Abstract: The present invention provides a thermally color-changeable toy constituted by a thermally color-changeable article, and a color-changing device in which the color-changeable article is stored in a air cooling chamber so that the color of the thermally color-changeable article is thermally changed by cool air. The color-changing device is constituted by a cooling source chamber for storing therein a plurality of piled up cool blocks, the air Cooling chamber communicating with the cooling source chamber so as to circulate air, and an air blower disposed in a communication path between the cooling source chamber and the air cooling chamber. Air flow gaps are formed among the cool blocks so as to improve the cooling efficiency.

Abstract: A golf club comprises a club shaft and a club head connected to an end portion of the club shaft, the club head having a gravimetric center and head body portions extending along mutually orthogonal axes extending through the gravimetric center. At least one of the head body portions is of different geometric configuration on respective opposite sides of the gravimetric center. The club head defines a recess extending to the gravimetric center, the recess having an axis disposed orthogonally to the mutually orthogonal axes. The club shaft end portion is disposed in the club head recess. The club head may include a member secured to an exterior surface of the club head and comprised of a material different from material constituting the club head, the member defining exterior surface for hitting engagement with a golf ball, the member exterior surface having an arcuate configuration.

Abstract: A pool table including a plurality of numbered balls. Also included is a playing surface with a rectangular configuration having a plurality of divots formed therein. Further provided is a ball collection assembly including a rectilinear periphery integrally formed about the edges of the playing surface with a plurality of vertically oriented bores formed therein. The ball collection assembly further includes at least one cut out formed in a top edge of the periphery. A spring is also included. Finally, at least one pool stick is adapted to utilize the spring for imparting motion to one of the balls.

Abstract: A basketball backboard pad for protecting basketball players from the sharp edge and corners of a backboard while maintaining the vibration and rebound characteristics of the backboard has a resilient skin and a hollow interior. The backboard pad preferably has a horizontal member and a vertical member integrally attached to and generally perpendicular to the horizontal member. A groove is formed in the members for mating with the edge of the backboard. The skin forms an inner surface that faces towards the edge of the backboard and connects to the backboard. A radius is formed between the inner surface and the rest of the surface for preventing players from handing from the pad and damaging it.

Abstract: A game of projectile-throwing skill is disclosed which includes the steps of throwing a projectile toward a target by a player and marking with a marker a game card held by that player only the region on the target struck by the projectile which matches a corresponding region on that player's game card. This is repeated throughout the order of play, whereby patterns are formed on the players' game cards, until one player has formed a pre-selected pattern on his or her game card, thereby determining the winner of the game.

Abstract: A kinetic toy in which a ball rolls down a trackway from an upper location to a lower location and is automatically returned to the upper location for recycling, the toy being constructed of individual parts which are readily assembled in various configurations, including frame parts, trackway parts, including ball-operated switch parts, and bracket parts for supporting the trackway on the frame.

Abstract: An assembly for assisting in the instruction of court or playing-field games, e.g., tennis, the assembly having two-dimensional panels that are strategically positioned on a court. Each panel is made of a flexible, durable material that forms a plane for positioning and repositioning on the surface of a tennis court, thus permitting a tennis instructor to customize tennis lessons according to the specific needs, strengths, or weaknesses of a particular student player. For instance, when instructing a young child, the targeting devices can be moved to a forward position on the court in order to reduce difficulty and assure the positive feedback essential in teaching children. Each targeting panel may have weights attached to the lower surface of the panel to assure positioning in windy weather, or when the panel is repeatedly struck with tennis balls. With minor modification, the target assembly may be used as a training aid in volleyball, soccer, squash, badminton, paddle tennis, hockey, etc.

Abstract: A toy apparatus includes a back housing portion, a structure connector assembly connected to the back housing portion, a plurality of item retainers connected to the back housing portion, a plurality of items retained in the item retainers, and a front housing portion which includes a hinge for connecting the front housing portion to the back housing portion. The front housing portion includes a plurality of windows which are placed in registration with the items when the front housing portion and the back housing portion are in a closed orientation. A housing lock assembly is connected between the back housing portion and the front housing portion for keeping the back housing portion and the front housing portion in a closed orientation.

Abstract: A hockey puck shooting range including a planar surface for accommodating sliding movement of hockey pucks; a collection system disposed at a peripheral edge portion of the planar surface and arranged to collect hockey pucks propelled off the planar surface at the peripheral edge portion; and an ejection mechanism for sequentially ejecting hockey pucks onto the planar surface. Also included is a conveyor system for conveying to the ejection mechanism hockey pucks collected by the collection system. The range significantly enhances the effectiveness of puck shooting practice. The range includes a hockey net disposed along the peripheral edge portion and the collection system collects hockey pucks received by the hockey net.

Abstract: A game table system, adapted for multiple sites under a central control, for providing a progressive jackpot in a live card game played at each gaming table between a dealer and a player. Each gaming table has an ante bet region, a dealer card region, and a player card region. The game table system of the present invention includes a sensor located at each bet region for detecting the value of the ante placed by the player at that location, a reader identifying each card dealt during the play of the game to the player and to the dealer, a computer connected to the sensor and the reader and the progressive jackpot for adding a predetermined percentage of the value of the ante to the progressive jackpot when a predetermined game event (such as the dealer going bust during the game of blackjack) occurs while preserving the value of the ante during the conventional play of the game.

Abstract: A wagering game apparatus and method is provided which permits the random selection of prizes for games such as blackjack, poker, and electronic games. A side wager is placed in a receptacle or designated area which indicates to the dealer that the player wishes to participate in the random jackpot selection portion of the game. If a random event occurs, such as the player being dealt a preselected combination of cards, the player or dealer may activate the random prize selection process. The random prize selection is performed by a computer which uses a random generated number to select a prize from a pay table. The prize may be displayed on or near the gaming table. The player is then awarded the random jackpot amount.

Abstract: The amusement exercise system of the present invention, features a new physical workout system and a new ball-shooter. The workout system emulates a fighting (combat) environment where the player (the person who workouts) fights against the ball shooter. The player throws balls at the ball-shooter while the ball-shooter shoots at the player with a plurality of different-colored balls (to signal different defensive actions by the player) and with pseudo-random striking positions. A ball-collecting net is erected behind the player to collect balls shooting from the ball-shooter. Similarly, a ball-collecting target is erected at the shooter to collect balls thrown by the player. Scores are kept by counting balls inside the net and the target after each fighting run.

Abstract: A golf putter has a pair of rails projecting downwardly from the sole of the head and oriented in the striking direction, thus raising the center of gravity of the head to the same level as the center of gravity of the ball and the striking point on the face of the putter.

Abstract: Toy vehicles for the game include a plurality of targets on each vehicle movable between first and second positions. Switches are associated with the respective targets and in closed positions connect a battery in parallel to a motor for running the toy vehicle. Each vehicle has a protrusion for impacting against the target of another vehicle. Upon impact, the target is moved to a second position opening the switch. The circuit provides for the continued running of each vehicle until the last target is impacted and its switch is opened, at which time the power circuit is opened and the vehicle stops. The game is played in the form of a demolition derby in which the last vehicle running is the winner.

Abstract: A game board comprises; a table board; body parts; extrusive bodies; hollow catching bodies each of which is made in the shape of an animal's head or the like pivotally mounted to the front end of each of the extrusive bodies and has an open bottom part contacting a wall surface of the table board; driving plates each of which is put in a loose-fit so as to be reciprocatingly shiftable between the front endside and the rear end side of each of the extrusive bodies; projections each of which works so as to push up each of the catching bodies from the table board; levers each of which works so that an end thereof engaging with each of the driving plates may push, via each of the driving plates, each of the extrusive bodies out of each of the body parts when a projecting end of each of the levers is pulled; and springs each of which energises each of the levers so that the lever's end engaging with each of the driving plates may draw, via each of the driving plates, each of the extrusive bodies up to its origina

Abstract: A golf swing training device is provided herein. A ball is connected to a line wound about a reel, and one or more weights are slidably positioned upon the line. When the ball is struck, its inertia strips line from the reel, and the line trails behind the ball in flight. Simultaneously, the weights are carried along by the line, and these weights exert a downward force on the line, thereby dampening the flight of the struck bail and forcing the ball back toward the ground. Also, when the ball's trajectory curves upward, the friction between the weight and the line increases, thus decelerating the ball. After the ball strikes the ground, the ball can be retrieved by manually rotating the reel in the preferred embodiment.

Abstract: A child's toy is disclosed that provides for a character that is capable of both visually and audibly displaying a variety of emotional expressions and which is capable of providing these displays in combination with playing a "peek-a-boo" game with the toy character. The toy has a housing that is shaped like a teddy bear, with openings for the bear's eyes and mouth and a pair of paws that rotate to a position where both paws cover the eyes of the bear when mechanically activated by the child. The paws are mechanically interconnected to a disk mounted within the housing which contains different representations for the eyes and the mouth of the bear, each of which is configured to represent a different emotional expression, on its front surface. The representations for the eyes and the mouth of the bear appear through the eye and mouth openings in the bear's face.

Abstract: A method for packaging a cue tip chalk, involving cementing a chalk-impervious paper wrapper to the sides of a cube of chalk, leaving the ends of the cube exposed, and covering one of the exposed ends of the cube with a releasibly mounted cap, whereby chalk may be applied to a cue tip selectively from either end of the cube. When one end of the cube becomes excessively eroded through use, removing the cap from the other end exposes a new, fresh chalk surface. Alternatively, other wrapping materials, or a coating applied directly to the surface, may be used in place of a paper wrapper to cover the sides of the cube. Additionally, optional detent means are provided to help retain the cap during use of the chalk.

Abstract: A player interactive live action football game which may be played for example on a television screen. A player interactive live action football game is provided which comprises a random access storage and retrieval device and a plurality of individual, pre-recorded action football plays illustrating interaction of players of opposite teams. This information is stored in random access storage and retrieval device and accessible according to type of play. The invention further comprises a microprocessor and microprocessor control device electronically associated with the random access storage and retrieval device. The microprocessor is programmed to enable one or more users to select in sequence, through the control device, different football plays according to play type. A display device is electronically associated with the microprocessor to enable the selected plays to be viewed by the users.

Abstract: A hand held device for exercise and amusement has a clear plastic circular tube with a central handle. One or more balls are inserted into the circular tube. One holds the central handle and causes the ball(s) to move around the tube. Balls of different weight can be inserted in the tube. The device can be illuminated. The illumination may take the form of lights which are turned ON or OFF by the motion of the ball(s).