Player Held Or Worn Means For Enhancing Movement Of Projected Projectile (e.g., A Handheld, Ball-curving Assist Means, Etc.) Patents (Class 473/615)
  • Patent number: 10729941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to two integrated billiard balls for training, which include an image ball and an object ball assembled together by a connecting means and integrated through spherical contact therebetween so that, at the time of billiard training, a trainee can figure out a situation in which the trainee can hit the object ball coupled to the image ball of the training billiard balls, with a predetermined thickness, just by accurately hitting a cue ball while aiming the center of the image ball. Therefore, the present invention enables a trainee to easily practice thickness adjustment of an object ball and thus improve his or her billiard capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Do Joon Park
  • Patent number: 8936523
    Abstract: A training device is disclosed that has a depressable element and an indicator element that provides a perceivable indication, for example an audible alarm, to a user when an amount of force being applied to the training device along the major axis of the training device is less than a desired amount of depressing force. In some embodiments, the training device is in the shape of a prolate sphere and approximates the size and shape of a ball typically used in American football. The training device may be configured so that no perceivable indication is provided while either little to no force is being applied to the training device along its major axis or while an adequate amount of force is being applied to the training device along the major axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Inventors: David W. Manners, Michael F. Cerimele, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130143701
    Abstract: A swing ball game has a top support frame member. A swing hangs from the top support frame member. The swing has a swing seat configured to swing in a front and rear direction. At least one vertical support frame member is connected to the top support frame member and supports the top support frame member. A rocker support frame member has a rocker bottom profile. The vertical support frame member is connected to the rocker support frame member. The rocker support frame member is oriented sideways so that the top support frame member can rock in a left and right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventor: Samuel Chen
  • Publication number: 20110070983
    Abstract: A catching toy having an excellent usability is provided. The catching toy catches a target by throwing a main body at the target with a top end of a string fastened to a hand of a player. The main body includes a reel to wind and extend the string, and a flat spiral spring. After the main body is thrown, the flat spiral spring rotates the reel in a predetermined direction to wind the string around the reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Shindo Yukihiro
  • Publication number: 20090275418
    Abstract: The present invention is a modified glove with control/grip-enhancing and perspiration retention properties, offering the bowler a range of functions and options specific to the individual bowler's abilities, equipment selection (i.e. bowling ball), and the lane conditions faced. An elastomeric, control/grip-enhancing material circumferences the fingertips of at least one finger, providing a similar shape and feel to the commonly used, cylindrical inserts/grips; the glove designed to be used in lieu of finger inserts. The present glove invention can be interchangeable between right and left-handed bowlers of approximately the same hand size. The perspiration retentive fabric combined with the elastomeric, control/grip-enhancing material eliminates or significantly reduces perspiration from an otherwise naked inserted finger, which normally has contact with the hole(s) of a bowling ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Marshall Edward Whitehead, II, Mayumi Whitehead, Marshall Edward Whitehead