Patents by Inventor Michael J. Nally

Michael J. Nally has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9750995
    Abstract: A safety lawn dart game including safety lawn darts, a caddy and targets. The lawn dart includes an elongated shaft, a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft and a head assembly having a weighted, spring biased head portion. The target may include a target hoop or electronic target. The caddy carries and stores the safety darts and targets in a convenient manner to keep all of the game components together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally
  • Publication number: 20160074725
    Abstract: A safety lawn dart game including safety lawn darts, a caddy and targets. The lawn dart includes an elongated shaft, a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft and a head assembly having a weighted, spring biased head portion. The target may include a target hoop or electronic target. The caddy carries and stores the safety darts and targets in a convenient manner to keep all of the game components together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally
  • Patent number: 9192837
    Abstract: A safety lawn dart game including safety lawn darts, a caddy and targets. The lawn dart includes an elongated shaft, a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft and a head assembly having a weighted, spring biased head portion. The target may include a target hoop or electronic target. The caddy carries and stores the safety darts and targets in a convenient manner to keep all of the game components together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally
  • Patent number: 8919577
    Abstract: A bocce ball game caddy for removably retaining bocce ball game components. The caddy includes a plurality of racks supported by posts in vertically spaced relation. Each of the racks supporting at least one retainer adapted to removably support the bocce ball game components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: EastPoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Nally, Adam B. Abramson, James P. Burns
  • Publication number: 20140333028
    Abstract: A portable bean bag toss game having first and second target boards, a plurality of bean bags, a first set of target board legs and a second set of target board legs. Each of the target boards includes a planar top surface and a bottom face and a target hole. The first and second target boards are adapted to be clasped together with the bottom faces back-to-back and carried as a unit with the plurality of bean bags removably stored in pockets within the back-to-back bottom faces and the first and second sets of legs removably stored within mating recesses of the back-to-back bottom faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally
  • Patent number: 8881918
    Abstract: A horseshoe game caddy for removably retaining horseshoes and stakes for playing a horseshoe game. The caddy includes a plurality of horseshoe racks supported by posts in vertically spaced relation. Each of the horseshoe racks are adapted to removably support at least one of the plurality of horseshoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Nally, Adam B. Abramson, James P. Burns
  • Publication number: 20140265187
    Abstract: A box with deployable wheels. The box includes peripheral walls and side panels defining an enclosed interior compartment for receiving an object. At least one deployable wheel assembly is disposed along the bottom peripheral wall. The deployable wheel assembly includes a wheeled base assembly pivotably moveable through an opening in the bottom peripheral wall from a storage position within the interior compartment to a deployed position exterior of the bottom wall. When the wheeled base assembly is in the deployed position, the box is capable of being rolled on the wheeled base assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Nally, Adam B. Abramson, James P. Burns
  • Publication number: 20140239587
    Abstract: A horseshoe game caddy for removably retaining horseshoes and stakes for playing a horseshoe game. The caddy includes a plurality of horseshoe racks supported by posts in vertically spaced relation. Each of the horseshoe racks are adapted to removably support at least one of the plurality of horseshoes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Nally, Adam B. Abramson, James P. Burns
  • Publication number: 20140243115
    Abstract: A croquet game caddy for removably retaining croquet game components for playing a croquet game. The caddy includes croquet mallet head retainers which retains the croquet mallet heads in an upwardly stacked pyramid configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Nally, Adam B. Abramson, James P. Burns
  • Publication number: 20140238946
    Abstract: A bocce ball game caddy for removably retaining bocce ball game components. The caddy includes a plurality of racks supported by posts in vertically spaced relation. Each of the racks supporting at least one retainer adapted to removably support the bocce ball game components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: EastPoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Nally, Adam B. Abramson, James P. Burns
  • Publication number: 20140091526
    Abstract: A portable bean bag toss game having first and second target boards, a plurality of bean bags, a first set of target board legs and a second set of target board legs. Each of the target boards includes a planar top surface and a bottom face and a target hole. The first and second target boards are adapted to be clasped together with the bottom faces back-to-back and carried as a unit with the plurality of bean bags removably stored in pockets within the back-to-back bottom faces and the first and second sets of legs removably stored within mating recesses of the back-to-back bottom faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally
  • Publication number: 20140087897
    Abstract: A safety lawn dart game including safety lawn darts, a caddy and targets. The lawn dart includes an elongated shaft, a plurality of flights extending outwardly from the shaft and a head assembly having a weighted, spring biased head portion. The target may include a target hoop or electronic target. The caddy carries and stores the safety darts and targets in a convenient manner to keep all of the game components together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally
  • Patent number: 8465383
    Abstract: A sports net assembly and method of assembling a sports net assembly. The sports net assembly includes a pair of poles spaced a distance apart and positioned substantially vertically. A net having opposing ends is positioned between the spaced apart substantially vertical poles. The top net cord is secured to a cam that is slidably movable along a length of the poles to increase and decrease the tension on the top net cord thereby increasing and decreasing sag in the net between the poles. The bottom net cords and guy-ropes may be releasably secured to the poles with a key lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally
  • Patent number: 8387934
    Abstract: An over-the-door game hanger system having a pair of first and second hooks capable of receiving a top edge of a standard door. An attachment plate is removably attached between the first and second hooks. A game support strap is operably secured to the attachment plate at one end and to a game panel at the other end. A balance block may be provided which is removable mounted proximate an upper edge of the game panel. The strap is disposed to extend from the game panel over the forward end of the balance block such that the strap extends at an angle therefrom toward the attachment plate proximate the top edge of said door thereby generating a moment and a force in a direction toward the door face such that the game panel hangs substantially vertically flush against the substantially vertical door face. In an alternative embodiment wherein the balance block is used, the game support strap may be supported or secured by any means proximate a top edge of a standard door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: EastPoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Nally, Jim Lam Kwan Wing
  • Publication number: 20120277037
    Abstract: A sports net assembly and method of assembling a sports net assembly. The sports net assembly includes a pair of poles spaced a distance apart and positioned substantially vertically. A net having opposing ends is positioned between the spaced apart substantially vertical poles. The top net cord is secured to a cam that is slidably movable along a length of the poles to increase and decrease the tension on the top net cord thereby increasing and decreasing sag in the net between the poles. The bottom net cords and guy-ropes may be releasably secured to the poles with a key lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: EASTPOINT SPORTS LTD., LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally
  • Publication number: 20120228452
    Abstract: An over-the-door game hanger system having a pair of first and second hooks capable of receiving a top edge of a standard door. An attachment plate is removably attached between the first and second hooks. A game support strap is operably secured to the attachment plate at one end and to a game panel at the other end. A balance block may be provided which is removable mounted proximate an upper edge of the game panel. The strap is disposed to extend from the game panel over the forward end of the balance block such that the strap extends at an angle therefrom toward the attachment plate proximate the top edge of said door thereby generating a moment and a force in a direction toward the door face such that the game panel hangs substantially vertically flush against the substantially vertical door face. In an alternative embodiment wherein the balance block is used, the game support strap may be supported or secured by any means proximate a top edge of a standard door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: East Point Sports, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Nally, Jim Lam Kwan Wing
  • Patent number: D483177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Sportcraft, Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally
  • Patent number: D490241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Sportcraft, Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally
  • Patent number: D711102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Nally, Adam B. Abramson, James P. Burns
  • Patent number: D806171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Nally