Abstract: A game board for use in placing a modified version of the ancient board game GO. The board contains a rectangular arrangement of equi-dimensional, contiguous hexagons. Nine predetermined points are marked on the board in the form of one point located in the center area of the center hexagon and eight points, symmetrically located around the one central point. Two differently colored sets of stones are also provided. A different variation to the game includes two rows of colored spaces at each end of the board and apertures at the center of each hexagon and at the corner of each hexagon. The apertures serve to receive pegs which are placed therein.

Abstract: An angular hockey stick handle adapted to fit standard hockey stick shafts to provide an angled gripping portion is disclosed. The handle incorporates a lower socket portion adapted to fit over the end of a conventional hockey stick, and an integral, angled gripping portion intersecting one end of the socket portion at an angle of approximately 130.degree.. The handle is constructed of lightweight plastic and is removably fastened to the hockey stick by means of suitable fasteners.

Abstract: A game in which the players construct a three dimensional playing field during the course of play using pieces that include assigned tokens and common tiles. Each of the tiles is divided into a number of spaces such that each space is adapted to support either an assigned token or a portion of another tile with latter establishing a new level. A board provides a base surface with markings for the placement of the first level of tiles. Each of the tiles is constructed such that its upper surface can support other tiles or tokens. The tokens are supported by recesses located on the upper surface of the tiles. Other tiles are supported by intersecting slots located on the upper surface of the tiles. The game is won by the first player to place an assigned token atop a preselected level.

Abstract: A backgammon board game for two, three or four players wherein the movement spaces are positioned in the form of a cross. Each of the players is given 15 stones which they must move around the board according to rules which are similar to those used in conventional backgammon. The stones of each player are of a color different from the stones of the other players.

Abstract: A racket stringing machine utilizing an improved retaining standard for securing a racket to be strung in a fixed position. The retaining standard includes a vise portion and a clamp portion. The clamp portion has an attached rod that fits into a hole in the vise. The clamp portion serves to maintain the racket to be strung in a fixed position on the vise. The vise also includes a slot into which a dog is inserted. The dog bears against the clamp rod and fixes it in a particular location. A handle having a cam portion is also provided. The cam portion of the handle engages the dog so as to allow selective engagement with the clamp rod. Additionally, frame retainers of different sizes and shapes are provided that allow rackets of various configurations to be strung with the same stringing machine.

Abstract: A tennis racket having a hand-grip shell that can be moved longitudinally on the frame shaft. The hand-grip shell is formed of two half-shells made of a hard material which, by means of an elastic winding strip, a tube or several tube sections are pressed together so that the thus formed grip is held firmly on the shaft, but can still be moved longitudinally therealong. In addition, an adjusting device, such as an adjusting screw, is provided for adjusting the position of the hand-grip on the shaft. The result is that, in a simple manner, an easy individual lengthening or shortening of the grip can take place.

Abstract: A board game in which an articulated token is moveable along a serpentine path on a game board having path rows of spaces separated by intermediate zones with each intermediate zone containing an end turning space. The token has a number of disks joined together by a bead chain that permits a disk to be turned from one side to the opposite side, which is distinguished by color or other indicia, independently of the other disk segments as well as to permit the movement of the token along the serpentine path. A shooter moveable along the edge of the board is provided for hitting individual disk segments rendering them inoperable and requiring the player to turn the hit segments over to indicate their inoperability. Blocking tokens, both moveable and fixed, are also provided to protect the articulated token from being hit by the shooter as well as to hinder movement of the articulated token along the serpentine path.

Abstract: A goalkeeper's hockey stick having a blade and a shaft rigidly connected to the blade at the heel end. The shaft has three sections with a first section being straight and extending upwards from the heel end of the blade. A second section forms first and second bends with the first bend causing the shaft to extend upwardly and rearwardly from the first section and the second bend causing the shaft above the second bend to extend substantially parallel to the first section. The third section is straight and extends upwards from said second bend. Preferably the shaft has a slight transverse curve near its upper end which results in a deviation from the plane defined by the blade and the first section of the shaft of about 1 inch.

Abstract: An injection molded baseball bat with a core of thermoplastic plus a blowing agent and a solid skin of thermoplastic per se injected into the mold at one and the same time. The skin and core may be of the same or of different thermoplastic. The baseball bat is a unitary structure of superior strength and finish with the foamed core and solid skin fused together.

Abstract: A weight device for attachment to a tennis racket having two sheets separated by an elastic member. Each sheet contains a plurality of weights which are housed in chambers. The chambers are formed by the joining of two layers of flexible material at spaced locations.

Abstract: The blade of the stick is formed by placing two blade sections against the lower tapered end of a handle of the stick. The two blade sections are each made as laminated sections, made up of two laminations of wood with a fiberglass layer therebetween. The grain of the two wood pieces of each blade section are offset 45.degree. to one another for greater shear strength. The cavity between the two blade sections is filled with a pliable material that hardens to make the complete blade structure. The outer surfaces of the blade and the side surfaces of the handle are coated with layers of fiberglass.

Abstract: A non-slip handle for a hand held device, such as a tennis racket, which consists of a longitudinal opening in the center of the handle into which some cooling mechanism, such as a pressurized carbon dioxide gas container, a chemical mixture or dry ice, is inserted. Transverse openings or conducting members extending from the surface of the handle to the longitudinal opening allow the cooling mechanism to maintain the handle surface at a cool temperature reducing perspiration and resultant slippage.

Abstract: The improved racquetball racquet has a strung surface which is larger in area than the strung surface of a conventional racquet, and in which the strung area is both longer in length and width than the strung area of a conventional racquet. However, the overall weight and balance of a conventional racquetball racquet which have proven necessary for good playing characteristics for all such racquets have been maintained. The racquet has synergistically combined the weight of the racquet, the center of mass of the racquet, the stiffness of the frame, and the response characteristics to create a racquet of sufficient durability with a larger "sweet spot" to facilitate the playing of the sport and to increase the level of skill, particularly of the novice and intermediate players.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic stroke builder has a specially configured aquatic hand section and forearm section with fins to progressively strengthen a person's arms, shoulders, chest and back. The hydrodynamic stroke builder can be interchangeably used by men, women and children alike and permits a wide range of movement with controlled amounts of fluid resistive forces, torque and torsion underwater. The stroke building consists of a hand engaging section which is either flat or convex and which has holes therein so that the user's fingers can readily grasp the hand engaging section. The forearm section conforms to the shape of the user's forearm and has V or U shaped fins extending therefrom to provide the proper resistance when the device is being used. The stroke builder can also include an upper arm section similar in design to the forearm section. The various sections are connected together by way of hinges.

Abstract: A hand paddle for a paddle ball game includes a back member with a back surface which is conformed generally to the shape of either a user's right or left hand. The paddle includes a contoured palm support region, a plurality of elongated finger receiving depressions extending from the palm support region and a thumb manipulation region adjacent to the palm support region and the elongated finger receiving depressions. Each elongated depression has a finger gripping ridge transverse thereto at a distal location relative to the palm support region for being gripped by the end of the finger positioned in that elongated depression. The back surface also includes a thumb gripping ridge adjacent the thumb manipulation region for being pressed against by the user's thumb to facilitate gripping of the back surface of the back member. Retention straps, including finger straps, crisscrossed hand straps and a crisscrossed wrist strap are attached to the back member for holding the hand paddle on the user's hand.

Abstract: A sporting implement and more specifically, a racket. The racket has a frame connected to a handle and a tubular member disposed about the frame and handle. A liquid refrigerant located in the tubular member serves to dissipate heat generated by the user's hand. The tubular member has portions which define an evaporator and a condenser such that heat from the user's hand evaporates the refrigerant and the evaporated refrigerant travels to the condensing area where it changes back to a liquid state.

Abstract: A tension adjusting device for a racket consists of two engageable parts. A first part is oblong and U-shaped in cross-section and is attached to one side of the strung surface of the racket. The second part has a cross-sectional width that is smaller than the distance between the legs formed by the U-shaped first part. The second part is fitted between the legs of the first part and held in place through the use of a screw.

Abstract: A racquet for use in playing tennis and other ball and racquet games has a stringing pattern which comprises a pair of longitudinal central strings (5') located symmetrically one on each side of the central longitudinal axis of the racquet frame, and four additional strings disposed outwardly of each of the central strings. The stringing pattern also comprises a pair of transverse strings (5") located symmetrically one on each side of the central transverse axis at a distance of approximately 40% of the length (L) of the strung surface as measured from the inner edge of the racquet throat (3). Also, both in directions toward the tip of the racquet frame (6) and toward the throat (3) four additional strings are arranged. Additional longitudinal and transverse strings are provided that are arranged outwardly from the aforementioned strings.

Abstract: A hockey stick having a head attached to a handle in such a manner that the free end of the head is bent through 180.degree. with regard to the handle. The hockey stick is formed from a plurality of laminations and the head has a portion which is thickened. The distance between the free end of the head and the handle is such that a hockey ball cannot pass through.

Abstract: A board game having a squarely configured playing board is subdivided into eight (8) rows and eight (8) columns of uniformly dimensioned squares. Each square is provided with a numeral so that the squares appear to be randomly numbered although the pattern of such numbering system corresponds to the Table of Numbers from the Book of Change (I Ching), an ancient Chinese manuscript. The playing pieces are coded so that each playing piece has a top half and a bottom half. In playing the game, jumping an opponent's piece results in inversion of the jumped piece and such inverted piece may regain its original, upright position by jumping an opponent's piece. However, an inverted piece must be removed from the board if it is jumped a second time. The game is won by either capturing, by jumping, all of one's opponent's pieces, or by successfully arranging three of one's own pieces in contiguous, linearly aligned relation to one another on an opponent's back row.