Patents Issued in April 18, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190111288
    Abstract: A person protection system including a garment configured for attachment to a helmet, wherein the garment defines a barrier between the wearer and the environment. The system includes a control mount integral to the garment and at least partially disposed on an environment side and a wearer side of the barrier. The control mount may include a lens configured to transfer light through the garment, and a sensor configured to detect the light transferred or reflected through the lens. A control member may be coupled to the control mount and configured to be manipulated by the wearer. When manipulated by the wearer, the control member may distort and/or disrupt the transfer of light through the lens that is detected by the sensor. The sensor may provide a sensor input signal based on the detected light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Isham, Stephen Reasoner, Benjamin Edinger
  • Publication number: 20190111289
    Abstract: Breathing mask comprising a shell and a harness, wherein: the breathing mask also comprises a folding system adapted to make the harness move from an extended position to a folded position, the folding system also comprises a pulling device and a guide device, the pulling device has a connecting portion connected to the harness and a gripping portion, the guide device is connected to the shell, the pulling device is free to move between a first position and a second position, and the guide device cooperates with the pulling device to guide the pulling device between the extended position and the folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Laura Canet, Didier Lamourette
  • Publication number: 20190111290
    Abstract: The invention relates to a quick-opening valve for a pressurized extinguishing fluid vessel, having an extinguishing fluid inlet (4), an extinguishing fluid outlet (5), a flow chamber which extends from the extinguishing fluid inlet (4) to the extinguishing fluid outlet (5), a valve piston (12), a valve seat (10), wherein the valve piston is movable back and forth between an opened-up position and a shut-off position such that the valve piston (12) and the valve seat (10), in the shut-off position, bear against one another in fluid-tight fashion and, in the opened-up position, are spaced apart from one another such that the extinguishing fluid inlet (4) and the extinguishing fluid outlet (5) are fluidically connected to one another. It is proposed according to the invention that the extinguishing fluid inlet (4) and the extinguishing fluid outlet (5) are oriented substantially parallel to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: MINMAX GMBH & CO., KG
    Inventors: Jan FELBERG, Wolfgang HABITZL
  • Publication number: 20190111291
    Abstract: A modular system is disclosed for handheld nozzles to facilitate distinguishing various nozzles in terms of nozzle type, owner, or type of fluid. Modular attachments are removably coupled to handles of the nozzles to provide the distinguishing characteristics. The modular attachment are secured to the handles without the use of mechanical fasteners or adhesives, and, instead, utilize integral mechanical attachment methods. The modular attachments can be made in a variety of colors to enable color-coding the distinguishing characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Akron Brass Company
    Inventor: L. Michael Broome
  • Publication number: 20190111292
    Abstract: A fire extinguisher vessel includes a hollow body made of stainless steel, a fill port attached to a first end of the body, a discharge outlet attached to a second end of the body, a mechanical attachment lug attached to the body between the first end of the body and the second end of the body, a pressure switch attached to the body between the mechanical attachment lug and the discharge outlet, and a wrap covering the body. The wrap is flush with the fill port, the discharge outlet, the mechanical attachment lug, and the pressure switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron Stanley Rogers, Dharmendr Len Seebaluck
  • Publication number: 20190111293
    Abstract: A device and method for verifying the readiness of a building's fire sprinkler system. The device includes an adapter that is secured between the sprinkler pipe and the sprinkler assembly, a pressure switch to measure the fluid pressure in the fire sprinkler system, an indicator which notifies occupants if there is enough fluid pressure at the sprinkler assembly for the sprinkler to operate properly, and a power source for the pressure switch and indicator. During operation of the sprinkler system, water flows from the sprinkler pipe, through the adapter and into the sprinkler assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: SCOTT HAYES, JERRY MINTER
  • Publication number: 20190111294
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a skipping head with skipping rope self-locking function. The skipping head comprises a rope guide tube, a conical housing, steel balls, a spring, a compression nut, a bearing, a bearing seat and a screw; the rope guide tube is provided with three concentric circular holes, which are embedded with steel balls, to compose a skipping rope chuck; the tail end of the chuck is connected to a spring, which is connected with the conical housing through the compression nut, to compose a skipping rope self-locking device; a bearing is internally installed at both ends of the bearing seat respectively, to form a skipping head rotating device; one end of the bearing seat is connected with a rope locking device, the other end will be connected with a skipping handle; the rotating device and the skipping rope gripping device are integrally connected by the screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Xunqing Yu
  • Publication number: 20190111295
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a new, more stable locking pin system for use in constructing adjustable exercise machine designs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Cory Watson
  • Publication number: 20190111296
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a grid member useful for constructing an exercise grid, said grid member comprising: a first end and a second end, the first and second ends being attached to a connector, the connector comprising a first narrow end and a second wide end. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides an exercise grid comprising a plurality of grid members, the grid members comprising: a first end and a second end, the first and second ends being attached to a connector, the connector comprising a first narrow end and a second wide end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Marli Alec Jacob, David Joseph Jacob
  • Publication number: 20190111297
    Abstract: A plank support exercise apparatus and related methods is provided. The plank support exercise apparatus has a hand grip and a frame extending from the hand grip. At least one arm support pad is connected to the frame, wherein a distance between the hand grip and the at least one arm support pad is adjustable. A ground-interface surface is positioned along at least a portion of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Michael H. Domesick
  • Publication number: 20190111298
    Abstract: A belt for use in a BFR system with an outer belt material hermetically sealed to an inner belt material along a perimeter, thereby forming at least one inflatable chamber, the inflatable chamber having an input port for accepting a gas into the chamber, the belt further comprising a first fastening means in communication with the outer belt material, for attaching to a second fastening means in communication with the outer belt material, thereby locking a circumference of the belt, when wrapped around a user's limb, and the belt further comprising a pre-tensioning system for prescribing and applying a known amount of initial compression to the limb by the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Tremaine Whalen
  • Publication number: 20190111299
    Abstract: A programmable range of motion system has a frame, a range of motion device, a controller, a computer and sensors. The frame has a seat to support a rehab patient. The range of motion device is attached to the frame. The actuator, servo or alternate mechanism selectively rotates the range of motion device through a range of motion for a rehab patient's limb. The controller controls the actuator, servo or alternate mechanism. The computer is connected electronically to the controller. The computer has a software, program or application including a plurality of programmable range of motion movements for exercising the limb. The sensor detects movements of the actuator, servo or alternate mechanism and records data back to the computer. The term actuator as used hereafter includes servo or alternate articulating mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Radcliffe, Eduardo M. Marti, Robert T. Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20190111300
    Abstract: Training equipment is configured for targeted muscle actuation. The training equipment contains a muscle-powered actuating element and a damping system having two components that can move in relation to one another. One of the components is operatively connected to the actuating element, such that a movement of the actuating element can be damped. A field-sensitive rheological medium and a field generation system are associated with the damping system, in order to generate and control the field strength. A damping characteristic can be influenced by the field generation system. A control system is suited and configured to control the field generation system in a targeted manner in accordance with a training parameter, such that the movement of the actuating element can be damped taking into account the training parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: STEFAN BATTLOGG
  • Publication number: 20190111301
    Abstract: A training sled having an adjustable resistance. The training sled may have one or more wheels coupled to a brake. The brake may be configurable to provide a desired level of resistance against rotation of the one or more wheels. The brake may be a disc brake with a disc arranged between a pair of calipers. The calipers may be configured to provide friction resistance on the disc or magnetic resistance on the disc. The amount of resistance provided by the brake may be set via a brake adjust, which may allow a user to increase or decrease an amount of resistance applied to the disc by the calipers. The brake adjust may be a turnable or twistable knob or handle, for example. In this way, the resistance of the training sled may be set or adjusted with relative ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Asanovich
  • Publication number: 20190111302
    Abstract: In various exemplary scenarios, some embodiments of the present invention provide a collapsible, user-friendly weighted hip thrust exercise apparatus. Various embodiments of the present invention may consist of a base frame enclosing an exercise space, with an upper body support attached to one end of the frame. The frame may be adjustable in length and/or width in order to accommodate different users. The upper body support may be configured to provide an elevated back rest for the user. In an illustrative example, the upper body support height may be adjustable to accommodate different users. In an exemplary scenario illustrative of various embodiments' usage, a user may sit down in the exercise space enclosed by the frame with the user's upper-back and arms resting on top of the upper body support, placing his or her feet on top of the frame on the other width side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Ballestero
  • Publication number: 20190111303
    Abstract: Exercise loops 1 comprise a first loop 2, a second loop 3, and a third loop 4 each formed by joining opposite ends of an elastic elongated member into a ring shape, wherein the first loop 2 and the third loop 4 are each connected so as to be interlocked with the second loop 3. The first loop 2 and the third loop 4 preferably comprise fasteners 2b, 4b that secure engagement parts engaged with the second loop 3 and that are movable along the elongated members. The first loop 2 and the third loop 4 can be connected so as to be interlocked with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Kazuko AIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190111304
    Abstract: The disclosure provides embodiments of a training device and related methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Neil F. Gilman
  • Publication number: 20190111305
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes an elongated support element extending between first and second ends. The support element has a mounting member located at each of the first and second ends to engage with a door or wall surface and mount the support element thereto. A resistance-generating assembly includes a stationary member attached to the support element. A displaceable member is mountable to the support element and displaceable therealong relative to the stationary member. A resilient member is removably mountable between the stationary and displaceable members. The resilient member generates resistance upon being elastically deformed by displacement of the displaceable member relative to the stationary member. A pulley is mounted to the displaceable member and displaceable therewith, and another pulley is mounted to the support element. A hand-operable cable engages the pulleys to effect displacement of the displaceable member relative to the stationary member. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Brian K. ROBINSON
  • Publication number: 20190111306
    Abstract: Disclosed is a piece of muscle exercising equipment that includes at least one shaft mounted rotatably about its own axis, at least one inertial mass connectable to the shaft, at least one flexible element constrained to the shaft and configured to be wound around it when the shaft is rotated, in which the flexible element is put under tension by a user to cause rotation of the shaft and of the inertial mass. The inertial mass includes a supporting element, connectable to, or integral with, the shaft, and at least one casing, sustained by the supporting element, which defines at least one inner chamber fillable with a loose material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Alberto BERTAGNOLIO
  • Publication number: 20190111307
    Abstract: Present invention discloses a performance training garment, particularly a whole-body performance training garment which in a single garment covers, essentially, the wearer's major portions such as torso, arms and legs. The garment body is incorporated with a series of inflatable bladders to provide external resistance to the wearers muscles. The body of the garment also includes a network of supply lines that is responsible for supplying an air inflation medium to the bladders. The inflation and deflation is controlled by a control device that has wearer operated interface. The performance training garment as disclosed herein provides the effect of exercising in a high-G environment by furnishing external resistance against which the wearer's muscles contracts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: BLW IP, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin L. White
  • Publication number: 20190111308
    Abstract: A workout pouch comprising multiple pieces of fabric fastened together to form a spherical receptacle to securely contain a medicine ball is disclosed herein. The spherical receptacle facilitates working out using the medicine ball. The workout pouch conforms to the size and shape of the medicine ball. The pouch secures the medicine ball so as to prevent the medicine ball from shifting within the pouch during exercise. The pouch may also include one or more support patches to enhance its structural integrity and resistance to wear-and-tear damage. The workout pouch may include straps and strap fasteners to allow a user to fasten the straps to the user's body. The pouch may also include a ball fastener to properly secure a medicine ball within the body of the pouch and a ball fastener protector that prevents the ball fastener from being exposed while the pouch is in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: WePo Fitness Inc.
    Inventor: Hesbon Mwangi Naomi
  • Publication number: 20190111309
    Abstract: An exercise device includes a flat base having a first end and an opposing second end. The base is configured to engage a flat exercise surface. The exercise device further includes a pair of opposing sidewalls extending away from the base and an arcuate upper surface extending between the first end and the second end between the pair of opposing sidewalls. A first angle is defined between the base and the upper surface proximate the first end and a second angle is defined between the base and the upper surface proximate the second end. The exercise device also includes a coccyx cutout in the upper surface proximate at least one of the first end and the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Kyle Lee McCarter
  • Publication number: 20190111310
    Abstract: A pivoting abdominal exercise machine is used to exercise and strengthen core muscles. The machine includes a hinged frame, a plurality of black supports, and a base stand. The plurality of back supports is connected along the hinged frame. Together, the hinged frame and the plurality of back supports are used to interact with and brace portions of the user's back as the user performs an exercise. The plurality of back supports may either be cushioned pads or rollers. The base stand is mounted to the hinged frame through an elastic pivot resistor. The elastic pivot resistor allows the user to rock, tilt, or twist about the base stand. A frame-grasping assembly is mounted to the hinged frame. The frame-grasping assembly allows the user to hold onto the device and maintain stability while performing exercises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Nabile LALAOUA
  • Publication number: 20190111311
    Abstract: A lip muscle strengthening device includes: an upper plate inserted into a mouth of a user including a first electrode formed on a bottom surface; a lower plate inserted into the mouth of the user including a second electrode formed on a top surface; an outer support plate adhered to an outer lip of the user and supporting a front end of the upper plate and a front end of the lower plate in a connected state while separating the upper plate and the lower plate from each other; and a pressure recognition unit connected to the first electrode and the second electrode and enabling the user to recognize a closed state of the mouth when the user pushes the upper plate and the lower plate with the upper lip and the lower lip and the first electrode and the second electrode contact each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: FES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Ho BAEK
  • Publication number: 20190111312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rehabilitation device adapted for rehabilitating and/or exercising the shoulder region, as well as to the use of such a rehabilitation device. The rehabilitation device has support elements (3, 4, 5) enabling the upright position of the upper body during the exercise, two motion shafts (2) guiding the motion in a pre-defined direction of motion, and two handleless arm supports (1) attached to the end of each motion shaft and arranged to support the arms of the user, preventing activation of the muscles carrying the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: DAVID HEALTH SOLUTIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Tapio TAIVAINEN, Johannes HAUTAMÄKI, Arno PARVIAINEN
  • Publication number: 20190111313
    Abstract: A system designed for exercising while sitting includes a rigid housing configured to receive at least one sensor to detect motion. The sensor is configured to identify an oscillatory motion of a knee raising and lowering through pivoting of an ankle of a user wherein a heel of a foot of the user lifts off of a surface and wherein a toe of the user remains planted on the surface. A mobile device in wireless communication with the motion sensor runs an application that provides a user with a multitude of features. The features include exercise statistics, energy spent, and steps taken. A further feature of the mobile device application is to provide a user with a virtual environment on the screen of the mobile device. Exercise performed by the user is translated into forward motion in the provided virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Dimitrios Kalogris, Peter Kalogris
  • Publication number: 20190111314
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an assistive fitness system and method, and fitness equipment. The assistive fitness system includes a thermal imaging device configured to receive an infrared signal from a human body and perform thermal imaging processing based on the infrared signal to generate a human body image, a comparing device configured to compare the human body image with a reference image of a standard fitness movement to generate a comparison result, and a display device configured to display the human body image and the comparison result of the human body image and the reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Yubing Song, Yue Gu, Bin Ma, Mingjing Wang
  • Publication number: 20190111315
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for 3D flight tracking of objects includes, in at least one aspect, a method including obtaining two dimensional image data of a golf ball in flight, the two dimensional image data originating from a camera; obtaining radar data of the golf ball in flight, the radar data originating from a Doppler radar device associated with the camera; interpolating the radar data to generate interpolated radar data of the golf ball in flight; and blending radial distance information derived from the interpolated radar data of the golf ball in flight with angular distance information derived from the two dimensional image data of the golf ball in flight to form three dimensional location information of the golf ball in three dimensional space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel Forsgren
  • Publication number: 20190111316
    Abstract: A measuring method for maximum muscle strength may be applied to a muscle training device and a user of the device. The muscle training device may include a control unit, an operation display unit, and a drag unit. The measuring method assists the user to measure their maximum strength on the muscle training device by themself, and this knowledge is helpful in designing and adjusting a muscle training schedule and to evaluate the resulting progress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Ming-Chu Su, Shu-Yao Wu, Pei-Hsuan Chang
  • Publication number: 20190111317
    Abstract: A first mobile device displays a visual representation of at least a portion of a basketball court and receives user input indicating a sequence of actions to be performed on the basketball court by a player. The first mobile device encodes the sequence of actions into a data structure and sends the data structure to a server to cause the server to initiate a notification to at least at a second mobile device. The second mobile device receives the data structure and displays the visual representation of the basketball court concurrently with at least one user interface element corresponding to at least one action in the sequence of actions. Placement of the at least one user interface element relative to a basketball hoop is determined, at the second mobile device after receipt of the data structure, based at least in part of a profile of the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Todd Young, Syed Saad Hussain, Zach Urbanus
  • Publication number: 20190111318
    Abstract: A method includes receiving electronic content via a network, the electronic content comprising an exercise class, and receiving user data associated with a user participating in the exercise class using an exercise machine. The method also includes generating an executable control for a user interface based at least in part on the user data, and providing the executable control, via a display of the exercise machine, while the user is participating in the exercise class. In such a method, the executable control is operable to modify a parameter of the exercise machine while the user is participating in the exercise class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Betina Evancha, Joseph Intonato, Ashley Willhite, Jooyoung Lee
  • Publication number: 20190111319
    Abstract: A portable training system enables the deployment of customizable training equipment. The system has an inclined surface over which users move to provide and increased work out. Additional equipment such as ropes or elastic bands are able to be attached to the side to broaden the exercises available to the users. The system incorporates marks for targeted movement and coordination of the work out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Oliver
  • Publication number: 20190111320
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for protecting a climbing rope comprising a flexible sheath comprising a first edge, a second edge generally opposing the first edge, a first end, and a second end generally opposing the first end, a sheath connector assembly attached at the second end of the flexible sheath, and a primary rope connector assembly attached to the sheath connector assembly. Methods of making and using the device also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Peak Performance Leadership, LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan T. Norton
  • Publication number: 20190111321
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball where the face has multiple thickness regions. The face has a center region, an upper region, a lower region, a toe region, and a heel region. The upper and lower regions have a ramped thickness extending from a center region to an upper and lower edge of the face. The heel and toe regions have a constant face thickness and have a thickness less than the other regions. Additionally, the club head body has a flange where the face is welded to the club head body. The flange has a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the heel and toe regions of the face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Joshua M. Boggs, Kevin Harper, Eric A. Larson, Michael T. Prichard, Hiromitsu Akiyama, Yoshimasa Fujita
  • Publication number: 20190111322
    Abstract: A manufacture method for partial structure refinement of a forged iron golf club head includes a preparing step, a first preforming step, a second preforming step, a fine-forging shaping step, a partial structure refinement step, and a final shaping step. The manufacture method is capable of partially refining the particle structure of the final workpiece. The hardness of a hitting surface of the final workpiece is reinforced to generate clear and loud sounds and to achieve better hitting performance and experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: CHI-HUNG SU
  • Publication number: 20190111323
    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 rear portion, and a front portion having a face portion with a face portion thickness extending between a front surface and a back surface. The body portion may be associated with a body portion volume. The golf club head may also include an interior cavity. The interior cavity may include an elastic polymer material. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Publication number: 20190111324
    Abstract: A golf car accessory includes a mounting assembly for attaching a ball washer or other accessory to a golf car. The assembly includes a pair of parallel opposing L-shaped brackets, each bracket having a first member that extends substantially perpendicularly outward from a vertical member. The vertical member of each bracket is mounted to the golf car through one or more mounting holes disposed in the first member of each bracket for attaching each first member to the golf car in a spaced apart configuration. A mounting arm has an upper and lower end. The upper end terminates in a first horizontal member extending outwardly from the mounting arm and beyond the pair of opposing L-shaped brackets and the lower end terminates in a second horizontal member extending inwardly from the mounting arm and forwardly along the pair of opposing L-shaped brackets in a direction opposite the first horizontal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Dennis Williams
  • Publication number: 20190111325
    Abstract: A golf ball launcher including a head installed on an elongate shaft. The head is a unitary cup that releasably captures a standard golf ball with a friction fit insertion. When the launcher is accelerated in an arc in the manner of a lacrosse throw, the ball is released with a slight deceleration or snap at the point of release and with backspin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Patrick Legoski
  • Publication number: 20190111326
    Abstract: A set of golf clubs having a degree of loft and lie adjustability to provide improved distance gapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Justin M. Girard, Michael Scott Burnett, Jason Sulak
  • Publication number: 20190111327
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism that can visualize an operation of a target object from a smaller amount of information. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire an operation model indicating an operation pattern related to a target object; a calculation section configured to calculate an overall operation including an identified partial operation of operations of the target object, with reference to the operation model acquired by the acquisition section; and an output control section configured to output output information indicating the overall operation of the target object that has been calculated by the calculation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: KEITA MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190111328
    Abstract: Hinges for multipurpose golf training aids, and more particularly, long-wearing, durable low-profile hinges for multipurpose golf training aids, and methods for manufacturing such hinges are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Nathanael Tolman
  • Publication number: 20190111329
    Abstract: A snowboard boot and binding system is disclosed which facilitates the engagement and disengagement of a snowboard boot and binding. The snowboard boot may include a boot engagement member extending from a rear of the boot. The boot engagement member is moved downwardly into a corresponding binding engagement member to provide an arrangement which prevents forward movement of the boot. The boot engagement member also may include one or more serrations to engage with one or more pawls on the binding to prevent upward movement of the boot. A snap-in arrangement may be provided in a boot toe region. The boot has protrusions extending outwardly from each side of the boot to engage with catches on the binding sidewalls. As the boot is pressed downwardly into the binding, the protrusions splay the catches until reaching recesses, at which point the catches rebound to capture the protrusions against upward movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond Robert Kavarsky, JR., Christopher M. Doyle, Scott T. Keller
  • Publication number: 20190111330
    Abstract: A controller for an electric skateboard is provided. The controller includes a pistol-grip housing configured to fit in a palm of a hand of a user of the electric skateboard; an accelerator trigger positioned on an upper front portion of the pistol-grip housing, and configured to be actuated by a first finger of the hand when the pistol-grip housing is gripped; a brake trigger positioned on an upper rear portion of the pistol-grip housing, and configured to be actuated by a thumb of the hand when the pistol-grip housing is gripped; and a display screen positioned on a front upper portion of the pistol-grip housing above the accelerator trigger and forwardly of the brake trigger, and configured to be viewed by the user when the pistol-grip housing is gripped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffrey ANNING
  • Publication number: 20190111331
    Abstract: A method includes. determining numbers of a cards sequentially removed from a card shooter and delivered to one or more persons during a round of a card game. The method further includes determining, based on the determined numbers of the cards and based on one or more signals received from a set of card detecting optical sensors of a group of sensors located on one or more card guide rails, whether there is an attempt to draw a card from the card shooter after the round of the card game is over. The method also includes, based a determination of that the attempt occurred, generating a signal indicating the attempt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20190111332
    Abstract: To prevent a loss or replacement of card packages while operating casinos using packages of multiple cards in the casinos or other card game facilities using card game tables, a management system for managing packages of shuffled playing cards is provided. The management system including a management control device stores ID codes attached to a plurality of packages brought into a management/storage box, constructs a database, reads the ID codes of the plurality of packages brought into the management/storage box at predetermined time intervals, confirms existence of each ID code registered in the database in the management/storage box, and manages the ID codes of the packages before use and the ID codes of the drawn packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20190111333
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) experience augmentation method includes: generating VR representations, each preprogrammed to simulate a virtual environment with virtually represented objects; associating stage kits with one or more of the representations, each kit having a modular stage and stage accessories, the modular stage marked to aid assembly; and building one of the kits, by: assembling the accessories to the stage according to the one of the kits by using coordinates identified by stage markings; and configuring a motion tracking system to track a VR participant's movements and movements of one of more of the stage accessories by communicating identity, location and/or orientation information to a VR simulation engine. Locations and orientations of the objects within the virtual environment correspond to locations and orientations of the stage accessories that are arranged according to the one of the kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: KALON ROSS GUTIERREZ, JOHN DUNCAN, DOUGLAS GRIFFIN, RICHARD SCHULZE
  • Publication number: 20190111334
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) attraction method includes implementing a kit corresponding to plans associated with VR representations. The kit includes fixed accessories, moveable accessories, a platform having a pattern of markings, and sections. The platform has mounts to affix the fixed stage accessories to the platform. The pattern identifies coordinates corresponding to a location of the mounts. The sections interconnect according to the pattern to form the platform. The platform is configurable according to stage plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kalon Ross Gutierrez, John Duncan, Douglas Griffin, Richard Schulze
  • Publication number: 20190111335
    Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: marking location information sent by a network side is received, the marking location information at least including location information of the game scene; an marking location is determined in a game scene according to the location information of the game scene, and direction information of the marking location is acquired; a direction indicator is provided on the GUI, the direction indicator including a direction identifier for identifying a direction; and at a position corresponding to the direction identifier corresponding to the direction information, a graphical identifier corresponding to the direction information of the marking location is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Qingbo MIAO
  • Publication number: 20190111336
    Abstract: A virtual reality system includes a stage kit, a motion tracking system, and a VR engine. The kit corresponds to plans associated with VR representations, and includes fixed and moveable props that are represented in one or more of the representations. The kit has a stage including a marked platform with accessory mounts to affix the fixed props to the platform, and stage sections that are interconnected according to the markings to form said platform. The platform is configurable according to differently dimensioned plans. The motion tracking system generates tracking information corresponding to the props and a VR participant on the stage. The VR simulation engine receives the tracking information, and employs that tracking information to generate the VR representations that simulate a virtual environment with virtually represented objects corresponding to the props, where the props are arranged according to a corresponding stage plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: KALON ROSS GUTIERREZ, JOHN DUNCAN, DOUGLAS GRIFFIN, RICHARD SCHULZE
  • Publication number: 20190111337
    Abstract: A foldable cockpit system has upper and lower control interfaces thereon connected to computers, game consoles and similar devices in a wired/wireless manner. The foldable cockpit system is used for gaming, entertainment, and simulation purposes, and is connected to swivel chairs and occupies no space thanks to the foldable nature thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Alper ERGEN