Patents Issued in December 29, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160375306
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing workout guide information are provided. The apparatus includes a display, a memory configured to store workout route data including location data and elevation data, and a user profile, and a processor configured to determine at least one slope section through an analysis of the workout route data based on the user profile and output a map for displaying a workout route including the slope section to the display. The slope section in the workout route is configured to be displayed in a different form than a non-slope section. In addition, various embodiments identified throughout the specification are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Heum Mo GU, Geun Woo KIM, Hyung KIM, Hee Seung SHIN, Wan Sang LEE, Young Woon CHUN, Kyung Sub MIN
  • Publication number: 20160375307
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for obtaining first wearable sensor data associated with a first fitness session and first fitness equipment and obtaining second wearable sensor data associated with a second fitness session and second fitness equipment. Additionally, an effort normalization may be conducted between one or more settings of the second fitness equipment and one or more settings of the first fitness equipment based on the first wearable sensor data and the second wearable sensor data. In one example, a user prompt is generated during the second fitness session via a user interface of one or more of the second fitness equipment or a wearable device based on the normalization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Lenitra M. Durham, Giuseppe Raffa, Glen J. Anderson, Deepak S. Vembar, Jamie Sherman
  • Publication number: 20160375308
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring and normalizing physical resistance for athletic activities and fitness equipment are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: measuring a level of physical resistance in an athletic activity; generating sensor data indicative of the measured level of physical resistance; using the sensor data to determine if the measured level of physical resistance will achieve a desired performance level in the athletic activity; and automatically generating control signals to adjust the level of physical resistance if the measured level of physical resistance is unlikely to achieve the desired performance level in the athletic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Glen J. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20160375309
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Madson, Nicholas M. Nardacci
  • Publication number: 20160375310
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Madson, Nicholas M. Nardacci
  • Publication number: 20160375311
    Abstract: A golf ball includes a plurality of dimples on the surface thereof and satisfies the following expression (1): PS7/S/H×100?6.25 (mm?1) ??(1), wherein H is a deformation amount, which is expressed by a compressive deformation amount of the golf ball; S is a virtual plane area, which is a surface area of the golf ball determined supposing that no dimple exists on the surface of the golf ball; and PS7 is a pressurized area, which is an area of the golf ball contacting a plane when a load of 6864 N is applied to the golf ball. The bottom of the dimple includes a center protruding portion with a curved shape protruding toward an outside of the golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsunori SATO
  • Publication number: 20160375312
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Madson, Nicholas M. Nardacci
  • Publication number: 20160375313
    Abstract: Golf ball comprising at least one layer having a Shore D material hardness of from about 10 to about 55 and consisting of a millable polyurethane rubber composition comprising rubber consisting of: at least one polyether-based millable polyurethane rubber; at least one polyester-based millable polyurethane rubber; at least one polycaprolactone-based millable polyurethane rubber; or combinations thereof; wherein the millable polyurethane rubber composition is vulcanized. The rubber may be mixed/compounded with additional non-rubber ingredients such as at least one cross linking agent, peroxide initiator, filler, antioxidant, processing agent, light stabilizer, colorant, adhesion promotor, isocyanate and/or polyol, or combinations thereof. The at least one layer may be a cover layer, with a second layer, formed from at least one of a thermoset urethane or a thermoplastic material, being adjacent to an inner surface of the cover layer and meanwhile disposed about a polybutadiene-containing core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Mark L. Binette, Shawn Ricci, Michael Michalewich, Douglas S. Goguen, Brian Comeau
  • Publication number: 20160375314
    Abstract: Multi-layer golf balls having a hard, high compression center, a relatively soft intermediate layer, and a stiff outer cover layer, are provided. The outer surface hardness of the intermediate layer is less than that of both the center and the outer cover layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Scott Cooper, Derek A. Ladd
  • Publication number: 20160375315
    Abstract: In a golf ball having a core and a cover, the core is formed of a rubber composition, has center and surface portions which are unfoamed regions and has an intermediate portion containing a foamed region. The core is produced by charging the rubber composition, which contains a blowing agent, into a first curing mold and curing under given conditions, then removing the molded rubber material in a semi-cured state from the first mold, transferring the semi-cured material to a second curing mold and curing under given conditions. The foamed region of the core deforms by a certain degree at the time of impact, decreasing the radius of gyration of the ball and enabling a lower spin rate to be achieved. The decrease in resilience due to expansion of the molded material can be held to a minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160375316
    Abstract: The low bounce hockey ball is comprised of an outer shell and a dampening material enclosed within the outer shell. The dampening material absorbs the rebounding energy of the low bounce hockey ball during a bounce. The materials used in construction of the low bounce hockey ball does not bounce on its own and cancels the energy of the outer ball shell during its rebound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Kevin BAILEY
  • Publication number: 20160375317
    Abstract: A tennis ball with weight material injected into its interior cavity for use in exercise and sport as a weight bearing device. The weight material adds weight to the tennis ball. The weight material completely or partially fills the interior cavity of the tennis ball. The weight of the tennis ball can be changed based on the amount and type of weight material inside the tennis ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Edward Connelly
  • Publication number: 20160375318
    Abstract: The head of a golf iron having an improved profile that enables a golfer to accurately align the club head with a golf ball so that the club head will strike the ball at the sweet spot located on the club face. The club head has a top edge which runs above the club face and includes first and second portions that extend in first and second directions. The boundary line between the first and second portions at the top edge of the club head lies in a vertical sweet spot reference plane with the center of the sweet spot. The boundary line at the top edge of the club head is visible to the golfer looking down at his club head so as to provide the golfer with an indication of the location of the sweet spot on the club face at which to strike the golf ball during his swing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Ben L. DeJesus
  • Publication number: 20160375319
    Abstract: Described is a golf club with an outer surface comprising a low-friction ceramic material with suitable thickness and configuration. In one aspect, at least the striking surface and/or sole of a golf-club head is made of a low-friction material including at least one of: titanium nitride, titanium carbonitride, titanium oxynitride, titanium carbide, titanium aluminum nitride, aluminum titanium nitride, titanium silicon nitride, titanium niobium nitride, titanium zirconium nitride, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, silicon oxide, zirconium nitride, chromium nitride, chromium carbonitride, chromium aluminum nitride, aluminum chromium nitride, titanium aluminum silicon nitride, and one or more combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Garino, Robert A. Ruggiero, SR.
  • Publication number: 20160375320
    Abstract: The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and significant tungsten weight members coupled to at least the toe and a heel weight member coupled in a hosel cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Michael E. Franz, Marni Ines, Jonathan Hebreo, Ryan J. A. Ritchie
  • Publication number: 20160375321
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed to golf club having a crown a sole and a face and a primary alignment feature including a paint or masking line which delineates the transition between at least a first portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color with the shade or color of the face. In some embodiments the golf club has a primary alignment feature comprising a paint or masking line which delineates the transition between at least a first portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color and the area of shade or color of the face and the club head also includes a secondary alignment feature including a paint or masking line which delineates the transition between the first portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color with the shade or color of the face; and a second portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color with the shade or color of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Andrew Kickertz, Todd P. Beach, Craig Richard Slyfield
  • Publication number: 20160375322
    Abstract: The present invention provides a golf club head that enables increasing the moment of inertia while also improving durability, and a manufacturing method for the same. The golf club head of the present invention includes a crown portion. The crown portion has a first region having a first thickness and multiple second regions having a second thickness that is smaller than the first thickness. The second regions are distributed in a radiating fashion so as to extend from an origin toward a peripheral portion of the crown portion excluding the face side, the origin being located within 15 mm of the center of gravity of the golf club head in the toe-heel direction and also being located in the vicinity of the face side in the face-back direction in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Akio YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160375323
    Abstract: A golf club head comprising a conformal weight sized to fit within a recess or channel disposed in a crown or sole is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the crown or sole itself is a conformal weight, and is removably affixed to a base structure comprising a striking face and a skeletal support structure. In other embodiments, the golf club head comprises a conformal weight in the form of a sole cap that is removably affixed to the golf club head and covers small weight ports disposed in the sole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Tim Goudarzi, Steven M. Ehlers, Matthew Myers, Larry Tang, Wee Joung Kim, Philip G. Foster, Wayne H. Byrne
  • Publication number: 20160375324
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and a front portion. The golf club head may include an interior cavity. The interior cavity may be filled with an elastic polymer material. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Publication number: 20160375325
    Abstract: Embodiments of grooves of golf club heads and methods to manufacture grooves of golf club heads are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony D. Serrano, Paul D. Wood, Bradley D. Schweigert, Calvin S. Wang
  • Publication number: 20160375326
    Abstract: A golf club head comprising features for adjusting the location of the center of gravity along all three axes is disclosed herein. In particular, the head comprises a body with a channel in its sole, at least one slidable receptacle sized to engage the channel, and a slidable weight. The channel preferably comprises a first floor and a pair of rails, while the slidable receptacle comprises a first base portion, a first bolt, and a first upper portion with a slot having a second floor and another pair of rails. The first upper and base portions grip the channel's rails when the first bolt is tightened. Similarly, the slidable weight comprises a second upper portion, a second base portion, and a second bolt, and the second upper and base portions grip the slot's rails when the second bolt is tightened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher A.G. Nunez, Larry Tang
  • Publication number: 20160375327
    Abstract: A golf flagstick spacer includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface is configured to fit around a flagstick. The outer surface is spaced an elevation distance from inner surface. The elevation distance from the inner surface to the outer surface is configured to space, elevate or raise the flagstick off the ground whereby a club or a putter may be inserted between the flagstick and the ground for raising the flagstick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Spencer Trigg
  • Publication number: 20160375328
    Abstract: Ferrule housing is used to protect a golf cup from damage by a ferrule of a golf flagstick. The ferrule housing is sized to fit within an aperture at a bottom of the golf cup. The ferrule housing includes an internal geometry shaped to receive and hold the ferrule of the golf flagstick. An attachment mechanism secures the ferrule housing within the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Greg N. Kelly, Darryl S. Adair
  • Publication number: 20160375329
    Abstract: A lacrosse head pocket includes a plug unit having first and second plugs disposed on a cross lace. The plugs are overmolded by first and/or second runners constructed from a polymeric material so that the plugs are joined with the first and/or second runners. The cross lace extends outwardly from the plug and the overmolded first and/or second runners. Some plug units can have cross laces that cross one another, while other plug units might not include cross laces that cross one another. A method is also provided including: forming a first plug on a first cross lace, placing the first plug in a mold, overmolding a first runner over at least a portion of the plug so the plug and first runner are joined, and optionally overmolding a second plug joined with the cross lace with a second runner or the same first runner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jessica L. Hanson, Adam D. Paquette, Richard J. Janisse
  • Publication number: 20160375330
    Abstract: A lacrosse head that enhances attachment and securement of the lacrosse head to a lacrosse handle can include an insert extending within a socket defined by a base of the head. The insert can include two or more expandable, resilient fingers that optionally are secured in a cantilevered manner to a bottom of the socket. The base and insert can be configured so that a fastener can be installed through at least one of the fingers to subsequently engage additional fingers, thereby moving the respective fingers radially outwardly to engage interior surfaces of the lacrosse handle and thereby secure the handle to the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Adam D. Paquette, Richard J. Janisse, Thomas H. Burns
  • Publication number: 20160375331
    Abstract: A goalkeeper's hockey stick with an angled shaft is disclosed. The goalkeeper stick is comprised of a shaft, paddle and blade. The shaft connects to the paddle which connects to the blade. The portion of the shaft where it connects to the paddle is beveled to provide a grip portion of the shaft where the goalkeeper's gloved hand can grip the stick in a way that provides a more ergonomic position for the goalkeeper's hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Dave Cross
  • Publication number: 20160375332
    Abstract: A sports net system has a frame attached to rails of a garage door, the frame having vertical tubes, a sports net attached to the frame, and an angling attachment attached to the frame, the angling attachment to allow the frame to tilt relative to the rails of the garage door. A sports net system has ground-mountable support rails having vertical slots, a frame having vertical tubes that fit within the vertical slots, a sports net attached to the frame, and an angling attachment attached to the frame, the angling attachment to allow the frame to tilt relative to the support rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: TARA EDWARDS, NATHAN OLDHAM
  • Publication number: 20160375333
    Abstract: A device and method for launching a projectile, such as a golf ball, across a range. The device enables a golf ball to be launched across a golf course with greater control than is possible with a traditional golf club. The ease of loading the projectile into the launching device and swinging the launching device forward adds greater distance to the projectile due to an increase in angular momentum and back spin on the projectile. The device includes a C-shaped head defined by a nest, a pair of lateral retention arms, and a base. A distal portion is longer than a proximal portion to create backspin on the projectile. The concavity and lateral arms hold the projectile in place. The distal and proximal portions terminate at concave points that grip dimples on the projectile. The base is fixedly attached to a shaft, which is used for swinging the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: SYMTAR VENTURES
    Inventors: JOHN CORNELIUS FRYER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL ZALER
  • Publication number: 20160375334
    Abstract: A portable training device to practice kicking a soccer ball, football or kicking target. The device includes a stationary base on a supporting surface and a platform coupled to the base. The platform is configured to hold one or two balls or kicking targets used for performing simulated kicks. The platform is capable of supporting a person or trainee with a plant foot placed on top of the platform's vertical axis of rotation. When the ball is kicked, the platform and ball rotate, with the kicker on top of the platform and the kicker's foot maintaining contact with the ball during the rotation around the vertical axis of rotation, whereby the platform uses a braking means to come to a gradual stop. A stabilizing means is coupled to the platform for the trainee to hold while kicking the ball or target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Peter D. Ragen
  • Publication number: 20160375335
    Abstract: A golf swing training aid having opposing concave pads suitable for being positioned between the legs of a user and comprising an attachment mechanism attached to the training aid that secures an alignment apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Brian Matthew Way
  • Publication number: 20160375336
    Abstract: A ball training device having an elongated elastic tether, a ball connected to one end of the tether and a means for attachment the device to the wrist of a user, or to a lacrosse stick, at the other end of the tether. A holder that comprises a co-ordinating plurality of straps that are affixed to the ball is used to attach the ball to the tether. The device is used to practice ball handling skills for catch and throw sports such as baseball, softball, lacrosse and cricket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Jose Luis MATUTE SALGADO
  • Publication number: 20160375337
    Abstract: A mobile device and system which simulates human motion. The device includes a base with a drive system for providing motion to the device. A receiver is provided which controls the drive system the receiver receives wireless control signals. Pads and a self-stabilizing component are provided on the device. The device accurately mimics the unpredictable motion of a human motion to provide a safer alternative to live interaction to increase participant safety and decrease the incidence of injuries during practice or drill sessions. The system includes at least one mobile device. The mobile device includes: a base having a drive system for providing motion to the device; a receiver which controls the drive system the receiver receives wireless control signals; and self-stabilizing component provided on the device. The system also includes a transmitter for transmitting the control signals to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Elliot James KASTNER, Quinn Reid CONNELL, John H. CURRIER, Eugene F. TEEVENS, Noah James GLENNON, Timothy G. MCMANUS, Ryan G. MCMANUS, Timothy J. MCMANUS, Andrew SMIST, Colin HEFFERNAN
  • Publication number: 20160375338
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a golf putting pad may include a substrate, a boundary area extending about a periphery of the substrate, and a putting area extending over a portion of the substrate inside of the boundary area. The putting area may include a plurality of holes, each of which may be sized to receive a golf ball. The golf putting pad may further include an out-of-bounds gutter area between the putting area and the boundary area and defining a periphery of the putting area. In some embodiments, the putting area may be substantially planar and may define a slope. The slope may be within a range of zero percent to five percent. In some embodiments, the slope may be adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: David T. Pelz
  • Publication number: 20160375339
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a working state of an electronic device includes setting a reasonable value range of feature data of a user, and acquiring current feature data of the user from the camera device. The current feature data is compared to the reasonable value range of feature data. A working state of the electronic device is changed when the current feature data is out of the reasonable value range of feature data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: HOU-HSIEN LEE, CHANG-JUNG LEE, CHIH-PING LO
  • Publication number: 20160375340
    Abstract: The present invention is an entertainment system for multitudes of sport's spectators to help them follow the movements of players and play objects on the play areas of sport's venues in real time during sporting events; and help with game nuances like making fouling and scoring decisions. The invention uses generic surveillance sources to capture the instantaneous real time continuous data streams of geographic coordinates of the players and their play objects during their movements, and displays the data as scaled animated tracks of the players and the play object on the screens of the spectator's personal smart mobile devices (includes smart devices, mobile devices) under the control of a mobile app. The tracks are displayed on a backdrop which is an animated rendering of the play area. The tracks and the backdrop are calculated to have the same scale to assure their alignment on the screen together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Lawrence Maxwell Monari, Lawrence Scott Monari
  • Publication number: 20160375341
    Abstract: A scorebook creating apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects first information that indicates a starting point of a scene included in picture data; a temporary-tag creating unit that creates a temporary tag including time information of the first information when the detecting unit detects the first information; a tag-identification (ID) assigning unit that issues, when second information is input from an external unit, a tag ID for associating the temporary tag with the second information to assign the tag ID to the second information; and a scorebook processing unit that creates a scorebook by the second information. The temporary-tag creating unit makes a set of the last temporary tag before the tag ID is issued and the tag ID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hideaki Onoda, Jiro Uzaki
  • Publication number: 20160375342
    Abstract: A lap counting system includes a pool that has an outer wall. The outer wall has an inside surface and the pool may contain a liquid. A tracking unit is coupled to the pool. The tracking unit is positioned on the inside surface such that the tracking unit may be submerged in the liquid. Thus, the tracking unit is accessible to a swimmer. The tracking unit is sensitive to touch such that the tracking unit may be engaged by the swimmer each time the swimmer completes a lap in the pool. Thus, the tracking unit records and times each lap swam by the swimmer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Dennis Kent Oberhelman, Donna Gwen Oberhelman
  • Publication number: 20160375343
    Abstract: The invention relates to sports gloves with support elements and systems integrated therein. An example glove includes a base portion and a plurality of finger portions, at least one of the finger portions including a finger engagement element located within the finger portion and adapted to extend over a back portion of the wearer's finger when the glove is being worn to resiliently bias the front of the finger portion against the front of the wearer's finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Gareth Woodhead
  • Publication number: 20160375344
    Abstract: A batting glove (10) has a cover member (12) defining a central opening and a plurality of finger elements (20) including a forefinger element (24) and a thumb element (22). The batting glove (10) has a web member (14) generally positioned between the finger element (20) and the thumb element (22). The web member (14) minimizes force against a thenar region of a wearer's hand from a bat in response to hitting a ball with the bat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jason T. Restko, Leonard J. Stubenfoll, David J. Payton
  • Publication number: 20160375345
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention would provide a rotatable footplate integrated with a corresponding bearing and well assembly that is imbedded into, screwed into, or otherwise, integrally a part of, a single-board sports board, such as a snowboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Charles D. Cole, III
  • Publication number: 20160375346
    Abstract: A system and method to provide haptic and visual feedback of motion of the skier foot and the forces transmitted to the skiboot insole and consequently to the ski/snow interface. This system comprises a motion and force sensors and a haptic actuator embedded in the skiboot insole in communication with a smart-phone based analysis application, configured to calculate insole motion and orientation and the distribution of pressure points inside the skiboot, then to provide haptic feedback to the skier foot instructing on timing and direction of change in the pressure points necessary to achieve optimal turn parameters. Furthermore, analyzed together with GPS coordinates are transmitted by the application to the cloud based server for further processing. Graphical and numerical representation of data is superimposed over a 3D map of a slope which may be viewed on the user smart-phone or on a remote computer terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Stanislaw Czaja, Muhammad Afsar, Andrzej Bachleda-Curus
  • Publication number: 20160375347
    Abstract: Provided is a speed control system, a method for using a speed control system, a use of a speed control system, a roller ski using the speed control system, and a ski pole insert for the speed control system. A speed control system (1) for limiting and/or regulating the speed of a wheeled article (2) is provided, wherein the wheeled article (2) comprises a body (4) and one or more wheels (6), the speed control system (1) adapted to, by actuation of a user actuator (12), actuate one or more brake units (10), and a restriction means (14) to limit the magnitude of a braking force applied to the one or more wheels (6) so as to enable a safe and controlled reduction in speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicants: ROLLERSAFE AS, ROLLERSAFE AS
    Inventor: Atle STUBBERUD
  • Publication number: 20160375348
    Abstract: A lane maintenance machine has a cleaning system that includes at least one liquid dispensing head that reciprocates back and forth transversely of the lane as the machine travels along the length of the lane. The dispensing head includes a dispensing tip therein that emits a pin deck treatment product and applies it to a pin deck. The system provides accurate, precise metering of the pin deck treatment liquid and affords board-by-board control of the dispensing action. A wiping assembly immediately behind the dispensing head provides a web of cloth-like material looped under a compressible backup roller to wipe or smear the applied liquid. In a preferred embodiment, the dispensing head is a double head, and it includes a second tip for dispensing a cleaning solution so that pin deck treatment can take place with the same piece of equipment, after lane cleaning has taken place, making the entire process automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Davis
  • Publication number: 20160375349
    Abstract: A poker-incorporated sports game is provided. The sports game includes elements each bearing indicia, or marking, of a playing card, such as playing cards used in a poker card game. The participants of the sports game have to perform and meet one or more predetermined challenges or tasks to achieve a poker hand from the elements. The participants strive to meet the challenges in the shorted time possible. An algorithm is then used to calculate the score of each participant, based on the value of the poker hand of and time used by the participant to achieve the poker hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen R. Dunham
  • Publication number: 20160375350
    Abstract: Playing card-handling devices, such as shufflers, dealing shoes, discard racks and verification systems, are rotatably secured to a gaming table to allow for functional and ergonomic adjustment of the card-handling device, without removal from the gaming table. One end of the device, preferably a front end of the device from which playing cards may be removed, has a structure that extends through an aperture in the gaming table. The device is movable within the aperture. Movement in the X-Y direction, angular movement and rotational movement, parallel to the movement of the plane of the surface of the gaming table, is enabled. The movement of the device about the aperture preferably maintains the base of the device relatively parallel to the plane of the surface of the gaming table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Krenn, Ernst Blaha, Attila Grauzer
  • Publication number: 20160375351
    Abstract: An amusement device having a base with a controller, an interchangeable rotatable inclined game board having a plurality of rolling element pathways thereon, and a rolling element that can be introduced onto the interchangeable game board and manipulated by the user through rotation of the controller to move through a plurality of pathways to an exit hole. The exit chute is alignable, by rotation of the game board using the controller, with a gap in a stabilizing ring and an adjacent recess in the base, to enable the gravitationally assisted removal of a rolling element from the play surface to a storage compartment to store the rolling elements that are successfully moved to the exit chute by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Andrew Wertz
  • Publication number: 20160375352
    Abstract: The current invention is an improvement to the random number generator described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,088,737. Random digits are generated by mixing ten differently colored balls in a transparent chamber. The entire surfaces of all the balls are uniformly colored and unmarked. None of the balls contains any electronic identification devices. A color sensor mounted near the settlement pocket of the mixing chamber emits data that is unique for each ball. A miniature computer and novel software correlate the data emitted for each of the ten balls with a different digit. One of the balls is randomly separated from the others and comes to rest near the color sensor without human intervention. The computer and its software record the digit that is correlated with the randomly separated ball and command a mini-projector to display the digit on the ball's surface in an upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Alan Frank
  • Publication number: 20160375353
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to multi-dimensional puzzles for teaching, entertainment, and construction. One embodiment of the invention comprises two forms, one planar and one non-planar, which comprise a plurality of protrusions and recesses. These forms may be assembled by selectively interconnecting the various protrusions and recesses to create multi-dimensional shapes such as a cube, cylinder, and sphere among many other possibilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Boulding
  • Publication number: 20160375354
    Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamic game surface adjustment at smart play surfaces of smart play sets according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving one or more inputs to perform an action at a portion of a play surface of a play set; evaluating the one or more inputs for generating an action plan to perform the action at the portion of the play surface, where the action plan is to affect one or more objects acting on the surface. The method may further include executing the action at the portion of the surface, wherein the action to adjust one or more properties of the play surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MARK R. FRANCIS, OMESH TICKOO, RAVISHANKAR IYER, GLEN J. ANDERSON, KEVIN W. BROSS, DAVID I. POISNER, YEVGENIY Y. YARMOSH, DANIEL P. SHEIL
  • Publication number: 20160375355
    Abstract: A four sided game piece and a method of playing one or more games utilizing the four sided game piece are disclosed. The four sided game piece includes one or more sides having a concave shaped edge and one or more sides having a convex shaped edge. The convex shaped edge of a first game piece is configured for completely and exactly mating with a concave shaped edge of a second game piece. The four sided game piece includes a top surface that is divided into four segments, each of the four segments including visual indicia that may be the same or different in various combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hy Ginsberg, Richard S. Malagodi, JR.