Abstract: A baseball bat is provided with an oval handle to better fit the players grip and reduce breakage. Orientation of the grain relative to the major dimension of the oval permits compensation for rollover and rollunder swings.

Abstract: A flexible wrap for maintaining a thermal pack in heat transfer relation to the human anatomy. The thermal pack contains a quantity of liquid and filler particles which, when the liquid is frozen solid, produces a pliable thermal pack which conforms to contoured surfaces of the human body.

Abstract: A completely automatic, player operable, currency accepting instant lottery machine including a random number generator containing air-mixed balls which are marked on their surfaces with commonly recognized digits and also marked with a uniform pattern of bar code markings arranged in tall and narrow strips. After a mixing process, the balls which have randomly settled into the lower settlement pockets of the transparent random number generator are caused to rotate by jets of compressed air directed tangentially at their surfaces in opposite directions. Bar code scanning light pens located adjacent the settlement pockets and in close proximity to the rotating, randomly selected balls read the bar codes and transmit electronic signals to a computer in the machine which compares the randomly generated number to the player's previously selected number to determine if a successful match has occurred, in which case, a redeemable ticket is dispensed.

Abstract: An audio-visual interactive puzzle includes a rigid puzzle form defining a predetermined number of form cutouts, an upper graphic disposed on the form upper surface, and a plurality of respective removable puzzle pieces, each having a peripheral configuration conforming to that of an associated form cutout and bearing a piece graphic. A flexible membrane bears on the underside thereof a plurality of conductors in predetermined relative disposition, and a plurality of respective lower graphics overlie the flexible membrane and underlie the form cutouts. A spacer includes respective spacer cutouts generally corresponding to and disposed to underlie the form cutouts, and a conductive ground plane underlies the spacer cutouts. An electronic sound generator generates respective predetermined associated sounds in response to the input signals applied thereto.

Abstract: A game played on a game board having an operative configuration of normal squares and special squares, includes a frame and a see-through grid disposed in the frame for releasably receiving game pieces placed thereon and restraining the game pieces against unintended horizontal or vertical displacement. At least one upper planar slide is disposed in a plane below the grid and has normal squares, special squares and see-through squares. At least one lower planar slide is oriented transverse to the upper slide and disposed in a plane below the upper slide, the lower slide having normal squares and special squares (adapted to be viewed through the see-through squares of the upper slide). Optionally, the lower slide also has see-through squares to enable viewing of portions of a conventional game board therebelow (itself having normal and special squares) which can be viewed through the see-through squares of the upper and lower slides when such see-through squares are aligned.

Abstract: An electrode device for heating a tumor in an endotract organ by high frequency convergent electric current has a container of a flexible polymeric material provided with thick side wall, a thick bottom wall connected to one end of the side wall and an opening defined by the other end of the side wall. The device further has a deformable electrode member disposed near an inner surface of the thick bottom wall, and a flexible polymeric film fluid-tightly attached to the other end of the thick side wall. A mesh-like member of a flexible polymeric material is disposed between the electrode member and the flexible polymeric film, and has a plurality of first passages leading to a top surface thereof and a bottom surface thereof, and a plurality of second passages each communicating the first passages with each other.

Abstract: A grip for use on the extending end of the shaft of a golf club is provided with an especially configured array of longitudinally extending grooves which are in direct opposition to the rotation of the golf club about the longitudinal axis of the golf club shaft to resist twisting of the golf club in the golfer's hand resulting from mis-hitting of a golf ball in an off center location toward the toe or heel of the golf club head. The grip may have a visual indicator by which the rotational position of the golf club when being held in a golfer's hands can be determined by visual alignement of the grip with the golfer's hands.

Abstract: A configured pad for use on a body part of a patient to provide cooling is dimensioned to conform to multi-shapes for enhanced versatility in use. The configured pad is a substantially flattened member having a main section with generally oblong-shaped branches extending forwardly on each side and a generally circular-shaped branch extending forwardly from the main section. A cooling zone portion of the pad has an internal flow channel which extends from a lower center half area of the main section along divided halves of the first generally oblong-shaped branch, generally circular-shaped center branch and the second generally oblong-shaped branch to a second lower center half area of the main section. The configured pad has an inlet port tube and an outlet port tube positioned in the lower center area of the cooling zone portion of substantially flattened member for the flow of cooling water through the internal flow channel.

Abstract: A slot machine is provided in which the symbols or indicia to be displayed are selected by using a random number generating technique to generate a random number for each display position, the random number being selected from a range of numbers corresponding to the number of possible indicia for that position with each number corresponding uniquely to one of the indicia. A two step random number selection technique is used wherein the first step comprises selecting one of a plurality of sub-ranges of said range of numbers, one of the sub-ranges being the full range of numbers, and the second step comprises randomly selecting a number from the selected sub-range of numbers and displaying the corresponding indicia.

Abstract: a foldable, portable solar tanning box of sun reflective fabric having a floor comprising plural hingedly connected floor panels, and end walls and side walls, all hingedly connected to the floor. Cooperating fasteners are secured to each of the end walls and adjacent portions of the side walls for holding the side and end walls in the erected position. The fasteners on each of the end walls cooperate with each other to hold the box in the folded position. By this construction and arrangement, the fasteners on the end walls are employed for not only holding the box in the erected position but also for holding the box in the folded position.

Abstract: A universal golf club construction (10) having a variable weight, pitch, and lie club head unit (13) mounted on a shaft unit (12) equipped with an adjustable length handle unit (11). The golf club head unit (13) is rotatably disposed relative to the shaft unit (12) to change the pitch of the club head unit (13) and the impact face member (34) is rotatably disposed relative to the remainder of the club head unit (13) to vary the lie of the impact face member.

Abstract: A bowling pin base ring or insert is locked to the outer plastic coating during the process of encapsulating the wooden pin core with an outer plastic covering. The base ring has a tapered annular surface defining a circumferential channel for engaging a portion of the exterior coating. A number of passages extend through the base ring such that gases produced in the coating process and air trapped in the mold are exhausted as heated coating material flows through the passage and bond the coating material to the base ring and to the wooden core.

Abstract: A game of skill or chance playable by several participants remote from each other in conjunction with a common event, such as a computer game, provides the basic format or template of the game on a floppy disk suitable for use with the remote users' personal computers. Then by connection to a mass communications one way channel, such as an FM SCA channel, variations in the game parameters and characteristics are broadcast at the same time to all of the individual remote players. These characteristics both initialize characteristics of the game and when the game is being played, provide updated playing parameters. A score can later be uploaded to the central station by, for example, telephone lines or any other convenient means.

Abstract: An elongate elastomeric conditioning aid including a central weighted rib engageable with the periphery of a racquet frame. Integral side mounting panels extend from the opposed longitudinal sides of the rib for engagement with the opposed sides of a racquet frame. The mounting panels at the outer edges thereof are provided with elongate locking elements which are releasably interlocked immediately below the frame and between the strings of the racquet.

Abstract: A game machine has a win judgment table. The table stores win information corresponding to each integer in a range of integers. An integers assigned to one special win paying the largest prize is located at the end of the range of integers. In the first game of a win cycle, one integer is randomly selected from the range of integers, and the win information corresponding to this integer is used to determine the outcome of the first game. In each subsequent game of said win cycle, the integer used to determine the outcome of the previous game is incremented and the resulting integer used for the current game. When the end of the integer range is reached, the special win occurs, and the next game becomes the first game of a new win cycle. It is thus assured that the special win occurs in each cycle of games, and that the number of games between special wins never exceeds a certain value.

Abstract: The three-dimensional puzzle extends over the side surfaces of an upright prism having a polygonal base surface. The puzzle is composed of at least two parts (A, B) which are coaxially rotatable (a) relative to each other. The rotation (a) can be manually performed in both directions and each corresponding position of the side faces is marked by a locking engagement between the two parts (A, B). Plaques (1) are slidably (v, h) disposed in a vertical double row on each side face. These plaques (1) cover the full side face. These plaques (1) exhibit on their back side elastic wings (1a) extending and protruding from a connection pin (1b) disposed in the center of the plaque (1). The plaques (1) are slidable at the side faces of the prism in a vertical direction (v) and/or horizontal direction (h) and are held in position with the elastic wings (1a) guided in guide grooves (2). The plaques (1) and elastic wings (1a) are slidable to that side face of the prism which exhibits an empty position (100).

Abstract: An apparatus including a circuitous path arranged about a board originating from a home base and terminating at an objective base for each of four such home and objective bases. The tokens are of a generally paddle shaped configuration and received within apertures about the circuitous path and directed about the circuitous path by utilizing a bridge-path deck of cards to provide the chance relationship between the cards and the tokens to effect movement of the tokens about the path.

Abstract: A lottery type game includes a plurality of indicia which can be exposed to reveal a winning or losing line and has a central indicium covered by scratchable ink and two other indicia covered by an ink which is normally opaque at room temperature but which becomes transparent on heating. The game can be used for the packaging of heatable food products or for other promotions relating to heating equipment.

Abstract: The invention is a game called "Globespin". A globe serves as the gameboard, and other playing pieces include a clothespin which has an adhesive decal attached as a pointer, a deck of cards, a die, and a plurality of tokens which are used as markers. The object of the game is to score a Bingo pattern in any direction on the playing cards, with the position of the markers being determined by spins of the globe.

Abstract: A golf shaft selectively reinforced with a composite outer shell substantially shorter in length than the golf shaft. A single shell is molded at a selected location over the shaft. The location of the shell controls the kick point of the golf shaft. The shell is comprised of a reinforced polymeric composite.