Games using tangible projectile inventions

20080108450 - Golf putter: Golf clubs, and more particularly to a golf putter and a club head for a putter are disclosed. In one embodiment, the club head has a body having a club face, a first extension portion at the first end of the club face extending in a direction either outwardly, or... Agent: Jeffrey V. Bamber

20080108451 - Golf shaft with an adhesive layer: A golf shaft includes a shaft, a grip that is surrounded with a player's hand and an adhesive layer that secures the grip to the shaft. The grip has a hollow and elongated shape and comprises an outer surface, an inner surface, a top closed end and a bottom open... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080108452 - Golf club head and method of fabricating striking plate: A golf club head including a head body and a striking plate is provided. The head body has an opening. The striking plate having a striking surface includes a plate body and at least a low-elastic-modulus region. The plate body disposed at the opening has a first surface exposed to... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080108453 - Golf club head: A golf club head comprising a strike face having a heel portion, a toe portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion includes one or more score lines. At least a portion of one or more score lines include a different average surface roughness and associated surface reflectance than at... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080108454 - Golf ball containing photoluminescent material and a light source: A photoluminescent, light-emitting golf ball comprises a substantially solid core with an outer shell, both formed of a light transmissive material. Photoluminescent particles are distributed within the light transmissive material. A light-emitting circuit assembly embedded within the core includes at least one battery, a control circuit coupled to the at... Agent: Tipton L. Randall

20080108455 - Identification device for a golf club head cover: Taught herein is an identification device for golf club head covers comprising an outer shell having a front cover and a back cover; a window for displaying identifying indicia disposed on said front cover; a disk bearing a plurality of identification indicia; means for rotating the disk intermittently so that... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20080108456 - Golf scoring, marketing and reporting system and method of operation: A system and method automatically report electronically recorded golf scores and other information to a golfer during or upon completion of a round of golf. A golfer operates a mobile terminal during play of a round of golf. The mobile terminal displays at least an electronic score card on its... Agent: Brinkley, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley, Lunny & Crosby, LLP

20080108457 - Weight training aid: A novel swing speed training weight that is a composite plastic helical coil adapted to slidably attach to a bat used in the sport of baseball and softball.... Agent: Mckellar Ip Law, Pllc

20080108459 - Athletic goal assembly: A portable lacrosse goal assembly is provided comprising a rigid frame comprising a plurality of hollow pole frame sections. A net is attached to the rigid frame. At least one retractable wheel assembly is mounted within one of the hollow pole frame sections and is movable between a retracted position... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080108458 - Quick-net lacrosse net: A net assembly for use in a lacrosse goal assembly having a goal frame assembly is provided. The net assembly includes a frame engagement assembly comprising a plurality of engagement sleeves configured to removably engage the goal frame assembly. Each of the engagement sleeves includes a detachment seam formed along... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080108460 - Bases for baseball and softball: A base for baseball or softball including a bottom surface wherein at least a portion of the bottom surface includes a prepared surface having a higher coefficient of friction than the surface in its unprepared state and wherein the base will move from its resting position when a human body... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080108462 - Game ball having optimally positioned grooves and/or ridges: A football having a generally prolate spheroidal shape and opposing first and second ends. The football includes a bladder, a cover and a lacing coupled to the cover. The cover is disposed over the bladder and defines, at least in part, a first set of channels extending generally longitudinally from... Agent: Terence P. O'brien Wilson Sporting Goods Co.

20080108461 - Game ball optimally positioned grooves and/or ridges: A football having a generally prolate spheroidal shape and opposing first and second ends. The football includes a bladder, a cover and a lacing coupled to the cover. The cover is disposed over the bladder and defines, at least in part, a first set of channels extending generally longitudinally from... Agent: Terence P. O'brien Wilson Sporting Goods Co.

20080102968 - Course for golf putting game and a golf putting game: Course for golf putting game, said course (1) being arranged to be placed on a floor or the like, and where the course has a first end part (3), a second end part (5) and an intermediate part (4). The first end part (3) is arranged to be played from,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080102969 - Golf hole plug: A golf hole plug includes a cylindrical member having an outer wall dimensioned to abut an inner wall of a golf hole after a golf cup is removed from the golf hole, the cylindrical member including a central surface located to prevent sand or other debris from falling to the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080102970 - Indoor golf putting training apparatus: Provided is an indoor golf putting training apparatus, which includes a golf putting pad, a target block, an effective target portion, and a stand-alone erect mirror. The golf putting pad has a flat and extensive surface, which including a first golf putting reference point which is formed at the rear... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080102971 - Athletic swing training device: A device and method are provided for training a person to swing a bat or club while rotating the person's hips. The device includes a belt for attaching around a person's hips, a restraint device attached to the back side of the belt, and an anchor system slidably attached to... Agent: Thompson & Thompson, P.A.

20080102972 - Methods and systems for putting analysis: Analysis of a golfer's putting stroke towards a target-hole (2) is derived by an analyzer (12;50) from sensor-signals representative of initial ball-speed and direction, using accumulated sets of historical putting-data, each set of historical data including initial putted ball-speed and direction and the resultant ball-speed and direction in approach to... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080102973 - Golfing aid and golf training system: A golfing aid, in particular a golf training aid for promoting a correct swing path and alignment, both when hitting golf balls with irons and woods and putting with a putter, and a golf training system.... Agent: Mr. Don W Bulson Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080102974 - Golf club grip: The present invention relates to the golf club grip that is instilled with a publicity use of printing layer such as pictures or diagram, letters and so on inside of grip so that the intended publicity can be easily seen externally, and also prevents the damage of printing layer as... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080102975 - Connection structure of housing and bottom plate of golf club head: A golf club head includes a housing, a bottom plate, a face plate. The housing includes a neck and a connecting portion at a bottom of the neck. The bottom plate has a connecting portion associated with the connecting portion of the neck. A connection device connects the connecting portions... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080102977 - Golf club head: A golf club head is disposed. The golf club head comprises a main body, a neck portion, a hosel, and at least one adjusting groove. The main body has a heel portion and a toe portion. The neck portion is connected to the heel portion of the main body. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080102976 - Golf head: A golf head of present invention comprising: A top part makes from light materials with the specific gravity is under 3. The top part provides a neck portion with an axis hole therein for a golf club to plug in. A bottom part mounts under the top part and makes... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080102978 - Metal wood club with improved moment of inertia: A more efficient triangular shape for metal wood clubs or driver clubs is disclosed. This triangular shape allows the clubs to have higher rotational moments of inertia in both the vertical and horizontal directions, and a lower center of gravity.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080102979 - Golf putter: A golf puffer has a cylindrical tube mounted horizontally behind the putter face with its front end aligned behind the sweet spot. The rear end of the tube is open. This tube acts as a resonant structure producing an enhanced characteristic sound when the sweet spot on the putter face... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20080102980 - Golf putter: A head on a golf putter is configured to create overspin on a putted golf ball. An exemplary embodiment employs a body with a ball-striking face including a first curved segment with a first radius of curvature and a second curved segment with a second radius of curvature. The first... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080102981 - Golf club head: This invention provides a golf club head having a groove formed on a face of the golf club head. Each of a pair of side surfaces of the groove has a first surface leading to the face and a second surface leading to the first surface in the depth direction... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080102982 - Golf club iron head: Embodiments of an iron type golf club head that defines a heel-portion, a mid-portion, and a toe-portion are disclosed. A mass of the heel-portion exceeds 35% of a combined mass of the heel-portion, mid-portion, and toe-portion. The heel-portion includes an opening to receive a weight insert located within a mass... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

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20080102984 - Golf club head and method of fabricating striking plate: A golf club head including a head body and a striking plate is provided. The head body has an opening. The striking plate is disposed at the opening and has a striking surface. The striking plate includes a first crystallization phase region and at least a second crystallization phase region.... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080102985 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes a front member, a rear member and a neck connected together to form a housing. The front member, which is made of a flexible material, such as aluminum alloy, stainless or Maraging steel, has a face and an annular wall projected from a back of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080102986 - Multi-material golf club head: A golf club head in accordance with various aspects of the present invention, may have a higher volume and/or higher strength. The golf club head may comprise a frame structure with a composite matrix. The golf club head may also comprise a detachable face, allowing various faces of differing materials... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080102987 - Multi-piece solid golf ball: The invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball comprising a core, an envelope layer encasing the core, an intermediate layer encasing the envelope layer, and a cover which encases the intermediate layer and has formed on a surface thereof a plurality of dimples, wherein the core is made primarily of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080102988 - Adjustable golf tee: An adjustable golf tee that provides a simple adjustable golf tee for use on driving ranges. The general purpose of the present invention is to provide a new and simple adjustable golf tee that can be rotationally adjusted in height and contains a plurality of screw threads that add stability... Agent: John D. Tran Buus, Kim, Kuo, & Tran, LLP

20080102989 - Handheld device for determining golf ball trajectory for putt of chip shot and method therefor: A handheld device for determining trajectory of a golf ball from its current position to a hole for a putt or chip shot includes a generally planar base member and a pair of elongated members each having a first end thereof secured to and extending outwardly from a peripheral edge... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080102990 - Ball holding apparatus: An apparatus for practicing baseball and softball hitting skills includes a ball holder on a rod that is suspended by a single degree of freedom support at an interior point of the rod length and the rod is balanced and proportioned relative to the support point and the ball in... Agent: Mr. Bryson M. Cramer

20080102991 - Athlete reaction training system: What is new in this invention is the capability to reproducibly measure athlete's reaction times and virtual save/intercepts to actual competition intercept positions, using a computer display of simulated sports projectiles and their direction, and contact, magnetic, or light triggered position detectors in actual athlete intercept positions, using their own... Agent: Thomas Clark Hawkins

20080102992 - Sports swing trainer apparatus and method: Method and apparatus for emulating the striking member and ball of selected sports, the striking member having an end portion including portions covered with a selectively engageable contact material such as Velcro™ brand fastener and further having a mass and size substantially in conformity with the mass and size of... Agent: John M. Novosel, Sr.

20080102993 - Training mat and method of teaching controlled directional hitting of a baseball or softball: A training mat for teaching controlled directional hitting of a ball. The mat consisting of a home plate zone, a plurality of equally spaced pitching lanes defined by a plurality of lines extending longitudinally through home plate. The pitching lanes including at least an inside lane defining the ball path... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20080102994 - High-strength, lightweight blow-molded plastic basketball backboard: Blow molded plastic structures are provided for use in various structures such as, but not limited to, tables, chairs, walls, backboards, storage bins, sports equipment and the like. The blow molded plastic structure has a first surface and a second surface extending between a first end and a second end... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080102995 - Racket: A racket includes a handle, a frame connected to the handle and having a longitudinal axis extending from and aligned with the handle, and a stringed web supported on the frame. The frame has two ends that are opposite to each other along the longitudinal axis. The stringed web is... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080102996 - Expanding, exposed-blade arrow head: An expanding, exposed-blade arrow head and a method of its operation. In a preferred embodiment, the arrow head comprises: a ferrule comprising three blade holders and having a longitudinal cavity having a bottom; a tip comprising a piston that is slidably mounted in said longitudinal cavity, said tip having a... Agent: Robert M. Hunter PLLC

20080096680 - Bowling pin and method of manufacture: A bowling pin including a body having a head, a neck, a ball line portion, and a base all integrally formed of a synthetic material. The body includes a hollow area and a longitudinal axis of the hollow area extends generally perpendicularly to a substantially planar bottom surface of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080096681 - Agent to remove paint, lacquer, glue, plastic or similar from objects and the use of it: An arrangement for playing miniature golf. Arranged over a part of a shortened miniature golf course is a display surface for the projection of an image of the entire extent of a miniature golf course. Arranged along a ball rolling surface of the shortened miniature golf course is a plurality... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20080096682 - Golf club putter heads and golf putters including same: Golf putter heads, gold putting kits, and golf putters including same are described. One putter head comprises a body having a putting face, a toe, a heel, a sole, and a crown, the sole and crown extending away from the face to an aft-mass, the body further having at least... Agent: Jeffrey L. Wendt The Wendt Firm, P.C.

20080096683 - Systems and devices for controlled putting: A putting system with a putter substrate and modules that detachably couple to the putter substrate to form a putter head is disclosed. The modules detect, determine, measure and/or monitor alignment and/or tempo of the putter head. Modules include displays and/or audio outputs that provide visual and/or audio representations of... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080096684 - Golf practice mat: A golf practice mat comprising a backing defining an upper surface and a lower surface, a first plurality of elongated polyethylene fibers stitched onto the backing so as to project upwardly from the upper surface thereof, a second plurality of durable nylon fibers stitched onto the backing adjacent to and... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080096685 - Golf ball recovery and ball mark repair tool: A golf accessory comprises a ball retrieval tool on one end and a ball mark repair tool on the opposite end which facilitates use of both tools without requiring a golfer to bend down. The golf accessory may further comprise telescoping members inside a shaft for extending the golf accessory... Agent: Michael A. O'neil Michael A. O'neil, P.C.

20080096686 - Putter insert: The present invention proposes a transparent insert (illustrated on attached drawings marked 3 on FIG. 3) with lines or other indicia printed or etched onto the upper surface of the insert (marked 1 on FIG. 3) and also onto the lower surface (marked 2 on FIG. 3) so that a... Agent: Surjit Singh Bilkhu

20080096687 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes: a head body having a front face and a recess formed in the front face; a striking member fitted in the recess, and having a striking plate flush with the front face and having a thickness ranging from 0.6 mm to 1.4 mm, a carbon-fibre... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20080096688 - Wood-type golf club head: A hollow wood-type golf club head 1 having a volume of 420 to 500 cm3 and comprising face portion 3, wherein the face portion 3 comprises a metallic material having a specific gravity of 4.30 to 4.60 and has a thickness of 1.5 to 4.0 mm, and in the standard... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096689 - Wood-type hollow golf club head: A wood-type hollow golf club head comprises a face having a specific thickness distribution, wherein average thicknesses tUTP, tUCP, tUHP, tMTP, tMCP, tMHP, tLTP, tLCP and tLHP of an upper toe portion UTP, upper central portion UCP, upper heel portion UHP, middle toe portion MTP, middle central portion MCP, middle... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096690 - Multi-metal golf clubs: Disclosed herein is a golf club head having a body portion and a face insert. The front of the body portion further comprises a cutout sized and dimensioned to receive the face insert. The body portion is preferably made from a high-strength metal such as stainless steel, titanium or titanium... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080096691 - Golf ball with colored impact zone: A golf ball has colored lines emanating from colored visual impact zones of the ball to form a useful alignment tool as well as directional indicators. The visual impact zones are located on opposite ends of the golf ball. The utility of such a colored design on the golf ball... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080096692 - Multi-layer golf ball: Disclosed herein is a multi-layer golf ball having a soft outer cover. The golf ball has an inner cover layer with a Shore D hardness of 60 or more, and an outer cover with a Shore D hardness of 55 or less, and more preferably 50 or less. In a... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20080096693 - Multi-layer golf ball having velocity gradient from slower center to faster cover: The present invention is directed to multi-layer golf balls having a center, a cover layer, and at least one intermediate layer between the core and the cover layer. The center, the at least one intermediate layer and the cover are constructed to have different initial velocities and COR such that... Agent: Acushnet Company

20080096694 - Golf tee: Disclosed is a golf tee which is prevented from being lost even though a golfer strikes the golf tee along with a golf ball when executing a tee shot. The golf tee of the present invention includes a ball support unit (10), a peg unit (20), a magnet (15), an... Agent: Booth Udall, PLC

20080096695 - Ball returner for use with a goal: A ball returner for a sports goal includes a triangular frame substantially framing an elastic material, which may be taughtly extended there across. The frame may include two or three sides coupled together. Coupled to one corner of the frame is at least one stand portion extending at an angle... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080096696 - Pitching training method and device: A device for learning pitching technique for ball games and improving muscle strength through resistance training. The device, which consists of an elongated U shaped coiled tubular spring with a curved end and pair of straight parallel shaft portions with solid tips, is aligned with and strapped to the user's... Agent: Mary A Whiting

20080096697 - Tennis serve ball machine cum training device: This invention, called Serve Assist, is an electro-mechanical ball machine for practicing the tennis serve. It helps a tennis student to practice serves by consistently dropping the ball in the desired location. It operates in one of two modes, an Auto-feed mode in which it drops the balls in the... Agent: Ramesh Balasubramanyan

20080096698 - Tennis serve ball machine cum training device ii: This invention, called Serve Assist, is an electro-mechanical ball machine for practicing the tennis serve. It helps a tennis student to practice serves by consistently tossing the ball in the desired location. It operates in one of two modes, an Auto-feed mode in which it tosses the balls in the... Agent: Ramesh Balasubramanyan

20080096699 - Kango game: The invention is a toy for performing a game of pitch and catch. The toy comprises a pair of rackets for propelling and catching a projectile. Each racket includes a rim for supporting a net between its inner periphery and a hook on its outer periphery. The projectile includes a... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20080096700 - Cover for the shaft of a lacrosse stick: A sheath for a lacrosse stick includes a cap and a rolled sheath. The cap is mounted on the free end of a lacrosse stick and the sheath is unrolled onto the stick to the desired length or the entire length of the stick. The cap and sheath are preferably... Agent: Thomas M. Galgano, Esq. Galgano & Associates, PLLC

20080096701 - Strings of sport rackets and method for making the same: A method for making strings for sport rackets includes a step of extruding two wires of different materials and a step of twining the two wires along an axis to form a string. The string includes a core wire of a first material and a sun-wire of a second material... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080096702 - Arrow launched media reservoir: An arrow having an arrowhead assembly attached thereto is provided for marking a remote location with a marking media. The marking media is preferably in the form of a paint ball or a scent ball. The arrowhead assembly includes a media reservoir defining a cavity and a plurality of supports... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080090670 - Aiming device for billiard cue: An aiming device for a billiard cue is disclosed herein, which includes a fixing member, an extending member coupled with the fixing member at one end thereof, a parallel light source coupled with the other end of the extending member and having a projection hole for passing a parallel light... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080090671 - Golf course yardage utilizing cellular phone: A cellular phone mounted player position as well as a hole position determining system for a golf course for use by players in playing the course is disclosed. Each of the cellular phone includes a monitor for displaying the golf course including each of the holes with its tee box,... Agent: Eugene Oak, Ph.d., J.d., M.div.

20080090672 - Par one: A golf system that includes a tee or other area for striking a golf ball; and a golf green having a concave surface with a ball receptacle located at the lowest point in the surface so that a ball landing and remaining on the green will roll into the ball... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080090673 - Golf swing training method and apparatus: A golf swing training apparatus for practicing a golf swing. In one embodiment, the training apparatus includes a sensor unit including a sensor outputting a sensor beam in a substantially horizontal direction, the sensor unit further including a microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor, the microcontroller configured to detect... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080090674 - Hollow golf club head: A hollow golf club head includes: a metal head main body including a hollow section; and a weight formed from magnesium or a magnesium alloy in at least one of a toe side, a heel side, a back side and a sole of the metal head main body.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080090675 - Golf club head: A golf club head includes a metallic head body 1 having a cavity 10 therein and an opening 8 being formed in a face part 2 therethrough to the cavity, and a metallic face plate 9 welded to the opening. The opening 8 is demarcated by an upper edge along... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080090676 - Golf club head: The present invention provides a golf club head capable of increasing carry on average even if being used by an amateur golfer who is prone to hit a ball by varied hit points of clubface. A golf club head 1 has a face part 2, a crown part 3, a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080090677 - Metal golf club head: A metal golf club head includes: a metal head main body; and an anticorrosion screw that is formed from a magnesium alloy and fastened to predetermined location on the metal head main body.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080090678 - Polymer compositions and golf balls with reduced yellowing: The present invention concerns reduced-yellowing thermoplastic or thermoset polymer compositions derived from the reaction of a diisocyanate, a polyol or polyamine, and a dicyandiamide. The present invention also concerns golf balls comprising the reduced-yellowing thermoplastic or thermoset polymer compositions derived from the reaction of a diisocyanate, a polyol or polyamine,... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080090679 - Video instructional system and method for teaching motor skills: A real-time camera image of a student is displayed to the student while the student is performing a physical activity. The student can switch between seeing his natural field of view and the live video image by refocusing his eyes. Additionally, instructional information may be overlaid on the real-time video,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080090680 - Football center training aid: A football center training aid comprises a box-like training device in the form of a framework, covered on its top and sides with open-mesh netting, which provides a guide to encourage accurate passing of a football by a center to a place-kick holder or quarterback, and which allows observation by... Agent: James Russell Claybrook

20080090681 - Method for teaching basketball shooting: Methods are provided for increasing shots-made frequency by educating a player's eye and memory through repetitions at one or more specified distance locations from a basketball hoop. In one aspect, a shooter must make a first plurality of shots at a first location at a threshold success frequency in order... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20080090682 - Basketball goals: Disclosed herein are various embodiments of basketball goal systems. One embodiment, among others, comprises a rim connection assembly coupled to a support structure, the rim connection assembly comprising a support plate coupled to a backboard frame, a rim, and a plurality of tubular members through which portions of the rim... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080090683 - Concept for activating a game device: A game ball wherein in the vicinity of a goal, or in a goal area, an electronic system is activated in the goal area by an activation signal, which may be a magnetic field or a radio signal, so as to subsequently facilitate, e.g., highly precise position measurement of the... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080090684 - Dart: A dart barrel comprising a body, a surface on the body; and a coating deposited on the surface by physical vapor deposition, said coating comprising a layer of titanium, aluminum and nitride, whereby the dart barrel has improved hardness and wear resistance. The body is metal and the coating on... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.