Abstract: A competitive electronic game toy for one or more players, dependent upon personal reaction time and hand-eye coordination. Players manually trigger the sequencing of lights along one or two paths having successive segments bearing award indicia of a selected game or sport, and also manually halt the sequencing at will. The segments are marked with award indicia of a selected game or sport, and may be point scores or instructions to add or delete turns or for simulated playing of a game or sport, such as baseball. The players, striving to be awarded a high score or good play, try to stop the light sequencing at a path sgement with favorable indicia.

Abstract: Apparatus useful as a puzzle comprising a playing board having a square, flat playing surface, moveable chicklets of equal thickness and of equal square size, at least some of said chicklets decorated so as to form a picture on their appearance surfaces only when said puzzle is solved by moving said chicklets into a solution position, said chicklets being moveable in a horizontal plane along a flat surface within said board, said board having a retaining curb around the border of said flat playing surface and a transparent retaining means parallel to and spaced above said flat playing surface by slightly more than the thickness of said chicklets and adapted to retain said moveable chicklets in a playing area and to permit the player to see the appearance surface of all of said chicklets, said transparent retaining means having open areas through which the player may use a finger to move said chicklets, said open areas being only in positions other than the corner positions and the four central positions, the

Abstract: An aid for gripping implements or objects, particularly in athletic and sporting endeavors. A fabric member impregnated with non-slip material is attached in layered fashion to a terry-cloth towel which is so arranged to enclose and protect the impregnated layer when the layered structure is held in a folded position by detachable members. Portability of the gripping aid is made possible by means of a suitable hanger.

Abstract: A magnetic pendulum random number selector having a symmetrical field of permanent magnets mounted in its base, along with a pendulum with a magnetized mass supported to swing through the fields of the magnets. The magnets are arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical axis through the pendulum support point. The pendulum is manually set to swinging and comes to rest randomly at one of several locations above the assembly of magnets.

Abstract: A golf club head and hosel construction. The head has a front face facing in the intended direction of flight of a golf ball and a sole extends rearwardly from the lower edge of the front face. The lower extremity of the front face is downwardly convex, having a central generally curved apex, and an alignment marker is disposed on the front face directly above the apex. The heel and toe portions of the rear face are provided with enlargements which border a generally vertical arched depression. The lower end of the depression terminates at the sole adjacent the lower extremity of the front face to provide a generally sharp edge capable of penetrating the turf, while the heel and toe enlargements control the penetration of the edge into the turf. The hosel which is connected to the head includes a generally sharp hosel edge facing in the direction of flight, and a generally flat surface borders the hosel edge and merges into the head.

Abstract: A breast binder for supporting the breast during breast engorgement. It would be worn after child deliver, basically by mothers who do not intend to breast feed their babies, to help treat the pain caused by breast engorgement.

Abstract: A golf clubhead with enhanced moments of inertia along both its twist and loft axes has a toe weight means of a first predetermined density comprising first and second substantial percentages as upper and lower concentrations of mass positioned respectively in predetermined fixed locations adjacent the top and bottom corners of the toe between the striking surface and the back. A medium of a second predetermined density less dense than the first predetermined density of the toe weight means may substantially separate the upper concentration from the lower concentration, the upper concentration and may generally separate from the central boundary of the toe section.

Abstract: A tennis racket comprising a frame formed of a pair of tubes attached together throughout the majority of the bow and then separated in the throat-beams for at least a portion of their extents; a yoke attached to the tubes adjacent to the ends of the throat-beams to form, in association with the portions of the tube, an essentially oval-shaped bow, the periphery of the bow having spaced holes therethrough; a single groove formed around the entire external periphery of the bow; a continuous grommet strip positioned within the groove and extending through the openings in the throat-beams and around the entire external periphery of the bow, the grommet strip being provided with spaced holes aligned with the holes of the bow; a bumper strip positioned under a portion of the grommet strip including the tip, the bumper strip being provided with spaced holes aligned with the holes of both the bow and the grommet strip, the holes of the bumper strip, grommet strip and bow being perpendicular to the tangent of the inn

Abstract: A racquet handle with an ellipsoidal cross-section, the long axis of which increases toward its distal end. Attached to the distal end of the handle is a metal weight, which extends the center of percussion, increases racquet head control, increases the power of heavily wristed shots, and neutralizes impact forces that may cause damage to a player's joints. The long ellipsoidal axis may be made radially adjustable about the longitudinal axis of the handle to suit the grip styles of individuals.

Abstract: A slot machine is disclosed having three coaxially mounted reels and a mechanism for simultaneously spinning the three reels when a starting handle is pulled, and stopping them at three new stopping positions in response to control signals from a microprocessors. Each reel has a sprocket with 32 stopping positions and a coding ring with a plurality of slots arranged on a circumferential path about the reel's axis, forming a single track of digital information which may be read by a single optic sensor as the reel rotates. The track has 32 equally spaced fields of optical information corresponding to the 32 stopping positions of the reels. Each field has one slot, the slot width alternating between wide and narrow arcuate sizes about the coding ring, with one sequence of three narrow slots marking a home position for its respective reel.

Abstract: Game apparatus that includes a game board having markings thereon representing an imaginary oil well, a number of imaginary oil storage tanks and water storage tanks, and an imaginary channel extending from the imaginary oil well to the different imaginary storage tanks. A number of separate miniature flow line section pieces are adapted to be placed onto the different channels to form imaginary flow lines between the oil well and the various storage tanks. During the playing of the game die are rolled to establish prices for selling oil form the oil storage tanks or for disposing of water from the water storage tanks. Play money is exchanged to determine the game winner, i.e. the player acquiring the most money.

Abstract: The specification herein discloses a golf club having an improved moment of inertia. The improved moment of inertia is for both a driver and a putter. The driver is formed of an investment casting having peripheral weights proximate the toe side and heel side of the club. A third weight is provided at the rear of the club. The weights provide a three dimensional configuration for weighting the club wherein the rear weight provides an increased moment of inertia. By increasing the moment of inertia, the club has a lesser tendency to twist when it strikes the ball off the center of gravity thereby creating less torque or twist to the club head for more accurate direction. The putter has the moment of inertia weighting applied above its midline center of gravity so that it provides overspin or top spin to the ball when struck.

Abstract: An educational tool in the form of a word game is disclosed. Each player starts on his own colored starting point at the bottom of the game area. Each player is represented by a colored alphabet set of blocks that are selected before the start of the game. During successive turns, the players must travel up and across the board by forming words while using one letter from the previous word, and must return the remaining letters to a return section of a tray with the letters facing down. All the letters used by a player from his selector holder to form a word must be substituted by the letters from a surplus section of a supply tray. To accomplish their goal and win the game, the players must enter their respective color goal or finish point on the top of the game area. If in a turn more than one player reaches his goal, the winner will be the one having the most letters in his color goal.

Abstract: A picture identification game apparatus for competitive determination of the identity of the subject matter of a partially exposed picture, such as a photograph or drawing of a well-known person, thing, or member of a select group. The picture is initially concealed with cover pieces of opaque material removably secured in an adjacent relationship to a protective window superimposed in front of the picture. Each of the pieces is uniquely identified by a marking on the exposed surface thereof. The covered picture is then displayed or published to the members of a group of competing participants. By a process which is keyed to the identifying marks, a first one of the opaque pieces is randomly selected and removed, thereby exposing a small portion of the concealed picture. After a predetermined period of time, a second piece is randomly selected and removed, thereby revealing another small portion of the concealed picture.

Abstract: A system that simulates indoors a game of golf as it would be played outdoors on a conventional golf course and also provides the player with a diagnosis of his golf swing. An accurate determination is made of the trajectory, spin and velocity of a driven golf ball is made to determine the flight path it would take in an unimpeded ennvironment. From this information there is provided to the player a projected image that his golf ball would take on a real golf course as well as diagnostic information about his swing.

Abstract: A computer controlled illuminated globe almanac is disclosed for rotating the globe to a selected viewing position and illuminating selected points, lines and areas on the globe. The system also displays and/or prints associated almanac-type data such as, for example, city or country name and population, river name an length, etc.

Abstract: A reading machine and a method of teaching reading are disclosed in which a source of information to be read by a student learning how to read is scanned and entered into a memory. The words from the source are augmented with symbols and numbers to facilitate learning how to speak each sound of each syllable in the correct sequence.

Abstract: An iron golf club including a head with a hitting portion having a hitting surface for hitting a golf ball, a hosel and a connecting wall extending between the hitting portion and the hosel and forming a hosel pocket. In an iron golf club set, the thickness of the hosel pocket wall is made smaller to thin the surface of the wall on the side of the hitting surface as the length of the shaft becomes shorter.

Abstract: A steering apparatus for a game machine according to the invention has a mechanism in which a steering wheel is rotated in accordance with the steering operation of the player and is automatically returned to the center. An end cam which always receives the elastic force of a compression coil spring sets the steering wheel to the neutral position, namely, the center by way of a guide roller. For instance, when the player operates the steering wheel to the right rotational direction, the guide roller rotates to the right together with the steering shaft. Thus, the end cam moves along the axial direction of the steering shaft in accordance with a rotational angle of the steering wheel. Then, when the steering wheel is released, the end cam receives the elastic force of the compression coil spring and allows the steering wheel to be returned to the center by way of the guide roller without performing the reversing operation of the steering wheel.

Abstract: A ball return assembly for use with a pitching machine in a batting cage includes a conveyor having an endless loop belt with a transport surface provided with a plurality of spaced depressions each adapted to receive a ball. The belt is supported and guided along a generally horizontal ball return path to permit balls in the batting cage to be returned to the pitching machine.