Abstract: A golf accessory for determining a gimme putt distance is disclosed. The golf accessory comprises a handle with a trigger, a telescoping rod mounted to the trigger including a length adjustment configuration, a hinge mechanism mounted to the telescoping rod and a base mounted to the hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism is configured to allow the telescoping rod to fall horizontally on a ground surface upon activation of the trigger to determine a gimme distance in a golf game. The gimme is determined as positive if the telescoping rod covers a ball marker on the ground surface. The gimme is determined as negative if the telescoping rod fails to cover a ball marker on the ground surface.

Abstract: An inflatable sports ball is provided. The sports ball includes an interior bladder and a cover disposed about the interior bladder. The cover may include an outer substrate and an intermediate structure. The cover may further include an outer substrate surface, defined by the outer substrate, and a feature surface radially spaced apart from the outer substrate surface. Together the outer substrate surface and the feature surface cooperate to define an exterior surface of the cover. A mechanoluminescent material may be embedded in a portion of the cover. The mechanoluminescent material may be disposed at only one of the outer substrate surface and the feature surface, such that it is positioned to form a predetermined design on the cover. The mechanoluminescent material emits visible light in response to an externally-applied stress, such that the predetermined design illuminates when an external stress or mechanical stimulus is exerted upon the cover.

Abstract: A tennis ball may include a spherical hollow elastomeric core having a specific gravity of less than 1 and a thickness of at least 4.5 mm and a textile layer covering the spherical hollow core.

Abstract: Described are balls, in particular a football, and a method for its manufacture. The ball comprises particles of an expanded material. As examples, the particles are connected, at least partially, to each other by radio frequency welding and/or infrared welding. As examples, the ball has a first layer of the particles of the expanded material, wherein the first layer is provided as an outer shell.

Abstract: A puzzle kit and a puzzle constructed from said puzzle kit. The puzzle kit comprises a three dimensional substrate having an outer surface, and a plurality of puzzle pieces that cannot interlock. Each puzzle piece has a first surface and an opposite second surface and a thickness defined between the first and second surfaces. Each puzzle piece comprises first attachment means and the outer surface of the substrate defines a plurality of complementary second attachment means, such that the first attachment means and the second attachment means magnetically attach each puzzle piece to the outer surface. The first attachment means comprises a projection extending from the second surface of the puzzle piece. The second attachment means comprises a hole to partly receive the projection.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a golf tee comprising a stem portion and a top portion connected to the stem portion, the top portion includes an upper surface that opposes the stem and having a convex shape, free of an adhesive layer or material that anchors the ball on the upper surface against uneven ground. The golf tee minimizes friction and other impeding forces between the tee and the ball by reducing an area of contact between the tee and the ball, while preventing the player from installing the golf tee other than vertically into the ground, or horizontal to the Earth's surface, thereby preventing the golf player from having to alter his or her posture and stroke according to the mounting of the ball.

Abstract: A golf tee toss system for deciding the order of play in a game of golf. The golf tee toss device is grasped by a protruding edge and tossed to the ground. The numerals located on the surface of the golf tee toss device indicate the order in which the golfers will tee off to start a round of golf. The golf tee toss device can be used over and over for different rounds of golf. The indicium on the golf tee toss device can be in a plurality of designs to promote collection of the golf tee toss device.

Abstract: Provided is a ball supply integrated type auto tee-up machine with a simple structure, and more particularly, to an advanced concept technology for easily improving a structure of an auto tee-up machine while performing complexly a function of supplying a golf ball to a golf tee and a function of teeing-up the golf ball on the golf tee by using a single motor. The present invention provides a technique to implement a function of allowing a second ball chute to supply a golf ball to a golf tee and a function of teeing-up the golf ball placed on the golf tee with one-stop automation after delivering the golf ball inserted to a first ball chute to the second ball chute while the golf tee and the first ball chute ascend/descend and the second ball chute descends/ascends in an opposite direction at the same time by using a single tee-up motor.

Abstract: A luminous ball with remote activation capability includes a sphere, a cover and a light-emitting device. The cover wraps an external circumferential surface of the sphere and is made of a light-transmissive material. At least one seam is formed on the cover, and a plurality of seam apertures are disposed in pairs along two sides of the at least one seam. The light-emitting device is disposed in the sphere and includes a light-emitting unit, a power unit, a wireless transmitter-receiver unit and a main control unit. The main control unit is operably configured to provide an electrical connection between the light-emitting unit and the power unit after obtaining an activation signal received by the wireless transmitter-receiver unit such that light emitted by the light-emitting unit penetrates the sphere and the cover and is visible through the at least one seam and the plurality of seam apertures.

Abstract: A linked sequence of mechanically encoded puzzle pages is disclosed. Each page is comprised of multiple planar layers interconnected to implement the puzzle design of the page. The puzzle of each page must be solved to disengage a latching mechanism enabling the player to turn the page and begin solving the puzzle in the next page. Similarly for the next page, and each succeeding page until the last page, solution to the puzzle by the player will disengage a latching mechanism. The latching mechanism holds the active page being solved by the player to the next page.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sports balls. A sports ball comprises a surface layer comprising a plurality of panels. The sports ball further comprises a lattice structure extending below the surface layer, wherein the lattice structure comprises a plurality of lattice cells comprising radially extending elements. The lattice cells which are adjacent to the surface layer have at least one dimension which is smaller than an average diameter of the panels.

Abstract: A wisdom ring puzzle includes a base, a three-dimensional structure including a columnar structure and a first structure having an arched structure or an annular structure, and a member having an annular structure. The columnar structure has a first connection member and a first annular member. The columnar structure and the first structure are provided to face each other in a side view. The first connection member passes through the first structure and has one end connected to the columnar structure and another end to the first annular member. The columnar structure and the first structure is included inside a ring of the first annular member.

Abstract: This invention provides sports ball having asymmetrical traction and/or asymmetrical surface structure. The asymmetrical traction is useful for differentially controlling ball spin and trajectory height as the ball is projected from a pitching machine. The asymmetrical surface structure is useful for differentially controlling the lateral component of the ball's trajectory. Optionally, the ball is a pitching machine ball. The method also provides a method of projecting the ball from a pitching machine.

Abstract: A golf ball marker includes a base and an ornamental inlay. The base defines a closed recess, and has a flat marginal surface surrounding the recess. The ornamental inlay is carried by the base, and held flush within the recess such that an outside surface of the inlay and the flat marginal surface of the base reside in substantially the same plane and form a substantially continuous smooth top surface of the ball marker.

Abstract: A matching toy is taught containing a sphere and a cube. The cube has six sides, and each of the six sides has an opening, and each side having a marking. The sphere is positioned within the cube, such that when the sphere is within the cube, a cap of said sphere projects out each opening. There are a plurality of markings on a plurality of the caps of the sphere such that when positioned, each cap is capable of being matched with the at least one marking on each side of the cube. In another embodiment, each section of the cube matches the color or pattern of a specific corner of the cube. In another embodiment, instead of a cube, another polygon can be used. Similarly, a sphere within a sphere is disclosed.

Abstract: A sports ball comprising a cover having an outer substrate surface is provided. The cover may include a plurality of panels, wherein each panel has a respective panel surface. The panel surfaces of the respective panels collectively comprise the outer substrate surface of the cover. A surface texture is disposed upon and additively applied to the outer substrate surface. The surface texture is disposed on the respective panel surfaces in customizable, panel-specific, predefined panel arrangements. The surface texture defines a surface profile that includes an alternating and repeating series of land areas and raised portions, wherein each raised portion is positioned between a plurality of land areas. The raised portions extend from the outer substrate surface and are formed from a dimensional ink, wherein each of the plurality of raised portions has a terminus spaced apart from the outer substrate by a height of greater than about 0.05 millimeters (mm).

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.

Abstract: A ball has a hollow ball, a sensor, and a sensor assembling structure. The hollow ball is hollow, is inflatable, and has an inner peripheral surface. The sensor is disposed at a central position inside the hollow ball. The sensor assembling structure has an installation assembly and a thermal insulation coat. The installation assembly has multiple connecting members. Each one of the multiple connecting members is made of a thermal insulation material and is connected to the inner peripheral surface of the hollow ball. The thermal insulation coat is connected to the multiple connecting members and is wrapped around the sensor for thermally insulating the sensor. The sensor assembling structure retains the sensor at the central position inside the hollow ball for collecting data and improving efficiency during training of athletes.

Abstract: A space puzzle including a plurality of outer face panels, at least two of the plurality of outer face panels each defining at least one path segment. Each of the outer face panels is rotatable, and the rotation of any one of the outer face panels is independent of and not altering any path segment defined in another of the outer face panels. The path segments on the at least two of the outer face panels of the puzzle are configured such that at least one sequence of rotations of at least one of the at least two of the outer face panels exists that permits a position indicator to travel along a continuous pathway between a preset starting point and a preset finish point along the at least one path segment of the at least two of the plurality of outer face panels.

Abstract: A leather-adhered baseball/softball, comprises a ball core, and a wrapping layer formed over the ball core by a mold, wherein the mold is engraved with raised lines of baseball/softball stitches, such that the molded wrapping layer has a raised baseball/softball stitch guide; the baseball/softball stitch guide is used to align a ball leather, such that the ball leather is aligned and adhered onto the wrapping layer except the baseball/softball stitch guide by an adhesive, so as to form a baseball/softball cover having the baseball/softball stitch guide; or the ball leather is aligned and molded on the wrapping layer except the baseball/softball stitch guide by a mold from a formulated leather raw material, so as to form a baseball/softball cover having the baseball/softball stitch guide. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing a leather-adhered baseball/softball.