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Games using tangible projectile February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/12

20120046118 - Golf training devices: Golf training devices for practicing driving a ball while providing a visual indication of the orientation of the face of the golf club and location on the face of the club when impact with the ball occurs. The information may be recorded and which can be later analyzed by playback... Agent:

20120046119 - Golf swing measurement and analysis system: An integrated golf club comprising standard golf club shaft and an integrated electronics system golf club head apparatus for directly measuring physical parameters of the golf club head motional acceleration swing forces and golf club head face and golf ball impact forces and further processing those measurements and transmitting the... Agent: Golf Impact LLC

20120046120 - Golf swing training device: A golf swing training device allows a golfer to practice a correct swing technique. The golf swing training device includes a base; a vertical arm connected to the base; a bar secured to the vertical arm; a ring secured to the bar.... Agent:

20120046121 - Variable height golf tee: Methods and devices are provided for teeing a golf ball. A first tee has a detachably coupled post and base. The post may be a cylinder, such as a hollow cylinder, and may be made of deformable resilient material that reliably returns to a vertical position after receiving momentum originated... Agent:

20120046122 - Multi-function golf tool: A multi-purpose golf accessory that incorporates various golfing related functions is disclosed. The golf accessory may comprise a retractable divot fork, a ball marker, a level, a cleaning pad, a nylon brush, a stroke counter, or any combination thereof. The divot fork may be attached to a brush head that... Agent:

20120046123 - Golf club: A golf club having a head is disclosed. The head comprises a base layer and a compounded transfer layer. The base layer has a coupling face. The compounded transfer layer is formed on the coupling face of the base layer. The compounded transfer layer has a dye layer and a... Agent:

20120046124 - Golf balls containing visible decorative inserts enclosed in transparent layers: Golf balls containing a composite layer comprising a substantially transparent polymeric matrix with at least one embedded decorative insert member (for example, charm or jewelry piece) are provided. The ball further includes a core that may comprise a reflective material such as white pigment. A cover structure comprising a second... Agent:

20120046125 - Golf balls containing visible decorative inserts placed between transparent layers: Golf balls containing a core having at least one layer; a composite layer comprising a first substantially transparent polymeric matrix; and a cover comprising a second substantially transparent polymeric matrix are provided. The ball contains at least one decorative insert member that can be seen through the layers. The decorative... Agent:

20120046126 - Golf ball with carbon dioxide absorbents: This disclosure provides a golf ball that includes carbon dioxide absorbents in order that the golf ball may reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to aid in alleviating global warming. The golf ball may include an intermediate layer that is substantially impermeable to water, in order to ensure that the golf... Agent: Nike, Inc.

20120046128 - Golf ball having layers with specified moduli and hardnesses: A golf ball includes four layers. The first, third, and fourth layers are made from thermoplastic materials and the second is made of a thermoset material. The third layer is the hardest and is at least 10 Shore D harder than the fourth layer. The flexural modulus of the third... Agent: Nike, Inc.

20120046127 - Golf balls including multiple dimple types and/or multiple layers of different hardnesses: Golf balls may include a first pole, a second pole, and a seam located between the first and second poles. Dimples are formed on a surface of the ball in a pattern that includes a plurality of repeating sectors around each pole of the ball. The sectors on one ball... Agent: Nike, Inc.

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20120046130 - Golf balls including multiple dimple types and/or multiple layers of different hardnesses: Golf balls may include a first pole, a second pole, and a seam located between the first and second poles. Dimples are formed on a surface of the ball in a pattern that includes a plurality of repeating sectors around each pole of the ball. The sectors on one ball... Agent: Nike, Inc.

20120046131 - Golf balls including multiple dimple types and/or multiple layers of different hardnesses: Golf balls may include a first pole, a second pole, and a seam located between the first and second poles. Dimples are formed on a surface of the ball in a pattern that includes a plurality of repeating sectors around each pole of the ball. The sectors on one ball... Agent: Nike, Inc.

20120046132 - Golf balls including multiple dimple types and/or multiple layers of different hardnesses: Golf balls may include a first pole, a second pole, and a seam located between the first and second poles. Dimples are formed on a surface of the ball in a pattern that includes a plurality of repeating sectors around each pole of the ball. The sectors on one ball... Agent: Nike, Inc.

20120046133 - Portable target to enable an individual to practice kicking soccer balls through what is considered the most difficult location for a goal tender to guard against: A portable target for a soccer goal designed with rods that enable an individual to stand on the ground and lift the portable target so that it can be lifted over the top horizontal crossbar of the soccer goal and then set in place. The target has elongated rods with... Agent:

20120046134 - Basketball shooting trainer device: A basketball shooting trainer device configured to attach to a basketball rim is provided and includes a bracket comprising at least one interior side wall defining a tubular cavity extending longitudinally through the bracket, wherein the tubular cavity has a diameter approximately equal to a diameter of the basketball rim,... Agent: Heystek & Atwood, LLC

20120046135 - Training bat: A training bat for use by athletes to practice hitting in preparation for baseball and softball games. Bat comprises a barrel, a handle, an enlarged head at the end of bat remote from the handle, with a bore extending longitudinally through bat. A first weight is located at the lower... Agent:

20120046136 - Co-molded, focused weighted, dimple arrayed hockey sticks and other composite structures: Unique composite structures are disclosed that include focused adjustably weighted end plugs, co-molded focused weighted and non-weighted logo/branding components and/or dimple arrays. A representative composite hockey stick having a tubular hollow shaft, a blade, and a weight-adjustable end-plug is disclosed. The blade includes one or more weighted regions in the... Agent:

20120046137 - Baseball bat employing a dual density foam material: A non-wood baseball or softball bat wherein the barrel portion of the bat is filled with an inner foam layer which has a relatively low compressibility surrounded by an outer foam layer having high compressibility. This configuration would not hinder the hitting performance of less skilled players in an effort... Agent:

20120040768 - Putting practice device: There is disclosed a practice putting apparatus. The practice putting apparatus has a putting target, and a light source for lighting a guide path on a practice surface, the guide path being parallel to a putting line along which a golf ball is intended to be struck at said target... Agent: D & B Wholesale Pty Ltd

20120040769 - Tennis and golf training device having an adjustable hoop: A portable training device to be used by one practicing the game of tennis or golf. The training device includes a stand to rest on a flat surface, an adjustable hoop through which a tennis ball or a golf ball is hit, and a hoop support extending between the stand... Agent:

20120040770 - Golf aid: A golf aid including a yoke portion with a pair of the divergent upper portions, a pair of forearm guide portions, one associated with each of the divergent upper portions of the yoke and a resilient means to bias the forearm guide portions into an extended condition whereby a user's... Agent:

20120040771 - Golf club head with alignment markings: A golf club putter having an alignment pattern is disclosed herein, The alignment pattern has first and second long lines that approach each other as they extend from an aft region of the putter to a front region of the putter and, when the putter is properly aligned with a... Agent: Callaway Golf Company

20120040772 - Golf club head: A golf club includes a face for striking a golf ball and a sole. The face including a leading edge. The sole extends from the face leading edge. The sole includes at least one channel. Each channel includes a first end adjacent to the leading face leading edge, a second... Agent:

20120040773 - Sole for iron golf club head: The invention creates a unique combination of head shape and surface friction coefficients that minimize the bad effects of turf impact. The invention is an iron-type golf club head having a body composed of a stainless steel material and having a front wall, a sole portion and an undercut recess.... Agent: Callaway Golf Company

20120040774 - Floating golf ball: A golf ball includes an inner layer, a cover layer, and a cavity. The cavity includes a conduit connecting the cavity with an exterior of the golf ball. The cavity contains a matrix comprising particles of a first material bound together by a second material. The first material has a... Agent:

20120040776 - Polymer compositions comprising peptizers, sports equipment comprising such compositions, and method for their manufacture: Embodiments of the disclosed polymer composition comprise a first unsaturated polymer or polymer precursor, and an effective amount of a peptizer. The peptizer typically comprises a heteroaryl or a heterocyclic compound, other than morpholine as disclosed in assignee's prior applications. Disclosed polymer compositions are useful for making sports equipment, such... Agent: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.

20120040775 - Systems and methods for manufacturing a golf ball: Embodiments provide systems and methods for manufacturing a multilayer golf ball having strong inter-layer bonding and desired structural characteristics, provided by including temporary, removable particles in a golf ball substrate and then removing the particles to form voids in the substrate, including the outer surface and interior of the substrate.... Agent:

20120040777 - Multi-layer core golf ball: Golf balls comprising a multi-layer core and a cover are disclosed. The multi-layer core comprises a thermoset rubber inner core, a thermoplastic first intermediate core layer, a thermoplastic second intermediate core layer, and a thermoset rubber outer core layer.... Agent:

20120040778 - Golf ball surface patterns comprising a channel system: A golf ball having an improved surface pattern is disclosed. The golf ball has one or more channels on its surface. The channels form spherical polygonal tiles that may include a plurality of dimples. These dimples may be circular or polygonal in shape.... Agent:

20120040779 - Tool for engagement in the ground: Tool (1) for engagement in the ground including a holding portion (9) for turning of the tool around an axis of rotation (3), wherein an engagement portion (2) has a plurality of cutting blades (4) extending in directions from the holding portion (9) and being distributed around the axis of... Agent:

20120040780 - Batting tee with pivot connection: A batting tee with two spaced apart support arms extending upwardly from the base plate, two spaced apart retaining members extending between the support arms and connected thereto or to the base plate, and a pivot extending between the support arms at a location intermediate that of the two retaining... Agent:

20120040781 - Athletic training and practice system: An athletic training apparatus is disclosed with a low-ball deflection panel (130) used to keep the balls (140) in play. When combined with a ball machine (110), a dampening backdrop (100) and a collection trough (120), the apparatus improves the quantity of practice balls (140) available to the player.... Agent:

20120040782 - Baseball swinger: The modifications to the ball allow the ball to be tethered to a control rope with snap fittings. The rod or tube rod permit the ball to rotate when hit and prevent the twisting of the control rope which keeps the ball under control.... Agent:

20120040783 - Automatic determination of the position of an object: The disclosure relates to a method for analysis of magnetic fields or signals used for the determination of the position of an object, wherein two temporally to each other shifted magnetic signals or fields are generated by two conductors arranged at least in part or completely separated from each other.... Agent:

20120040784 - Dampening system for a stringed-racquet: A method of changing vibration characteristics of a stringed racquet having strings includes providing an article of apparel with a mount thereon. The method also includes providing a slotted vibration dampener. Moreover, the method includes increasing dampening of the stringed raquet by moving the slotted vibration dampener from a first... Agent: Nike, Inc.

20120040785 - Night light balls: Improvements in a football and beach ball to allow the balls to be used at night. The illumination from the “EL” lights gives the ball an exciting kaleidoscope of color as it spirals, adding a new and exciting twist to an old game in addition to adding safety to night... Agent:

20120040786 - Shuttlecock: A shuttlecock preferably includes a tail, a shuttle housing and an impact head. The tail includes at least three tail sections which are attached to each other and retained by a tail base. The shuttle housing preferably includes a first housing half, a second housing half and an electrical circuit.... Agent:

20120040787 - Mechanical broadhead with pivoting, interlocking blades: A mechanical broadhead arrowhead has moveable blades that deploy from a retracted in-flight configuration to an outward deployed configuration as the broadhead strikes the target. Once in the deployed configuration, the blades are locked to each other against the resistance of the target, but freely pivot about the ferrule. Accordingly,... Agent:

20120034986 - Corner assembly for use with pool tables: A pool table corner assembly for forming a corner pocket including a pair of adjacent rail members, a corner casting member, and a pocket member. Each rail member includes a supporting flange portion, a recessed portion, and a generally horizontal top surface. The corner casting member includes an overhanging mounting... Agent: Valley-dynamo, Lp

20120034987 - Enhanced friction tip for pool cue: Improvement of a cue stick for playing pool and the like by providing a nylon tip for contact a ball to be struck. The nylon tip may be nylon 6/12 and may be formed from rod stock of diameter of 0.6125 inch.... Agent:

20120034988 - Golf swing aid: A harness assembly for use in controlling and directing the swing of a golf club is shown and described. The harness assembly comprises plurality of flexible cords that stretch and wrap a portion of the body of a golfer when the golf club is swung. One cord attaches one end... Agent:

20120034989 - Golf release training club: An apparatus and method for a hinged golf swing training club that provides the kinesthetic feeling of the three most important mechanical aspects of the golf swing: the backswing, the transition and the release. It is composed of an upper portion, lower portion, hinge assembly, and a removable elastic means... Agent:

20120034990 - Golf club: A golf putter has a head and a shaft affixed to the head, the head having a front face for striking a ball and a rear face and is constructed and designed to assist the golfer in aligning the putter for propelling the ball to be putted in the desired... Agent:

20120034991 - Golf club having an improved face insert: A golf club head with an improved face insert is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head wherein the face insert has a cavity near the top surface of the face insert that extends vertically downward towards the bottom surface of the face insert while... Agent:

20120034992 - Golf clubs and golf club heads having interchangeable rear body members: Golf club heads (e.g., drivers, fairway woods, wood-type hybrid clubs, or the like) according to at least some example aspects of this invention include: (a) a heel; (b) a toe; (c) a crown; (d) a sole; (e) a striking face; (f) a cavity, wherein the cavity is at least partially... Agent: Nike, Inc.

20120034993 - Golf grip: A golf grip that provides a user with tactile feedback is provided. The golf grip includes a grip body having an upper portion, a lower portion, a grip length, a proximal end, a distal end, and an exterior body surface. The exterior body surface is defined by a first octant,... Agent:

20120034994 - Interchangeable shaft system: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel... Agent:

20120034995 - Interchangeable shaft system: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel... Agent:

20120034996 - Interchangeable shaft system: A golf club incorporating an interchangeable shaft system includes a shaft, a shaft sleeve, a club head. The shaft sleeve is coupled to an end of the shaft and is received in a hosel included in the club head. The shaft sleeve is removably coupled to the club head. Hosel... Agent:

20120034997 - Golf club heads with edge configuration and methods to manufacture golf club heads: Embodiments of golf club heads with an edge configuration and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. Other embodiments of golf club heads with an edge configuration may be described and claimed.... Agent:

20120034998 - Golf club head with improved mass distribution: A golf club head having a striking wall having a front surface, and a rear surface, a top surface, and a sole portion extending rearwardly from the rear surface, the sole portion having a forward end, a rearward end, an upper surface and a lower surface. The intersection of the... Agent: Sri Sports Limited

20120034999 - Golf club head and system: A golf club head system and a golf club head for inclusion into a golf club are provided. The golf club head includes a main body member and a secondary body member. The main body member has a striking surface, a sole portion, a crown portion, and a rear face... Agent: Nike, Inc.

20120035000 - Method for making golf club heads using polishing marks: Certain disclosed embodiments concern making sports equipment, such as golf club heads, using polishing marks to facilitate removing material from as-cast work pieces to produce a final thickness within a desired specification, such as 0.6 millimeter or less ±0.05 millimeter. At least one polish mark, more typically plural polish marks,... Agent: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.

20120035001 - Castable polyurea compositions for golf ball covers: Disclosed herein is a golf ball having improved cut and shear resistance. Such gold balls comprise a core, an inner cover layer, and an outer cover layer, the outer cover layer being formed from a polyurea or poly(urea-co-urethane) comprising: 1) a polyurea prepolymer comprising: the reaction product of at least... Agent: Dow Global Technologies LLC

20120035002 - Colored golf ball: In a colored golf ball having a core, a cover of at least one layer encasing the core and a coat of paint applied to a surface of an outermost layer of the cover, the outermost cover layer is formed of a resin composition which includes (a) a thermoplastic resin,... Agent: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.

20120035003 - Golf data collection: A system for golf data collection comprises an apparatus arranged to be worn about the body of a golfer during a game of golf. The apparatus includes a positioning system for determining various locations of a golfer during the game, a tag reader for reading a club held in close... Agent: Active Mind Technology R&d Limited

20120035004 - Dual handle baseball bat: An exercise training device in the form of a baseball bat or other sports-related equipment that has been modified to have dual handles. The device is adapted to be attached to a weight resistance system in order to perform abdominal exercises while doing baseball or other sports-related motions and plyometric... Agent:

20120035005 - Sports goal: An exemplary sports goal includes two goalposts and a crossbar extending between upper portions of the two goalposts to define an opening. At least one of the crossbar and the two goalposts, and possibly each of the crossbar and the goalposts, has a facet that is oriented partially towards the... Agent:

20120035006 - Arrowhead with laser: An arrow, arrowhead and method of shooting an arrowhead are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a plurality of blades extend outwardly from the body of an arrowhead and a sharpened tip extends forwardly. A front laser diode is disposed in the arrowhead and is arranged so that a laser beam... Agent:

20120035007 - Attachable ball: The “Attachable Ball” is a ball that simply and easily attaches & detaches to a strap, leash, rope , string, wire or netting. The attachable ball has a slit or cut within it that will allow the strap to be inserted into the ball. The inside walls of the ball... Agent:

20120035008 - Baseball: There is provided a baseball including an inner core, and an outer core covering an outer circumferential surface of the inner core, the inner core being formed to have a dimension of 20% or more and 80% or less of an outer diameter of the inner core and the outer... Agent: Mizuno Corporation

20120028725 - Flagpole and ferrule assembly: A golf flagpole and ferrule assembly for mounting in a golf cup hole is disclosed. The flagpole and ferrule both include cooperating coupling parts to form an attachment therebetween. A cap is applied over portions of the flagpole and the ferrule to couple to the retaining members and secure the... Agent:

20120028726 - Golf putting practice ball: A golf putting practice ball having visually contrasting lighter and darker sections and a visually contrasting aiming line going across a lighter color section in a 90 degree angle to the borderline of the lighter and darker color sections, and a visually contrasting mark located on the border of the... Agent:

20120028727 - Progressive set of golf club heads: A set of progressive golf clubs with an elliptical pad construction on the back of the striking face that corresponds to a location, shape and size of a predetermined golfer's impact pattern for the lofts and lengths of each of the golf clubs in the set. The elliptical pad progressively... Agent: Cobra Golf Incorporated

20120028728 - Golf club grip: A pre-molded or moldable shaft grip includes a pre-configured or moldable section disposed within a substantially circular outer grip layer. A pre-configured or moldable section substantially conforms to a player's grip, facilitating consistent finger placement. The pre-configured section may comprise the shaft, a separate section, or multiple sections of varying... Agent:

20120028729 - Interchangeable shaft and club head connection system: Disclosed herein is a golf club including a shaft, a club head and several devices for releasably connecting the shaft to the club head.... Agent:

20120028730 - Trueshaft: Disclosed is a golf shaft comprising a plurality of sides imparting a desired flexibility and rigidity to a golf club, such that the golf club possesses desired flexibility and necessary rigidity to enable the club to carry through and provide optimal flight to a golf ball.... Agent:

20120028731 - 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: Nike, Inc.

20120028732 - Putter heads and putters having adjustable, multi-sided ball striking face insert: Golf clubs and golf club heads, such as putter heads, may include a putter body and an adjustable ball striking face insert forming at least a portion of the ball striking face and contained within the putter body. The insert may have a plurality of sides, each of the sides... Agent: Nike, Inc.

20120028733 - Golf club head with a body-conforming weight member: A golf club head includes a main body having a top portion, a bottom portion, a striking face, and an interior surface. A weight member is coupled to the interior surface of the main body. In an imaginary vertical plane that passes through the weight member, the interior surface of... Agent: Sri Sports Limited

20120028734 - Golf tee with low energy absorption: A golf tee may be constructed with a body formed from a polymer tolerant of exposure to a temperature at least as high as 480° F. without incurring diminishment of its structural integrity. A low-friction coating may be applied to a ball support of the tee.... Agent:

20120028735 - Golf tee: A two-part golf tee having a core section with a substantially cylindrical tube, the core section having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is configured to be inserted into a teeing ground. The two-part golf tee also includes an elevation section having a substantially cylindrical... Agent:

20120028736 - Golf tee: A golf tee includes an elastic member, which supports a golf ball in the course of swing of a golf club and elongates for allowing an upper member to be bent with respect to a lower member, can be prevented from damages, which leads to a longer lifespan while saving... Agent:

20120028737 - Golf glove with grip pressure reducing means: A golf grip training apparatus for resisting finger and thumb flexion and for counteracting grip forces is disclosed. The apparatus assists the golfer in achieving a lighter grip pressure than would be exerted on the club without its use by providing a golf glove adapted with means for actively counteracting... Agent:

20120028738 - Training strap and glove: A training glove or a strap comprising a rubberized fixture affixed to said palmar side of each of the said glove or strap to enable the player to securely grasp a ball thrown towards the palms of at said player, wherein the thumb is substantially not connected with any other... Agent:

20120028739 - Basketball backboard: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from... Agent: Lifetime Products, Inc.

20120028740 - Height adjustment mechanism for a basketball system: In one example, a basketball system includes a basketball goal, a support structure, a connecting structure connecting the basketball goal and the support structure, and a height adjustment mechanism connected to the support structure and the connecting structure. The height adjustment mechanism includes: a biasing mechanism connected at least indirectly... Agent: Lifetime Products, Inc.

20120028741 - Arrow point alignment system: An arrow apparatus includes a hollow arrow shaft, an arrow point alignment structure, an arrow point, and a central connection member. The hollow arrow shaft has an outer surface, an interior, and a leading end surface. The arrow point alignment structure includes a tapered portion and is positioned on the... Agent: Easton Technical Products, Inc.

20120028742 - Scent shooter: A scent shooter apparatus and scent filled pellet is disclosed. The scent shooter may include a projectile launcher. A vessel may be coupled to the projectile launcher and configured to hold a pellet and release the pellet during operation of the apparatus. The apparatus may include a piercer mounted on... Agent:

20120028743 - Toy ball apparatus with reduced part count: A toy ball apparatus is disclosed herein that includes a mesh defining an outer surface of the toy ball apparatus. The mesh includes four mesh components that are coupled together to enclose a closed volume, each mesh component including a plurality of loop structures, each loop structure having a curved... Agent: Got I, LLC