Patents Examined by Steven B. Wong
  • Patent number: 11571612
    Abstract: A divot repair tool for fixing divots in the playing surface made while playing golf. The tool is attached to the grip of a golf club and used to replace and fix divots in the grass. The club allows the tool to be extended to the ground without bending over or squatting down, thus reducing sports related injuries. The divot repair tool includes removable prongs and blade that can be used to fix the divot holes using a levering motion or a rotational motion. The divot repair tool can include an automated motorized embodiment that can rotate the tool and the individual prongs to repair the divot holes. Both versions can press the divot material up against a flat surface of the tool to further flatten the playing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Ryan Harland Tarrant
  • Patent number: 11565155
    Abstract: A sports ball includes an inflatable ball or a non-inflatable ball. A photosensitive layer is provided on an outer side of the non-inflatable ball. The inflatable ball includes an inner bladder. An outer side of the inner bladder is bonded to a patch layer through an adhesive layer. A valve core is fixed and penetrates from an inner side of the inner bladder to an outer side of the patch layer, such that the inner side of the inner bladder communicates with the outer side of the patch layer through the valve core. A spacer groove is formed between the outer side of the inner bladder and the patch layer. A sealing strip is bonded to an inner side of the spacer groove; and the photosensitive layer is provided on the outer side of the patch layer. The photosensitive layer includes UV photochromic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ZHANGZHOU CITY GUANTENG SPORTS PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lucheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11559725
    Abstract: A lighted sports ball is provided. The lighted sports ball includes an interior housing through which light can pass. The interior housing features a cavity within the interior housing. The lighted sports ball further includes a circuit board mounted to the interior housing. The circuit board is connected to a battery and has a light module as well as a controller for controlling an output of the at least one light module. An exterior cover is applied over the interior housing. The exterior cover has an aperture through which light from the light module can pass. Further, a lighted sports ball kit including a lighted sports ball and a charging stand is provided. Furthermore, a method for using the lighted sports ball is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Southern Telecom Inc.
    Inventor: Sol Ayal
  • Patent number: 11559734
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a surface orientation sensing structure, where six printed circuit boards are combined to form a regular hexahedron as the axis of an intelligent magic cube, and a main control chipset can recognize layer rotation by simply sweeping a copper foil through a brush sheet to cause a level change, so that the position change of the layer can be recognized more accurately, a step loss rate is reduced, parts are reduced, and the assembly process is simplified. The present invention further discloses an intelligent magic cube, where all the parts related to orientation sensing are concentrated on the axis, so that the intelligent magic cube can be operated more easily and smoothly, the intelligent functions of the intelligent magic cube can be used more smoothly, and user experience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU GANYUAN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ganyuan Jiang
  • Patent number: 11534663
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the lightweight golf clubs described herein include a thin crown, a thin sole, a mass efficient weight system, and a thin faceplate to maximize performance gains (e.g., ball travel distance, impact efficiency, and ball speed) targeted to individuals with swing speeds less than 85 mph. As will be further described below, in order to achieve a lightweight golf club head (having a thin crown, a thin sole, a mass efficient weight system, and a thin faceplate), the golf club head further comprises a crown-to-faceplate bridge and a sole-to-faceplate bridge to control the characteristic time (CT) properties of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Travis D. Milleman, Eric J. Morales, Ryan M. Stokke
  • Patent number: 11524212
    Abstract: A method of customizing a golf club, wherein the method includes generating operating data representative of a user operating a mechanical device. The operating data is generated by a first sensor sized and configured to be removably positioned in a mounting port formed on the mechanical device during operation of the mechanical device. The sensor is interchangeably positionable in the mounting port with at least one mass insert, the at least one mass insert being adapted to be interchangeably positioned in the mounting to provide at least two different mass configurations. The method further includes determining a recommended configuration of the at least one mass insert specific to the user based on the operating data generated by the sensor, and transmitting information representative of the recommended mass insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keith Dolezel, Dan Nivanh, Patrick Ripp
  • Patent number: 11524222
    Abstract: Provided is a polyhedral toy which has a wider variety of playing patterns and cannot be predicted in terms of change in forms to thereby enable enhancement of elements of puzzles. A first polyhedral piece for forming an upper face of a cube is coupled to a second polyhedral piece for forming a first side face of the cube and a third polyhedral piece for forming a second side face adjacent to the first side face at respective sides of bottom faces of the first polyhedral piece, the second polyhedral piece, and the third polyhedral piece. The second polyhedral piece is coupled to a fourth polyhedral piece for forming a third side face opposed to the second side face of the cube at respective sides of the bottom face of the second polyhedral piece and a bottom face of the fourth polyhedral piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hanayama International Trading Limited
    Inventors: Kobayashi Kunihiro, Nishihara Akira
  • Patent number: 11511164
    Abstract: A football device includes an outer skin and an inner bladder to be inflatable and substantially resemble and perform like an actual football. The football device includes a sensor unit that can sense various performance metrics and wirelessly communicate data to another device such as a mobile device. To maintain a feel and performance as close to an actual football as possible, a battery powering the sensor unit is wirelessly recharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Danya Ganj Francis
  • Patent number: 11504590
    Abstract: An adjustable golf tee comprises a body extending from a head, a plurality of bulbous portions extending radially from the body and spaced apart along a length of the body, and a flexible stop adjustably secured to the body between an adjacent pair of the plurality of bulbous portions. The flexible stop comprises a disc defining a central hole through which the body is configured to pass to releasably connect the flexible stop to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: YATTA GOLF LLC
    Inventors: Abraham Bedard, Kelby Gatrell, Benjamin Bedard
  • Patent number: 11497985
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional logic game has a support structure, an actuating structure attached to the support structure and game elements attached to the actuating structure. The game elements are formed as carriages provided with first and second marking surfaces and are slidably mounted on rails attached to the actuating structure. The actuating structure is movable between a first and a second rest position. In the first rest position, a first group of three rails form first rail rings around vertices of a first tetrahedron wherein the first marking surfaces of the carriages are facing outwardly, while the second marking surfaces are facing inwardly. In the second rest position, a second group of three rails form second rail rings around vertices of a second tetrahedron while in the point reflection of the first tetrahedron reflected over the geometric centre thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: János Szabolcs
  • Patent number: 11491374
    Abstract: An illuminated pickleball contains an elongated illuminated element with two opposing ends and comprises a shell that includes a plurality of apertures therethrough, two of which being designated as access aperture. The shell includes two opposing element holders which each include a shank projecting inwardly from the inside surface at one of the access apertures and which are mutually longitudinally aligned through a center point of the shell. Each holder is adapted for receiving the elongated illumination element and for retaining one of the opposing ends of the elongated illumination element by friction. When one end of the illumination element is inserted through an access aperture and then through one of the holders to engage the opposing holder, the opposing end of the elongated illumination element is retained, and the illumination element traverses through the center point of the shell and illuminates the pickleball from within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Corky F. Newcomb
  • Patent number: 11484780
    Abstract: A magnetic levitation magic cube includes edge blocks, corner blocks and center blocks. Inner sides of two side faces close to the corner blocks of the edge block each are provided with three magnet mounting grooves, and a magnet is mounted in each of the magnet mounting grooves. The center block includes a center block body and a center block cover. The center block cover covers and is spliced to the opening of the center block body. The center block further includes an upper magnetic disk and a lower magnetic disk. The upper magnetic disk is provided with a through-hole for fastening a central shaft of the magic cube. The lower magnetic disk is provided with a through-hole for the central shaft of the magic cube to pass through. Two repelling annular magnets are fixedly mounted in each of the upper magnetic disk and the lower magnetic disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU GANYUAN INIELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ganyuan Jiang
  • Patent number: 11484761
    Abstract: A portable magnification angle adjuster for golf putting is proposed. More particularly, in the portable magnification angle adjuster for golf putting, the decrease of the beauty and portability of the magnification angle adjuster due to the protruding of the knob from the casing during the rotation of a knob for the rectilinear movement of a rotation weight is prevented, and the range of the engagement of threads formed to move the rotation weight is limited such that the moving distance of the rotation weight is limited. To this end, the portable magnification angle adjuster includes: a casing; an indication hand; a knob; and a dial; and a rotation weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Hyun Duk Uhm
  • Patent number: 11478690
    Abstract: A multi-use golf training tool which may be used to film a golfer or to be used to read a putting green. When being used to film a golfer, a phone camera is attached to the upper end of the tool and the lower end of the tool is inserted into the ground in a vertical manner. When used to read a putting green, the lower end of the tool is positioned on the ground at an angular manner to provide a ramp which is configured to have a golf ball roll downwardly therefrom onto the putting green.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: John M. Toliver, III
  • Patent number: 11465017
    Abstract: A luminous safety ball including an inner glowing body and a foam sphere covering the inner glowing body is provided. The inner glowing body is not a perfect sphere, the foam sphere has a non-uniform thickness, and light emitted by the inner glowing body passes through the foam sphere and permeates through a surface of the foam sphere to form light with different brightness thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BLACKSTAR CORP.
    Inventor: Wei-Hung Lin
  • Patent number: 11458371
    Abstract: A non-spherical ball includes a plurality of shaped components secured together and forming a body of the non-spherical ball; a cylindrical exterior shape extending around a first axis of the body; a cube exterior shape extending around a second axis of the body; the cylindrical exterior shape and the cube shape intersect at a right angle; and the cube exterior shape minimizes roll of the non-spherical ball when thrown on the second axis; and the cylindrical exterior shape maximizes roll of the non-spherical ball when thrown on the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Lucas Michelin
  • Patent number: 11441868
    Abstract: A launching and/or catching toy kit has a football and at least one associated slingshot. The football includes a generally elongated spheroidal body, a support non-movably attached to the body, a tail, and a first and a second elastic band hook oppositely disposed. The slingshot is configured to launch the football from a first user to a second user. The slingshot includes a handle and a pair of prongs connected and/or extending from the handle top. At least one elastic band is connected to each prong. Each of the at least one elastic bands are releasably captured by their respective first or second elastic band hook on the football during launching by the first user. When two slingshots are available, the users can shoot and catch the football between each other allowing for a game of catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Marc Gregory Martino
  • Patent number: 11426637
    Abstract: A tennis ball including a spherical core. The spherical core including an outer surface and a raised wall integrally molded as part of the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Frank M. Simonutti, Chloe J. Lee, Robert T. Thurman, William E. Dillon, David A. Vogel
  • Patent number: 11413511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a golf tool kit, and more particularly, to a golf tool kit including a tool box part in which an inner surface of a front case and an inner surface of a rear case are coupled to face each other with a buffer part provided therebetween and which has a belt clip formed on an outer surface of the rear case, a tee storage part in which a tee is stored by being inserted into an upper portion of the tool box part, a golf accessory storage part formed to arrange golf supplies on a surface of the tool box part, and a towel part formed in a lower portion of the tool box part so that a towel is changeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Sun yoeng Lee
  • Patent number: 11413505
    Abstract: A strip subassembly (2) which may be used to form a takraw ball or a similar woven ball, includes a backbone strut (4) and one or more pads (6) attached to the backbone strut (4). In the woven ball, the pads (6) form an even surface which is comfortable for the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Satian Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boonchai Lorhpipat, Sarun Lorhpipat, Jirasak Suwannaset, Suttiphun Jumpon