Patents Examined by Sebastino Passaniti
  • Patent number: 9089748
    Abstract: A golf club head including a head body selected from a group of golf club heads consisting of a fairway-wood type head, a driver-type head, and a hybrid-type head, the head body bounding an interior cavity and comprising a body opening. A shell portion is configured to couple to the body opening. The shell portion includes a first shell side, a second shell side opposite the first shell side, and a capsule defined between the first and second shell sides. The shell portion also includes first and second shell sheet capsule sections that define the capsule and contain a weight member. A density of the weight member is greater than a density of the shell portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Morales, Martin R. Jertson
  • Patent number: 8827830
    Abstract: A golf club head designed for an open face approach is provided. Several factors encountered when hitting a ball from an open face position are addressed by the disclosed club head. As a result, precision, spin rate, loft, and stopping power are significantly improved from an open face strike. The club head includes a club face having a plurality of parallel, non-intersecting grooves extending across the club face and offset at an angle to optimize backspin and minimize sidespin when a ball is struck in the toe region. The club head also provides a sole and/or trailing edge designed to accommodate an open face position and to avoid “thinned” shots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Steve Beaulieu
  • Patent number: 6152448
    Abstract: Apparatus suitable for use as a game of chance comprising a first set of elements (2) divisible into two or more visually distinguishable subsets (for example a set of balls divided into a plurality of colours), a second set of destinations divisible into two or more distinguishable subsets (for example a set of compartments on a wheel (23) formed by partitions (26) and divided into subsets distinguished by numerals) and means (10) for selecting at random one element (2b) from the first set (for example one ball) and associating the selected element at random with a destination (eg one compartment) of the second set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Inventor: William Owen Cudlipp
  • Patent number: 5702308
    Abstract: A miniature bowling alley game comprising a lane surface adjusted to such a height where at one end an individual could comfortably roll a miniature bowling ball towards the other end which contains a plurality of lamps backlighting a translucent panel which represents bowling pins. The game features a microcontroller and sensors which detect the speed and angle of the bowling ball as it enters the area of the pins; actual sound of the pins falling; an information panel; and more than 50 spares that can be set up for practice bowling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Inventor: Delbert S. Alexander, Jr.