Patents Examined by Steven B. Wong
  • Patent number: 12285666
    Abstract: A golf tee nest is a device designed to help golf enthusiasts practice different golf skills as well as to serve as a storage box or a gift box for one or more golf balls. The device includes a plurality of interlocking pieces and a plurality of golf tees. The plurality of interlocking pieces corresponds to several triangular-shaped retaining pieces that can hold a golf ball in different ways for different golf-related activities. The plurality of interlocking pieces is also designed to be rearranged into different configurations to facilitate the different golf-related activities that the user can perform with the device. The plurality of golf tees corresponds to several golf tees specially designed to facilitate the coupling of the plurality of interlocking pieces in different configurations. The plurality of golf tees can also be utilized without the plurality of interlocking pieces to perform different golf-related activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventors: Jian Xu, Feier Xu
  • Patent number: 12285655
    Abstract: A luminous ball includes a light-transmittance inner airbag, a light-transmittance outer surface layer, a light-emitting assembly and a cover body. The light-transmittance inner airbag defines an inflation space. An accommodating slot is provided in the light-transmittance inner airbag. The outer wall of the accommodating slot extending into the inflatable space from the outside. The light-transmittance outer surface layer is wrapped around an outer surface of the light-transmittance inner airbag. The light-transmittance outer surface layer is provided with a first opening. The light-emitting assembly is detachably inserted into the accommodating slot. The cover body is in detachable threaded connection to an inner wall of the accommodating slot and covers the accommodating slot to limit the light-emitting assembly in the accommodating slot. The cover body is in detachable to the accommodating slot and covers the accommodating slot to limit the light-emitting assembly in the accommodating slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Shenzhen Jiaxin Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Penghui Xie
  • Patent number: 12280299
    Abstract: A rechargeable baseball core is provided, which includes a luminous ball and a cover covering a surface of the luminous ball. The luminous ball includes a housing, a luminous component, and a battery component. The luminous component is provided on the housing and configured for luminescent. The battery component includes a battery shell and a battery module. The battery shell is fixedly provided on the housing and is made of fire-resistant material. The battery shell is provided with a protection chamber and a connection groove that is penetrated through. The connection groove communicates to the protection chamber, and the battery module is clamped and fixed to the protection chamber and electrically connected to the luminous component through wires in the connection groove. The present application has an effect of reducing losses caused by battery self-ignition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Inventor: Tianpei Tang
  • Patent number: 12274922
    Abstract: A magnetic pickleball comprising a hollow body and a plurality of second magnetic parts attached to the body, wherein, the body is provided with a roughly spherical outer hub, and a plurality of holes are also formed on the body, and the plurality of holes are evenly distributed around an outer surface of the body; and wherein the second magnetic part comprises a closed end and an open end, and a diameter of the closed end is larger than that of the hole; and wherein when the plurality of second magnetic parts are attached to the body, the open end is embedded in the holes, so that the body forms a substantially regular ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Jinlong Lai
  • Patent number: 12263391
    Abstract: Training balls are presented including: a solid sphere defining a first hemisphere having a first surface and a second hemisphere having a second surface; a tactile feature positioned along the first surface and substantially centered with the first hemisphere, where the tactile feature includes: a center portion having a closed geometric shape; and a continuous grooved border encompassing the center portion; a first grooved feature positioned along the second surface, where the first grooved feature includes a first body segment; a second grooved feature positioned along the second surface, where the second grooved feature includes a second body segment, where the first body segment and the second body segment are substantially parallel, and where the first grooved feature and the second grooved feature are substantially centered with and solely upon the second hemisphere along the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Inventor: Christopher Jon Mackie
  • Patent number: 12257481
    Abstract: The ball is a thin-walled hollow sphere that includes an array of apertures with dimples in a pattern that are concentric to the aperture array. Dimples are provided on the exterior surface of the ball between the apertures with the pattern and dimensions of the dimples varying based on proximity to the apertures. Internal protuberances are provided on the interior surface of the hollow ball such that the interior surface also manages aerodynamic airflow through the ball. Channels are also provided around each of the apertures within the ball which may intersect proximate dimples or be spaced therefrom. The ball also includes apertures having converging and diverging sidewalls that form a venturi shape to increase inflow air into the apertures and outflow air out of the apertures. Finally, the ball also maintains a weight:diameter ratio within a fixed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: ZEpickleball Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Franceschelli, John J. Anderson, Wouter Remmerie
  • Patent number: 12251609
    Abstract: A bag for a bag toss game includes a first panel, a second panel opposite the first panel, and at least one gusset panel disposed between the first and second panels. The first and second panels joined to at least a part of the at least one gusset panel, proximate respective peripheral edges, to define an enclosed receptacle, and a fill material sealed within the receptacle. In another aspect, the gusset panel, in a filled condition of the bag, is arranged substantially perpendicular to at least one of the first panel or the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Elakai Ltd.
    Inventor: Eric Marvin
  • Patent number: 12251605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ball, in particular a soccer ball, comprising: a shell with a plurality of panels on an outside of the shell, wherein the plurality of panels are arranged in such a way that there is a gap between two adjacent panels, and wherein the gap is at least partly filled with a filling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Nürnberg
  • Patent number: 12233348
    Abstract: A puzzle box. The puzzle box includes an assemblable puzzle having at least one puzzle piece, and at least one movable element movable between an initial position and a subsequent position. A configuration of the puzzle pieces of the assemblable puzzle provides an inducement for a movement of the movable element into the subsequent position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventor: Alexander Krys
  • Patent number: 12220617
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a rechargeable luminous ball, which includes a ball providing with several cavities; a luminous component including a luminous body, an interior of the luminous body is provided with a battery, the luminous body is provided with a lamp bead and a charge port; and a first cover cap providing with a luminous component fix groove, the luminous component is interference-fit with the luminous component fix groove. Besides, the first cover cap is provided with an opening, the opening is interference-fit with a second cover cap, the charge port is located below the opening; the first cover cap can be detachably connected to the cavity. When the first cover cap is installed in the cavity, the first cover cap is interference-fit with an inner wall of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 12220621
    Abstract: A golf tee has a shaft and a top plate. The top plate is mounted on a top of the shaft. The top plate has an up-facing ball-supporting surface. The shaft inclines toward a direction of stroke and is oblique with respect to the ball-supporting surface, so that the shaft and a center line of the ball-supporting surface include an inclination angle therebetween. The top plate further has a plurality of spaced bulges arranged along a rim of the ball-supporting surface. Thereby, the golf tee helps improve hitting accuracy and carry distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Wei Shen Shen
  • Patent number: 12220624
    Abstract: A recommended distance provision method for providing a recommended distance in consideration of characteristics of wind by a distance recommendation device for golf is proposed. The method includes calculating a horizontal distance, a vertical distance, and the recommended distance of a shot, which are distances to a target without considering an influence of the wind, on the basis of measurement information including a straight-line distance to the target and an inclination to the target, calculating a horizontal distance correction value for the horizontal distance on the basis of information on a wind direction and a wind speed, calculating an adjusted landing angle for a preset landing angle on the basis of the information on the wind direction and the wind speed, and calculating an additional distance correction value, and calculating a final recommended distance by adding the calculated additional distance correction value and the horizontal distance correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: RNDUS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyu-Shik Jung
  • Patent number: 12208320
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multifaceted device for installing and removing golf balls, tees and ball markers designed to vary for a golfer's desired ball height. The invention incorporates an electromagnet solenoid which can be turned on and off to retain and release a ball marker. The device is designed to eliminate the otherwise necessity of stooping and bending when engaging in the sport of golf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventor: James T. Bown
  • Patent number: 12179068
    Abstract: A sports ball is configured to enhance detection of spin properties by radar. The ball includes a spherical body having a first reflectivity with respect to radiation generated by a radar to be used in detecting spin of the ball. In addition, the ball includes a plurality of markers. Each of the markers has a second reflectivity with respect to the radiation generated by a radar to be used in detecting spin of the ball. The second reflectivity is different from the first reflectivity. The markers are distributed on the ball so that every great circle extending around an exterior surface of the ball is within a distance d of a projection on the exterior surface of the ball of at least one of the markers. The distance d is less than a radius of the ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Nicolaj Peter Hermansen, Thomas Harries Hasselbalch
  • Patent number: 12172055
    Abstract: A ball body is covered by a plurality of skin members formed integrally of a soft material comprised of resin or rubber as a shaped structure having a front wall portion, a circumferential wall portion and a recess portion altogether. In the recess portion, between the ball body and each skin member, there is formed a hollow portion surrounded by the ball body and the respective skin member and separating the ball body and the front wall portion from each other. As a cushion portion and an air present portion are coexistent in each hollow portion, when a person grips a ball, the cushion portion is collapsed to increase the area of contact between the outer face of the ball and the pulp(s) of the finger(s), thus facilitating the person's gripping of the ball. The readily grippable state of the ball can be maintained for a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MOLTEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Wakibayashi, Kunihiko Yamada, Hisashi Kubota
  • Patent number: 12168183
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for a system for a 3-D combination puzzle cube. A game device may include: an outer shell defining a set of guide channels, an inner shell housed within the outer shell, a tumbler system housed within the inner shell, and a set of cube components configured to slide across the set of guide channels, where the set of cube components are arranged to form a 3×3×3 cube, and where at least four cube components on each side of the formed 3×3×3 cube have an imprinted chess piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Cornia Productions, Inc.
    Inventor: Alessandro Cornia
  • Patent number: 12151145
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face member with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a flange that comprises a portion of the crown. The flange comprising a second member. The second member having a variable front to back width that is greater at the heel and toe than the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Akiyama
  • Patent number: 12145027
    Abstract: A sports ball for use in baseball-type games includes a hollow, substantially spherical plastic ball that has a plurality of substantially planar, intersecting regions covering an outer surface thereof. Preferably the ball also has a weight that is substantially less than a weight of a regulation baseball, for enhancing safety in use. The sports system further includes a bat for use with the ball, or with any similar ball, preferably a plastic ball. The bat is a hollow, elongated member that has a handle portion adjacent a bottom end and a barrel portion between the handle portion and a top end. The bat further has a sheath surrounding at least a portion of the barrel portion. The sheath has a coefficient of friction higher than a coefficient of friction of a surface of the barrel portion, for imparting “traction” to a struck ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventor: Aaron J. Kim
  • Patent number: 12145028
    Abstract: A ball structure includes a light-permeable ball, a lighting module and a waterproof cap. The light-permeable ball is disposed with an opening. The lighting module includes a light-permeable sleeve disposed in the light-permeable ball, and a circuit board set. An end of the light-permeable sleeve has an open end corresponding to the opening. The circuit board set includes a circuit board received in the light-permeable sleeve, and a lighting element, a vibration switch, an electricity storage element and a charge connector all electrically installed on the circuit board. The charge connector is exposed from the opening. The waterproof cap plugs and seals the opening and the open end. Therefore, the ball structure has functions of lighting and charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: YUHONG ELECTRONIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei-Jen Liang
  • Patent number: 12121776
    Abstract: A sports ball, for example a soccer ball, comprising a hollow shell and a pit suspended within the hollow shell by a plurality of cords. In some embodiments, the plurality of cords may comprise a first end coupled to the hollow shell at a first location, a second end coupled to the hollow shell at a second location, and a center portion coupled to the pit. In some embodiments, the pit may be suspended within the hollow shell by a plurality of cords, with each of the plurality of cords comprising a frayed end secured to the hollow shell at one of a plurality of spaced apart locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Scott Tomlinson, Ian Michael Munson, Barry Grant Mannie, Christian Walter DiBenedetto