrier layers based on polyalkenamer compositions: Golf balls having a dual-core comprising an inner core and outer moisture barrier core layer are provided. The outer core help prevent moisture from penetrating into the inner core. A cover layer, preferably made of a polyurethane or polyurea material, is disposed about the outer core layer. The inner and... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100304896 - Polyurea covers for golf balls based on cycloaliphatic isocyanates: A golf ball having a cover material made from a polyurea composition is provided. In one version, the golf ball includes a polybutadiene core and surrounding cover layer made of a polyurea composition. In another version, the golf ball includes a polybutadiene core, an intermediate casing layer made of an... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100304897 - Golf ball with rotational protrusions within a dimple: A golf ball includes an outer land surface and a plurality of dimples formed thereon. The dimples comprise protrusions on the inner surface of the dimple to energize or agitate the airflow over the dimpled surfaces to increase the aerodynamic performance of the golf ball. These protrusions include rotational elements... Agent: Acushnet Company

20100304898 - Golf ball aiming device: A golf ball aiming device is provided that allows a golfer to accurately position a ball relative to its intended target. The device includes a laser for aiming and pointing the device along with an alignment feature for aligning the ball relative to the device.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100304899 - Leg gloves with downward diagonal facing pocket openings: A leg glove, or leg mitten, having pockets for the hands of a lifter used when lifting a person who is jumping or being lifted, especially for lineouts in Rugby Union. The leg glove pockets have downward diagonal facing pocket openings. The simple, reusable, easy to use leg glove provides... Agent: Kendyl A Roman

20100304900 - Method and apparatus for hitting a ball: A hitting apparatus is provided, including a supporting unit, at least a linking unit, and an attaching device. The apparatus includes foldable supporting legs, an adjustable supporting rod, an adjustable hanging arm, an adjustable extension arm, attaching rods or strings, and attaching ball hook/loop, magnets or adhesives. The hanging arm... Agent: Fan Gu

20100304901 - Football training aid: A football training aid is provided which includes a body member which is positioned adjacent the chest area of a football player so that the player, when catching a football, must catch the football in the player's hands away from the player's body.... Agent: Thomte Law Office, L.L.C.

20100304902 - Goal apparatus: A portable sports goal comprising a frame, a first pliable goalpost member, a second pliable goalpost member and a pliable crossbar member. The frame presents net connection points and is configured to support each of the pliable goal members in tension between two net connection points such that the goal... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20100304903 - Miniature door-mounted basketball hoop: The miniature basketball hoop of the present invention includes a rectangular backboard having front and rear faces. The backboard is transparent substantially across its entire area. A pair of spaced apart hooks are provided on the top of the backboard to hook the backboard over the top of a door.... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20100304904 - Arrowhead having blades offset rearward from the tip: An archery arrowhead having a tip and a body with blade slots that each accept a blade. Each blade having a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge. The leading edge formed by a first cutting surface and a second cutting surface that diverge from each other in a rearward... Agent: Douglas H. Pauley Pauley Peterson & Erickson

20100304905 - Method and apparatus for indicating rotational speed of footballs: Indicia on the surface of a football (for the American variety of the sport) are provided to provide visual means for assessing the spin speed of the football when thrown in a desired manner. In one embodiment, the indicia comprise a circumferential indicator ring consisting of a plurality of alternatingly-colored... Agent: Hugh R. Kress Adair & Myers PLLC