Games using tangible projectile inventions

20090270190 - Faceplate of a billiard table: A faceplate of a billiard table comprises a piece of entire substrate on which a block of entire slate is adhered or at least 2 blocks of flat slates may be put together. One or many blocks of slates are assembled on the piece of full light substrate, which is... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20090270191 - Game table assembly: The invention comprises, in one form thereof, a number of improvements to the assembly and installation of a game tables, such as a pool table. Particularly, the improvements include an indexing system for assisting in the placement of the slate segments on a table frame; for assisting in the placement... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20090270192 - Tip plate for a billiards cue: A cue stick (100) utilizes a tip plate (120) directly attached to the tip (110) and shaft of a cue stick (100). The tip plate may be constructed of a lightweight, high stiffness material, such as a carbon fiber composite or resin material. A tip plate (120) may increase the... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090270193 - Analyzing a motion of a bowler: Systems and methods for analyzing a motion of a bowler. The system includes a plurality of cameras positioned around a capture volume. The capture volume includes a reference location. A plurality of markers is configured to be attached to the bowler and reflect light from the cameras. The cameras are... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090270194 - Golf club grip and method of using same: An improved golf club grip having indicators which provide hand positioning indications to the golfer so that he or she may properly position his or her hands on the grip to assist in making a desired shot more precise and more consistent. Also, a method of using the improved golf... Agent: Polsinelli Shughart PC

20090270195 - Putter fitting method: A putter fitting method and system comprising a laser configured to deflect a laser beam off of a putter at address and strike a scoring map in such a way so as to indicate the any error's in a golfer's aim. The method and system may further comprise determining physical... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20090270196 - Golf club head with a three-dimensional alignment member and methods to manufacture golf club heads: Embodiments of golf club heads with a three-dimensional alignment member and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

20090270197 - Putter shaft extension: This invention is a putter shaft extension assembly which is especially suitable for use in converting a putter with a conventional shaft length into a longer shaft “belly putter”. It uses a novel screw attachment and pin arrangement to prevent accidental loosening and improper assembly. It is also preferably supplied... Agent: Barry L. Holtzman

20090270198 - Golf club head with three-dimensional alignment aid and method of manufacture: A golf club head has a front wall member and a rear wall member joined by a pair of arms that extend rearward from the from the heel and toe ends of the front wall member. An arcuate wall formed in the rear wall member provides an alignment aid. The... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20090270199 - Golf club head: A golf club head has a three-piece construction, including a front piece, an intermediate piece and a rear piece. The front and rear pieces are made of metal, while the intermediate piece is made of fiber-reinforced plastic, composite material or metal. The intermediate piece is jointed to the front and... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090270200 - Golf ball material and golf ball: The present invention provides a golf ball material which is a thermoplastic ionomer blend composition of an acid-containing ethylene-based terpolymer having a weight-average molecular weight Mw of at least about 100,000, an acid-containing ethylene-based copolymer and/or terpolymer having a Mw of about 1,500 to about 95,000, and a low-molecular-weight acid-containing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090270201 - Compositions comprising an amino triazine and ionomer or ionomer precursor: Disclosed embodiments concern using at least one triazine, typically an amine or polyamine triazine (referred to as amino triazines), in combination with at least one ionomer or ionomer precursor to form compositions useful for making sporting equipment, such as golf ball components. The ionomer or ionomer precursor typically includes plural... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090270202 - Golf ball: A golf ball 2 has a spherical core 4 and a cover 6 positioned outside this core 4. The core 4 has a spherical center 8 and a mid layer 10 positioned outside this center 8. The center 8 is formed by crosslinking a rubber composition. A base rubber of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090270203 - Golf ball: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent durability and flight distance. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising: a core consisting of a center and one or more intermediate layers covering the center; and a cover covering the core, wherein, at least... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090270204 - Method for golf club selection, and golf club: A method for golf club selection uses a behavior of the golf swing when a golf club is gripped and swung. The method for golf club selection has a step of obtaining information of a vertical movement direction relative to a horizontal plane of a golf club head immediately before... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090270205 - Batting practice set: A batting practice set includes a base, a weight, a cover and a securing unit. The base has first and second walls extending from an underside thereof and a receiving space is defined between the first and second walls. The weight is received in the receiving space and a rod... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090270206 - Portable pitching rubber: A pitching rubber having a pad and a plurality of angled spikes connected to the pad and extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the pad for insertion into a surface, including artificial turf, carpeting and matting, so as to provide a stationary and portable pitching rubber for use both... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20090270207 - Arrow for hunting: The present invention relates to an arrow for hunting that includes: an arrow shaft member of a predetermined length having a recess part formed on one end thereof so as to insert a bowstring of a bow thereinto and a spiral insertion protruding part formed at the inside on the... Agent: Park Law Firm

20090264212 - Training balls for pool and the like: A training ball for pool type games. The training ball may comprise an array of visually coded bounded shapes disposed on the spherical exterior surface, wherein each one visually coded bounded shape has a characteristic visual coding such as color, and a diametrically opposed corresponding visually coded bounded shape having... Agent: Italia Ip

20090264213 - Bowling game apparatus: Bowling game apparatus allowing children to get strikes and spares for a high score. Two guides (10) are provided longitudinally along lane (3); two first retainers (15) are arranged outside the end of lane (3) near approach (2) for retaining first ends of the guides (10); two second retainers (20)... Agent: Judge Patent Associates

20090264214 - 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: Acushnet Company

20090264215 - Golf club shaft angle adjustment technology: Golf club shaft angle adjustment technology that allows the angle of the shaft of a golf club (ie. the lie) to adjust in small increments, and prevents movement as is the case with gears or teeth. The front of the club head consists of a round opening that accepts a... Agent: Gregory Kaczmarz

20090264216 - Shaft for golf club: A shaft according to the present invention is obtained by winding and curing a prepreg sheet having a matrix resin and a fiber. The prepreg sheet includes a full-length sheet and a partial sheet. At least a part of the partial sheet forms a tip bias layer disposed in a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090264217 - Golf club head having a grooved 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

20090264218 - Golf clubs and club-heads comprising a face plate having a central recess and flanking recesses: Golf club-heads are disclosed that have a body and a face plate. Exemplary club-heads are hollow metal-wood club-heads. The face plate is attached to the front of the body and has obverse and reverse surfaces, and a peripheral zone, toe zone, heel zone, upper zone, lower zone, and central zone.... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090264219 - Wood club: A toe-side part and a heel-side part located between the crown part and the sole part of the head are respectively provided with at least one concave groove opened outward in a horizontal direction and extending from the face part to the back part in a longitudinal direction so as... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP

20090264220 - Golf ball: The present invention provides a golf ball which includes (I) a first member composed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition of (a) a base rubber composed primarily of a mixture of at least 60 wt % of a polybutadiene having a stress relaxation time (T80), as... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090264221 - Golf ball: The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having superior abrasion resistance, durability and spin performance. The present invention provides a golf ball of the present invention has a core and a cover, wherein the cover is formed from a cover composition that contains, as a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090264222 - Golf ball: The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball with superior abrasion resistance and resilience. The present invention provides a golf ball of the present invention comprises a core and a cover that covers the core. The cover contains a polyurethane resin and an organically modified layered... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090264223 - Golf ball: The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent durability and resilience. The present invention provides a golf ball which includes a core, and a cover covering the core. The cover contains an ionomer resin and an organically modified layered silicate. The organically modified layered... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090264224 - Golf tee: According to various embodiments, the present teachings comprise a golf tee. The golf tee can comprise a point section, a shaft section, and a head section. The shaft section can comprise four opposing arms configured to allow for improved ground penetration. The head section can comprise a circular dish having... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20090264225 - Golf tee: A golf tee made of an elastomeric material includes a base section for positioning on a ground surface, and a concave head section for supporting a golf ball thereon. The tee can be made of a polymeric foam, such as polyurethane foam orethylene vinyl acetate foam. The tee can have... Agent: Ashley Law Firm P.C.

20090264226 - Basketball hoop assembly: A basketball hoop assembly and kit is described with the assembly comprising a flexible sheet which has the shape of a backboard, a hoop mount which is secured to the front face of the sheet, a hoop which is secured to the hoop mount and a net which is secured... Agent: Thomte Law Office, L.L.C.

20090264227 - Offset lacrosse head: An embodiment of the present invention provides an offset lacrosse head comprising a shaft, a collar, and a head. The collar defines an opening that receives the shaft. The head has a juncture. The juncture defines a socket that receives the collar, and the socket and the shaft are non-concentric.... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20090264228 - Handle with air conditioning system for racket, paddle or tool: A striking device such as a racquet or tool has a head portion for striking an object and an elongate handgrip with an exterior shell defining an elongate ventilation chamber having a set of air holes for ventilation purposes and to create enhanced gripping ability. An air scoop section is... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090264229 - Blade for a stick: The invention is for a blade for a stick, such as a hockey stick or a floor hockey stick comprising: an attachment means for a shaft close to an essentially elongated blade in turn comprising a first and a second surface surrounded by an upper and a lower longitudinal edge... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20090264230 - Composite bat: A bat has a barrel with a multi-wall construction. The handle can be formed integrally with the inner wall. A damping device can be installed between the handle and the outer wall of the barrel. The damping device can dampen vibrations transmitted from the outer wall to the handle. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090258718 - Billiards shot training device and method: The shot training device is used as a training aid for learning to play pocket billiards. The device aids the student in learning the three major components of a shot for pocket billiards: pocketing the object ball, cue ball direction, and cue ball speed control. The device includes an object... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20090258719 - Golfer training device: A golfer training device includes a sensor, a feedback output device configured to output a feedback and a processor in communication with the sensor and the feedback output device. The processor is configured to instruct the feedback output device to output the feedback when the sensor is in close proximity... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090258720 - 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: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090258721 - Single panel golf club grip: A grip for the handle of a golf club having a single panel that is wrapped about an underlisting sleeve comprising a cap. The panel further comprises an inner layer and an outermost layer, the inner layer comprising one of a fabric and a polymer. The panel is adhered to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090258722 - Spiral wrap golf club grip: A golf club grip that includes a resilient strip spirally wrapped about an underlisting sleeve having a cap and a nipple. The underside of the cap is formed an upwardly facing circumferential slot that receives the upper edge of the strip. The nipple is formed with an upwardly facing groove... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090258723 - Golf club and shaft replacing method: According to an aspect of the invention, a golf club includes: a golf club head having a hosel; a shaft; a shaft case fixed to one end of the shaft, and inserted into the hosel, the shaft case being formed in a substantially cylindrical shape; and a ring-shaped screw member... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090258724 - Metal wood club with improved hitting face: A hitting face of a golf club head having a location of longest characteristic time shifted away from the geometric center of the hitting face. The hitting face of the club head has varying thickness, with a thickest portion being at or near the geometric center of the plate-like hitting... Agent: Acushnet Company

20090258725 - Golf putter heads and removable putter weights: Embodiments of golf clubs, golf club heads and removable golf club weights are generally described herein. According to certain embodiments, an example golf club head comprises a face for striking a golf ball, a backside portion, a sole portion, and one or more removable weights. According to such embodiments, the... Agent: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation Legal Department

20090258726 - Golf club head: A head (2) includes an outer shell portion (4) forming an external surface of the head and a hollow portion (16) of the head, an inside extended portion (18) extended from the outer shell portion (4) to an inner part of the head, a housing portion (s1) formed by the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090258727 - Wood-type golf club head: A hollow wood-type golf club head with stable flight direction and flight distance performances, the club head having a moment of inertia Ix 4,000 to 5,900 g·cm2 about a vertical axis passing through the club head's center of gravity, and comprising a face with face bulge and face roll such... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090258728 - Method for forming a golf ball from a poly(dimethyl siloxane) ionomer: A method of making a golf ball comprising a core and a cover layer, wherein at least one of the core or cover layer comprises homo and copolymers of poly(dimethyl siloxane) ionomers, and their blends for improved resiliency and abrasion resistant golf balls.... Agent: Acushnet Company

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20090258729 - Golf ball formed from a poly-(dimethyl siloxane) ionomer: A golf ball comprising a core and a cover layer, wherein at least one of the core or cover layer comprises homo and copolymers of poly(dimethyl siloxane) ionomers, and their blends for improved resiliency and abrasion resistant golf balls.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20090258732 - Adjustable golf tee assembly: An adjustable golf tee assembly includes a golf tee, which has a plurality of positioning portions formed in the periphery of a shank thereof at different elevations, an elastically deformable tee holder having an upright stub tube perpendicularly upwardly extending from a flat base thereof and a center through hole... Agent: Moldetk Precision Corp.

20090258733 - Method and device of golf aiding with a function of setting a specific-point diagram: A golf aiding device with a function of setting a specific-point diagram includes a processor, a screen, an input mechanism, a memory, a GPS module, and a software program stored in the memory. The software program can achieve the following functions: displaying a golf course on the screen; displaying a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090258734 - Batter training device and method: Generally L-shaped batter training aid devices may be removeably but fixedly attached to a handle portion of a conventional baseball bat. Preferably, the baseball batter training aid device will include a spacer arm member and a training handle member. The spacer arm member has inner and outer ends and adapted... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090258735 - Collapsible sports goal: Disclosed is a sports goal which telescopically collapses or expands in the vertical, horizontal, or longitudinal planes. Telescopic manipulation is facilitated via bearing systems on all telescoping components.... Agent: John Karl Buche Buche & Associates, P.C.

20090258736 - Device to promote physical fitness, mental agility, adroitness and dexterity: s

20090253525 - Detachable cue tip assemblies and cue sticks having same: A replaceable cue tip assembly is provided to enable the easy and quick replacement of tip pads of cue sticks. The cue tip assembly includes a tip ferrule that is attachable to a cue stick shaft or to conventional shaft ferrule. It also includes a tip pad holder to which... Agent: Ip & Internet Law North, LLC

20090253526 - Advanced golf monitoring system, method and components: Monitoring of a golf ball and apparatus for doing so is described using differential time locating. Launch parameters of a golf ball can be characterized independent of any specific positional measurement on the basis of a ball signal that is transmitted from the ball. These parameters include initial spin, initial... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20090253527 - Elbow joint angle training aid: The embodiment of this athletic training device is for restricting the flexion of the elbow joint of the arm. A stretchable arm sleeve 16 is designed to encircle the arm 22 to be trained. A segment of loop Velcro 18 is adhered to the sleeve starting at the elbow joint... Agent: Robert Michael Abraham Jr.

20090253528 - High-precision golf club: The invention relates to a device for a golf club providing an excellent orientation of the club head in the target direction. The disclosed golf club comprises a head having a striking surface, a grip having a butt end, and a shaft connecting the head at its upper end, and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090253529 - Training equipment for golf players: Training equipment for golf players that can be used by a golf trainee to execute a swing through a correct succession of movements of the body includes a mat (1) having a longitudinal dimension (2) and a transversal dimension (3). The mat (1) provides a support surface (1a) that is... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090253530 - Golf club grip: A golf club has a hand grip comprising an exterior surface and an interior surface with an elongated bore located between the two surfaces and extending generally parallel to the golf club shaft. A removable shim with a generally arc shaped cross section is disposed inside of the bore and... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090253531 - Golf club and manufacturing method thereof: A golf club attaining good hitting feeling is provided by realizing uniform distribution of grain flows in a face portion. The golf club includes a golf head including a face portion with a ball hitting surface and a neck portion connecting the face portion to a shaft. Grain flows are... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP Bank Of America Plaza

20090253532 - Golf club head: A golf club head (42) having a substantially square or rectangular body is disclosed herein. The golf club head (42) preferably has a volume ranging from 420 cubic centimeters to 470 cubic centimeters. The golf club head (42) preferably has a face component (60), a mid-body (61) and an aft-weight... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20090253533 - Golf club head: A golf club head is provided with a face portion comprising: a central thick part having a thickness Tc; a crown-side thick part having a thicknesses Tr; a sole-side thick part having a thicknesses Tr; a toe-side thinner part having a thickness TT; and a heel-side thinner part having a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090253534 - Golf ball material, golf ball and method for preparing golf ball material: The invention provides golf ball materials which include, in admixture, (A) an oxygen-containing inorganic metal compound, (B) one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of multi-component polyamides, and (C) an acid-containing polymer, and additionally includes, if the oxygen-containing inorganic metal compound (A) does not include a zinc cationic... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090253535 - Golf ball with negative hardness gradient core: 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, the single layer core further comprising an inner core region disposed about... Agent: Acushnet Company

20090253536 - Height adjustable golf tee: A height adjustable golf tee includes an elongated shank having a ball supporting top end, a tapered bottom end and tab structure projecting outwardly from the shank and arranged in a vertically spaced relationship between the top end and the bottom end of the shank. An adjustable stop member is... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090253537 - Loop stick: The invention consists of a blade for a hockey stick, comprising: a blade portion, with a forehand side and a backhand side and a loop extending from the one or both sides of the blade portion, with the loop dimensioned to enclose a hockey puck.... Agent: Lang Michener

20090253538 - Baseball/softball batting glove training aid utilizing magnets for correct knuckle alignment: A pair of interlocking batting gloves which may be worn by a batter during practice and during play to improve the batter's grip on the bat. A first of the two gloves in which each glove has a disc magnet attached to the outer peripheral edge of the index finger... Agent: Kammer Browning PLLC

20090253539 - Weighted end cap for lacrosse stick: An end cap for a lacrosse stick is provided. The end cap includes a cover configured for being placed over at least a portion of a shaft of a lacrosse stick. The end cap also includes a weighted member carried by the cover and configured for being at least partially... Agent: J. Bennett Mullinax, LLC

20090253540 - Bat with flexible handle: Included herein is a bat for striking a ball. The bat comprises a barrel portion, transition portion attached to the barrel portion, and a handle portion attached to the transition portion. The handle portion includes a longitudinal axis and a plurality of planes substantially parallel to the axis. The adjacent... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20090253541 - Retractable projectile device and method: This application relates to a retractable device that takes the retractable leash concept and adapts it to a projectile. The tethered projectile can be advanced by the user by kicking, throwing, hitting, or any other method of advancing a projectile. When the user initially advances the projectile, for example by... Agent: Italia Ip