Patents Examined by Benjamin Layno
  • Casino table game apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10427027
    Abstract: A casino table game includes a table having markings for identification and placement of wagers entered by multiple players, cube a first pair of dice including traditional dot markings on each of six surfaces of each die, a second pair of cube-shaped dice, each die cube having a single alpha symbol “Y” or “O” on one cube surface, and the remaining sides blank. Wagers are placed according to predefined rules associated with markings on the table surface. Wagers include [PLAY], [MORE] and [Yo!]. Markings are [LOW] (4, 5 or 6) with odds of 3 to 2; [HIGH] (8, 9, 10) with odds of 3 to 2; [2, 3, 12] with odds of 7 to 1; [11] with odds of 15 to 1; and [PAIRS] with odds 7 to 1. Games main wagers [Play] [More] [Bonus] payouts will vary based on dice outcomes. Alternately, two pair of conventional dice may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventors: Dawn L. Takacs, William Eugene Takacs, Jr.
  • Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
    Patent number: 10420990
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, and a top portion. The golf club head may also include inner support portions and a plurality of ports. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Bradley D. Schweigert, Michael R. Nicolette
  • Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
    Patent number: 10420989
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a first interior cavity portion, a second interior cavity portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, a front portion, and a structural support portion formed in the bottom portion. The second interior cavity portion may include a filler material. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Bradley D. Schweigert, Michael R. Nicolette
  • Golf club head with face damping and stress-reduction features
    Patent number: 10413789
    Abstract: An golf club head with a structure that improves the sound and reduces stress placed on the face upon impact with a golf ball is disclosed herein. In particular, the golf club head is an iron with a face having a rear protrusion, also referred to as a piston, with both forward and rearward facing surfaces. The piston is at least partially received within a receptacle provided in the body of the golf club head. The receptacle also includes a pair of bumpers, one of which interacts with the piston to improve the sound of the face upon impact with a golf ball at speeds at which an average golfer would swing the club head, and the other of which reduces the stress placed on the face when the club makes impact with a golf ball at high speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: James A. Seluga, Matthew Myers, Denver Holt
  • Golf scoring card and systems and methods for using the same
    Patent number: 10413801
    Abstract: A method for improving the experience of a participant of a sporting contest includes the steps of; offering to the participant a side bet in which there is a chance for the participant to receive a prize if the participant achieves or betters a target score In the sporting contest (Irrespective of the final Outcome—of the sporting contest), receiving acceptance of the offer by the participant who pays a wager for the side bet, assigning the participant a prize and a target score that needs to be achieved or bettered for the participant to be awarded the prize, and awarding the prize to the participant if the personal score Is equal to or better than the target score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Anthony David Grant Robinson
  • Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
    Patent number: 10413787
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The golf club head may include a first weight port region on the bottom portion and a second weight port region on the bottom portion. The first weight port region may include a first set of weight portions. The second weight port region may include a second set of weight portions. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Bradley D. Schweigert, Michael R. Nicolette
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: 10398949
    Abstract: A coating region 6p of a crown 6 has a maximum saturation portion SR1 at which a saturation is a maximum value Cmax, a high saturation region SR2 which includes the maximum saturation portion SR1 and in which a saturation difference from the saturation Cmax is not greater than 15, and a low saturation region SR3 in which a saturation difference from the saturation Cmax is greater than 15. When a straight line that passes through a face center Fc and extends in a face-back direction is defined as a straight line C, an area of a portion of the high saturation region SR2 at a toe side with respect to the straight line C is denoted by St, and an area of a portion of the high saturation region SR2 at a heel side with respect to the straight line C is denoted by Sh, then St>Sh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Hayashi, Kosuke Tachibana
  • Golf club with movable weight
    Patent number: 10391368
    Abstract: A golf club head having an exterior surface opposite the hollow golf club interior, the body having a center of gravity, wherein the body comprises an elongate weight receptacle, a weight retainer located in the weight receptacle, wherein the weight receptacle comprises a plurality of weight mounts, wherein the weight retainer is configured to slide along the weight receptacle between each of the plurality of weight mounts when the weight retainer is unlocked, and wherein the weight retainer is configured to reside in any of the plurality of weight mounts when the weight retainer is locked, and wherein the weight receptacle comprises a weight receptacle installation feature configured to receive the weight retainer, wherein the weight receptacle installation feature is located between two of the plurality of weight mounts, wherein the two of the plurality of weight mounts are located adjacent one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Cleghorn, Nick Frame, Darryl C. Galvan
  • Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
    Patent number: 10384102
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a top portion, a bottom portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a front portion, a rear portion, an interior, and inner support portions on an inner surface of the bottom portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Bradley D. Schweigert, Michael R. Nicolette
  • Softball bat with unified tip
    Patent number: 10376761
    Abstract: A bat composed of composite materials is disclosed. Multiple layers of composite material is wound, weaved or interlaced around a mandrel to create a tubular structure composed of composite material. The tubular structure is cured and the mandrel is removed, leaving a hollow tubular structure. A composite material insert is inserted to the tip of the tubular structure, to seal the tubular structure. The knob portion of the structure is likewise sealed. The tubular structure is wrapped with fibrous material, such that the fibrous material encompasses the knob, body and tip of the structure. The resulting structure is a bat wherein the knob of the bat transitions to the barrel of the bat and the barrel of the bat transitions seamlessly to the tip of the bat, to create a continuous composite structure. This solid structure is then injection molded, with a solid bat tip and knob in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Pure Sports Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Osborne
  • Card game and holder
    Patent number: 10376774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for playing a multiplayer card game that includes a deck of cards and a holder. The card game utilizes a unique deck of cards and more than one option for gameplay. The variety of card combinations results in a novel and different experience every time the game is played. The primary method for scoring points is by forming time values. Numbered cards are written in a digital type font from a combination of short, straight lines. Instead of the numbers themselves, these lines are counted and subsequently used for scoring. The winner is awarded elongated sticks for each set of points earned based on the time value formed. The elongated sticks are placed into open storage container until the containers are transformed into a solid shape with the final elongated stick protruding to indicate a player has won the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventor: Jane Miller
  • Golf club having removable weight
    Patent number: 10376756
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Noah de la Cruz, Andrew McCarthy, Scott A. Knutson
  • Golf club
    Patent number: 10376759
    Abstract: One object is to provide a golf club equipped with a shaft made of FRP, the golf club being excellent in swing feeling and ball-hitting feeling and capable of stabilizing directional accuracy in ball hitting. The golf club according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes a shaft made of a fiber-reinforced resin mounted to a head, and the shaft is formed so that a variation of a ratio between torsional rigidity and bending rigidity (GIp/EI) is 0.2 or less over an entire length thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Tadashi Toya
  • Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
    Patent number: 10376754
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, a top portion, and a crown portion covering an opening in the top portion. The crown portion may include an upper plurality of composite layers, a lower plurality of composite layers, and one or more integral ribs disposed between the upper and lower pluralities of composite layers. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Bradley D. Schweigert, Michael R. Nicolette
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: 10369433
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club head comprising a topline, a sole in opposed relation to the topline, and a front portion extending from the topline toward the sole. The front portion includes a leading edge, a substantially planar hitting region including a face center, and a peripheral region. The peripheral region at least partially surrounds the hitting region such that the hitting region and the peripheral region define therebetween a visually-recognizable hitting region boundary line including a sole-proximate boundary line segment such that when the club head is oriented in a reference position relative to a virtual ground plane, and in a virtual vertical plane perpendicular to the hitting region and passing through the face center, the sole-proximate boundary line segment is vertically spaced above the leading edge by a distance D1 that is no less than 2.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mika Becktor, Patrick Ripp
  • Golf club head or other ball striking device with weighted body member
    Patent number: 10369432
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head that includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. A face member formed primarily of a metallic material forms the face, and a body member is connected to the face member and extends rearward from the face member to form at least a portion of the body. The body member is formed at least partially of a polymer material, and has a doped portion containing a doping material dispersed within the polymer material. The doping material may have a different density than the polymer material, such that the doped portion has a different density than the portions of the body member not containing the doping material. A co-molding method may be used to form the ball striking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Finn, David N. Franklin, Raymond J. Sander, Jeremy N. Snyder, Robert M. Boyd
  • Golf club heads with optimized characteristics and related methods
    Patent number: 10357700
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads with optimized characteristics presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley D. Schweigert, Ryan M. Stokke
  • System and method for weighting a golf club
    Patent number: 10350472
    Abstract: A system and method for weighting a golf club. The system is configured to adjust the overall club weight and the weight balance of a golf club. The system includes a weight assembly formed with a plurality of flexible cantilevered arms that interact with a weight member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Golden, Noah de la Cruz, Daniel Stone
  • Variable loft golf clubs and methods to manufacture variable loft golf clubs
    Patent number: 10350469
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a face portion, a first faceplate configured to be removably attached to the face portion, a second faceplate configured to be removably attached to the face portion, the second face plate having a different configuration than the first faceplate, and a first fastener and a second fastener configured to attach the first faceplate or the second faceplate to the face portion, each fastener having an indicator configured to indicate a weight associated with the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony D. Serrano, David A. Higdon
  • Methods of administering wagering games
    Patent number: 10343053
    Abstract: Methods of administering wagering games may involve accepting an ante wager. Initial cards may be dealt, at least one card face up. A suit selected from spades, diamonds, clubs, and hearts may be randomly designated to be a power suit for a current round of play. A play wager may be accepted, after presenting the option to place the play wager or make a player election to fold. An additional card available may be dealt for each of the initial cards of the power suit. A payout on the ante and play wagers may be paid when the best poker hand formable is a predetermined winning hand, and the ante and play wagers may be collected when the best poker hand formable is not a predetermined winning hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Milosevich, Roger M. Snow, Jeremie Moll