Including Tether Patents (Class D21/719)
  • Patent number: 7959527
    Abstract: A ball hitting practice assembly with acoustic return mechanism is provided for use by a ball hitter. The ball hitting practice assembly includes a rigid vertical shaft, having a first and second end; a weighted and/or anchored base coupled to the vertical shaft at said shaft's second end; a rigid horizontal shaft, having a first and second end, coupled at its first end to the vertical shaft's first end; a ball which is suspended from a cord, having a first and second end, said first end being attached to the horizontal shaft's second end, said ball being attached to said cord's second end; and a horizontal acoustic return mechanism that sounds when struck by the ball in practice of the present invention and then returns the ball to the hitter after each hit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventor: Ken Pitre
  • Patent number: D438582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: SMR Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan M. Speers, a minor, Samuel F. Speers
  • Patent number: D506233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Inventor: Ricardo Cruz
  • Patent number: D513422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Inventor: James Michael Cottrell
  • Patent number: D451157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Inventor: John Brookes
  • Patent number: D461216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Inventor: Walter C. Luther, Sr.
  • Patent number: D539366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Inventor: Gene Niksich
  • Patent number: D565674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Inventor: Morris Bozof
  • Patent number: D486544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Inventor: Shelley Don Featherston
  • Patent number: D606136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Borg Unlimited Inc.
    Inventor: Rick Gamboa
  • Patent number: D611995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Chief Productions Ltd.
    Inventors: Danny Brooke Taylor, Colin Edward Offland, Marc Ingham
  • Patent number: D623708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventor: John A. Masters
  • Patent number: D419212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Inventor: Grady L. Cooper
  • Patent number: D430629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Impact Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Alberti
  • Patent number: D431061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Inventor: Eric Solis
  • Patent number: D433723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventor: William Hynes
  • Patent number: D746394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventor: Eric Takeo Fujisaki
  • Patent number: D750184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Inventor: Richard John Albert Gordon
  • Patent number: D792932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: B-Ram Sports, LLC
    Inventors: Stephanie A. Taylor, Chelsea Leigh Malone, Michael Lynn Bramlett, Sr.
  • Patent number: D809617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventor: Eric Takeo Fujisaki
  • Patent number: D838330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: TOPSPINPRO LTD.
    Inventors: Phillip Reitz Hofmeyr, Stephen Marshall-Rees
  • Patent number: D862619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HAMILTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LIMITED
    Inventor: Anthony Hamilton
  • Patent number: D862620
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HAMILTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LIMITED
    Inventor: Anthony Hamilton
  • Patent number: D864329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph S. Neahr, Heather R. Neahr
  • Patent number: D886926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: XL PERFORMANCE TENNIS, LLC
    Inventor: Terence Scott
  • Patent number: D909524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventor: Shupeng Lian
  • Patent number: D914122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventor: Haizhou Pan
  • Patent number: D916195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Jason Starne
  • Patent number: D921139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN BESTWO E-COMMERCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shujie Wang, Zhijie Wang
  • Patent number: D1006937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Paul Swartwood