Abstract: A sports ball includes an inflatable bladder, and a ball carcass. The ball pocket is constructed to have a true roundness shape, having an interior cavity receiving the inflatable bladder therein, wherein when the inflatable bladder is inflated, the ball pocket retains a true roundness shape of the inflatable bladder. The ball carcass includes a ball cushion and a plurality of carcass panels. Each of the carcass panels has a peripheral edge and a flat bottom surface defined within the peripheral edge, wherein the bottom surface of each of the carcass panels is entirely affixed to the ball cushion at a position that the peripheral edge of each of the carcass panels is fittingly aligned with the peripheral edges of the adjacent carcass panels to form a roundness carcass of the sportsball in a stitch-less manner.

Abstract: A trajectory correcting golf tee constructed with a stem for inserting into the ground and for supporting a golf ball in a fixed position above the ground. The stem is tapered so as to easily insert into the ground in a generally vertical position. The golf tee further includes a top surface with a depression to accept and retain a golf ball. The improvement including an elevated portion along one or two opposing edges of the top surface so as to control and correct a golf ball trajectory.

Abstract: An inflatable game ball containing a noise suppression device and a method for inflating the game ball are described. More particularly, a free standing, noise suppression disk is fit snuggly within a central area of the hollow internal cavity formed by the bladder of the game ball. The diameter of the noise suppression disk is slightly larger than the diameter of the hollow internal cavity of the ball, while the thickness of the disk is sufficient to provide necessary rigidity to the game ball noise suppressor without adding excess weight to the ball. An exact amount of SF6 is pre-filled in the balls, when combined with subsequent air, is determined to create the ultimate SF6 to air ratio range at various altitude levels. Subsequently, the balls are only partially inflated at the time of manufacture with the SF6 gas, and no air.

Abstract: A game ball is provided with the shape of a football with tubular symmetrically placed holes along the length of the ball. The ball is made of foam and when submerged in water the holes will fill with water. As the ball is thrown in a spiraling rotation, the centrifugal force will cause the water to be expelled through the holes producing multiple spiraling streams of water to spray away from the ball as the ball travels in the air.

Abstract: A toy block assembly puzzle, which is arranged diagonally, ideal for advanced users, comprises: a game tray (20) and plurality of assembly pieces (10) which will be arranged in a concave recess (21) of said game tray (20), characterized in that: said concave recess (21) of said game tray (20) including 50 concave slots (22), arranged in 11 rows; each odd row (row 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) having 5 slots and each even row (row 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) having 4 slots; all slots (22) of said odd and even row are staggered arranged, forming 10 diagonal rows, each having an angle of 45 degree enclosed by said diagonal row and a border of said game tray (20); said assembly pieces (10) comprise 11 building blocks (1A˜1K), each having a different shape and formed by 3˜5 adjacent units; a total sum of units of said 11 building blocks (1A˜1K) are 50 units; said building blocks (1A˜1K) are placed diagonally with an oblique angle of 45 degree, into said 50 concave slots (22), which are provided on the game tray (20).

Abstract: The invention relates to a sports ball (1) comprising a core (2) and a cover (3) formed from a plurality of panel segments (4). One or more of said panel segments have an outer face covered with a woven fabric (7), preferably denim. The panel segments are connected at joints (6) and said woven fabric is attached to said outer face at said joints. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a sports ball.

Abstract: A golf ball marker that includes a body having a geometric shape and an arcuate ball location reference for easily positioning a golf ball. The body may also include alignment indicia for aligning the golf ball with an intended ball path.

Abstract: A hand-held opaque playing board has a different maze structure on each of two faces with holes passing through the board between the two maze structures. Each maze structure is divided approximately in half by an impassable barrier. Gravity moves the playing piece when the board is tilted. When the ball passes through the board from one maze structure to the other, the board must be turned over to view the other maze structure. The ball must travel from the start position at one end on one face through the maze structures back and forth through the board until the playing pieces lands in the finish position at the other end on the other face in the shortest time. The maze can also be played on a hand-held electronic device or on a stationary screen device, such as a computer, using a controller to simulate tilting and turning the board.

Abstract: A golf ball turf repair tool preferably includes a handle member, a fork member and a pivot pin. The fork member includes a pivot base, at least one fork and a support projection. The at least one fork extends from one end of the pivot base and the support projection extends from the other end of the pivot base. The handle member preferably includes a substantially concave top surface, a pivot base slot and a support projection pocket. A pivot pin is inserted through an end of the handle member and pivot base. The fork member of the turf repair tool is inserted into the turf adjacent a ball crater. If the user attempts to rotate the turf repair tool clockwise relative to the turf, the turf repair tool will collapse and fold. If the turf repair tool is rotated counterclockwise, the turf repair tool will repair the ball crater.

Abstract: A water feeding device of a hot drink maker, particularly of a coffeemaker, is provided wherein a water feeding operation and a water heating time are controlled by a water temperature sensor, a computer circuit board, and a motor, all of which are installed in the hot drink maker. The motor is driven according to a sensing result obtained by sensing water temperature at a predetermined position, so as to push heated water smoothly and completely into an inlet of a brewing chamber. Thus, ground coffee in the brewing chamber is infused by the liquid-state heated water of a predetermined temperature to make a hot drink with a desirable taste.

Abstract: A sporting game in which a game ball that behaves differently from a conventional soccer ball is kicked from a starting point toward an end point for the purpose of getting the game ball in the end point in as few as strikes as possible and, if this is not accomplished in one kick, then the game ball is kicked one or more additional times until it is in the end point. However, unlike the direction of travel for a conventional ball, the game ball's direction of travel is to the right when a counterclockwise spin is applied at a point of contact with the player's foot, to the left when a clockwise spin is applied at the point of contact, and straight when a top spin is applied at the point of contact.

Abstract: A three-dimensional tube puzzle is disclosed as a new modification of Rubik's Cube™. It consists of plurality of straight and curved cylindrical elements. The dimensions of each element are so that it fits into cubical cell. Assembled puzzle forms a continuous pipeline that fits into cubical space, wiggling from starting element to ending element. Elements are interconnected so that groups of nine elements, belonging to one of six side surfaces of the puzzle, can be rotated about spatial axes. Each element or layer of the puzzle can be made of the same one color or different colors or gray scale levels to define puzzle difficulty. The subject puzzle requires specific imagination skills to assemble a continuous pipeline based on elements' shapes and orientation. Cylindrical elements can be made hollow with opened ends so that the assembled puzzle forms a continuous tube path for an article of an appropriate size to pass through the puzzle.

Abstract: The invention provides a game ball, useful for children's safety, which can be detected far enough away a distance by a vehicle-onboard radar. The invention provides a game ball wherein a reflector member 12 is disposed within a spherical shell 13, the diagonal distance of the reflector member coincides with the inner diameter of the spherical shell, the reflector member has a shape constructed by combining three regular polygon plates 11A, 11B, 11C, the center angle of one side thereof being an integral submultiple of 90°, in such a manner that the centers of the three regular polygon plates are coincident and that the three regular polygon plates are perpendicular to each other, and a surface of said reflector member 12 is imparted with electromagnetic wave reflectivity.

Abstract: A cube comprising a first set (18) of three identical, contiguous faces and a second set (19) of three identical, contiguous faces. The first set (18) has third order rotational symmetry about a common corner (20) and comprises a first face (22). The first face (22) comprises a male connector fin (36A), a female connector slot (38A), a first band (28A), and a second band (30A). The male connector fin (36A) and female connector slot (38A) lie parallel to, adjacent to, and on opposite sides of a diagonal (34) emanating from the common corner (20). The first band (28A) parallels the diagonal (34) and connects the midpoints of two edges of the first face (22). The second band (30A) mirrors the first band across the diagonal (34). The first set (18) and the second set (19) are enantiomers. Accordingly, a plurality of these cubes can be snapped together, face-to-face, to manifest a variety of tessellating band patterns.

Abstract: A ball includes a body having an outer surface. A chamber is disposed within the body and has a concave curvature in at least two orthogonal directions. An aperture defines a fluid connection between the chamber and the outer surface of the ball. Air flow across the aperture produces a whistling sound.

Abstract: A golf ball dispensing apparatus includes a tube configured to receive at least one golf ball, at least one leg configured to attach to said tube, means for releasing a golf ball from said tube, means for supplying power configured to engage said means for releasing a golf ball, an arm configured to receive a golf ball from said tube wherein said arm is configured to engage said tube at a hinge, and means for sensing motion configured to engage said means for releasing a golf ball.

Abstract: Sporting items such as soccer balls include a casing region and a graphic region that are defined by enhanced-visibility colors (EVCs) that are substantially complementary. Such EVCs can be selected to avoid colors associated with color confusion in color deficient individuals. In addition, such colors can be selected based on total reflectances to obtain a predetermined luminance contrast. EVCs can be selected based on separations of color coordinate locations using CIE chromaticity coordinates or CIE L-a-b coordinates or otherwise selected. Color selection can include consideration of anticipated viewing backgrounds in a general setting, or colors can be customized for a particular location and particular illumination conditions.

Abstract: A dual composition polymeric device to be used as a golf tee, the device having a polymeric hollow stiff stem portion with an integral cone portion at its top end, a cone-shaped polymeric flexible face portion mechanically joined to the cone and stiff stem portion and an internal air passage through the center of the cone-shaped flexible face and a removable mechanical screw joining the cone-shaped flexible face portion with the stiff stem portion and its integral cone portion. The flexible face portion internal cone is made from a 50-85 durometer elastomer material and the stiff stem portion and its integral external cone is made from a 90-95 durometer elastomer material.

Abstract: A golf ball position marking device enables a user to reliably and unobtrusively mark the position of a golf ball on a putting green. The golf ball position marking device comprises a putting green contact surface, a marker material dispensing port, a marker material dispensing actuator and a marker material reservoir. The putting green contact surface is sized and shaped to permit stable positioning of the golf ball position marking device on a putting green in close proximity to a golf ball on the putting green thereby providing oriented alignment of the golf ball position marking device with the golf ball on the putting green. Activation of the marker material dispensing actuator results in the dispensing of a marker material from the marker material reservoir onto the putting green at a predetermined vector position relative to the point where the golf ball contacts the putting green.

Abstract: A golf tee is provided for supporting a golf ball. The golf tee is adapted to sit on top of the ground and comprises a support rim or at least three support points for supporting a golf ball and an open body having a lower end suitable for placement on the ground and an upper end suitable for connection to the support rim. An optional neck may be used connecting the upper end of the open body to the support rim. The open body comprises a plurality of support columns and optionally one or more support rings connecting the support columns. The support columns are separated by holes thereby increasing the surface area of the golf tee. The open body and holes are adapted to receive grass and can allow for substantial level placement of the tee relative to the ground even when the grass is dense or longer. The support columns and holes result in a golf tee having a high drag and relatively low weight thereby providing a golf tee which travels a relatively short distance when struck by a swinging golf club.