Patents Issued in February 25, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210052931
    Abstract: An exercise device includes a footwear part, a brace part and at least one resistance band. The footwear part has a foot receiving portion configured to receive a front portion of a user's foot. The brace part is configured to be releasably attached to a knee area of the user. The at least one resistance band is configured to be releasably secured at opposite ends thereof to the footwear part and brace part, respectively. The exercise device can be used, among other things, for conditioning and strengthening, for aerobic exercises, and to help individuals maintain proper foot placement throughout an entire exercise and improve their form by helping them stay on their forefoot when performing an exercise dealing with brisk walking or running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: ROOBENS LOUIS
  • Publication number: 20210052932
    Abstract: For this invention I took into account two basic aspects: the application of fitness equipment and how we can enjoy better the sexual activity The main objective of the MoonWeight is to increase the weight of the body, in the man or in the woman during the sexual activity. Weight is important in both men and women to enjoy sex better in a relationship. Another application will be used as fitness equipment. The MoonWeight will be made of different weights and dimensions. The material will be metal. The MoonWeight will have a cover bag with sponge inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Manuel Mazissa Gomes
  • Publication number: 20210052933
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular strap-based exercise apparatus, kit, and method of use thereof, and more particularly to an apparatus, kit, and method for modularly connecting components of a strap-based exercise device. In an embodiment, the strap-based exercise apparatus includes one or more infinity loops configured to attach various portions of the exercise apparatus together. The exercise apparatus may be provided as a kit including an elongated member, a grip assembly, and one or more mechanisms for adjusting the length of a strap and connecting straps together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Fitness Anywhere LLC
    Inventors: Randal A. Hetrick, Mauricio Hernan Delgado
  • Publication number: 20210052934
    Abstract: Embodiments of improved closed-piece and open-piece trap bar having adjustable properties that enable the user to have a safer and more effective weightlifting experience. Closed-piece trap bars comprise a trap bar wherein the user steps into a structure that entirely surrounds him or her during the lifting and lowering process. Open-piece trap bars comprise a trap bar wherein the user steps into a structure that partially surrounds him or her during the lifting and lowering process. These trap bars are adjustable either because the width of the trap bar itself may be adjusted or the length of the handles may be adjusted or the space in between the handles may be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ernest Michael Mattox, Alex Shmuylovich
  • Publication number: 20210052935
    Abstract: An exercise weight support device includes: a spool connected to a belt to suspend the device, the spool being rotatable to enable more or less of the belt to be wound therearound to change the device vertical position of the device; a ratchet wheel drivingly coupled to the spool to control rotation thereof; an outer frame having a cradle and/or a pair of hooks to support a bar of a free weight; a ratchet pawl connected to the outer frame at a fixed location relative thereto; and a trigger handle coupled to the spool to move the spool relative to the ratchet pawl between a non-operating position of the trigger handle causing the ratchet pawl and teeth of the ratchet wheel to engage, and an operating position of the trigger handle causing the ratchet pawl and the teeth of the ratchet wheel to disengage to control rotation of the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: JOHN GORDON KAY, THOMAS JOHN SLOMKA, DAVID GILCHRIST KAY, BRIAN RICHARD CLARK
  • Publication number: 20210052936
    Abstract: An inflatable plyometric box having a first inflatable member adapted to be inflated to a pressure, a second inflatable member on top of the first inflatable member and adapted to be inflated to a pressure, and a connecting member connected to the first inflatable member and the second inflatable member which secures the first inflatable member to the second inflatable member. The first and second inflatable members incorporate drop stitch technology which provides substantial rigidity to first and second inflatable members when the first and second inflatable members are inflated to the pressures. Thus the inflatable plyometric box is substantially rigid to support a user landing on the top of the inflatable plyometric box. The inflatable plyometric box may include a stabilizing member which may be connected to the bottom of the inflatable plyometric box, wherein the stabilizing member is adapted to increase the stability of the inflatable plyometric box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Chad Chaehong PARK, Csaba ANDRASFI
  • Publication number: 20210052937
    Abstract: A swingable exercise bicycle mechanism includes a base frame, two fastening seat at the front and rear, two extension springs arranged symmetrically in pairs connecting with fastening seat, at least one sliding shaft set through between two fastening seat, a buffer arranged between two fastening seat, an exercise bicycle locked in the top surface of slider; When users swing their body on the exercise bicycle, the slider motivate fastening seat spin, and generate a torque in opposite direction simultaneously which enhance effect of swinging of exercise bicycle; By moving body back and forth, exercise bicycle apply component force of reciprocating which causes slider shifting, whereby overcoming damping of the buffer device achieves effect of intense exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: TAI-CHUAN CHEN, SHANG-TA WU
  • Publication number: 20210052938
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the current invention relates to a system and/or method to distribute forces and/or arrange the geometry of a grip of exercise equipment to server to strengthen a grasping muscle of the user. For example, the grip may be designed to be held by one or more fingers in partially open and/or an unlocked position. For example, the grip may be designed for different fingers to grasp at different geometries and/or forces to exercise grasping muscles. In some embodiments, the grip has a variable geometry, for example it may be tapered (for example, as a cut off conical section) and/or bulging and/or with an indentation. The grip may be made of elastomer such as artificial polymer, latex and/or silicone. Optionally the grip has a non slip surface. In some embodiments, the grip fits over a handle of a piece of exercise equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Rabiner, Victoria Odynets
  • Publication number: 20210052939
    Abstract: Pelvic floor stimulating device, formed by an airtight container (1) that comprises a handle (4) and contains internally a moving mass (2) having unevenesses so that to prevent that it is freely displaced through the container until a sufficient inertial force exists. Preferably the mass (2) is spherical, ovoid or polyhedric, it is formed by a high-density core surrounded by a soft material and it possesses elongated bosses distributed on its surface. Preferably the handle (4) is formed by a flexible strip having a series of knots (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: ECAREYOU INNOVATION, S.L.
    Inventor: Joan GARRIGA I RODO
  • Publication number: 20210052940
    Abstract: A system determining a spin axis of a ball includes a radar transmitting a signal into a target area. The radar includes a minimum of three receivers arranged so that two pairs of receivers are not co-linear. The system also includes a Processing Unit (“PU”) receiving data from the radar and determining a radar range of frequencies received at a point in time corresponding to differing velocities relative to the radar of different portions of the ball as the ball is spinning. PU divides the radar frequency range into a plurality of frequency components and calculating, for each of the frequency components, an angular position associated therewith. PU identifies as a projection of the spin axis in a plane perpendicular to a line of sight from the radar to the ball, a line perpendicular to a line represented by the determined angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Fredrik TUXEN, Michael UNGSTRUP, Kasper MACKEPRANG
  • Publication number: 20210052941
    Abstract: An exercise measurement device comprises a housing for attaching to a frame of a bicycle, a generator, an annular rotational input member for rotationally driving the generator, the rotational input member being rotatably mounted on the housing and positioned around a crank axis line, a connecting member connecting the rotational input member to the crankshaft or the crank arm in a torque transmitting relationship, a sensor for detecting at least one of electric current of the generator, a rotational speed of the generator or the crank arm, a torque of the crank arm, a position of the crank arm, a strain in the crank arm, and a pressure on the pedal, a measurement computing unit for computing at least one of power and a pedaling force from an output of the sensor, and a display unit for displaying a computed value of the measurement computing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji TSUKAMOTO, Yoshihiro NAMIKI, Satoshi HONDA, Hiroyuki KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210052942
    Abstract: An athletic activity performance estimation device estimates an athletic activity performance index relating to an athletic activity in which a subject performs a short-time action after a predetermined waiting time using information correlated with the state of tension of the subject as tension state information, an index indicating the subject's tension level as a tension state index, and an index indicating the quality of performance of an athletic activity of the subject as the athletic activity performance index. The athletic activity performance estimation device includes a tension state information acquirer that acquires the tension state information of the subject before starting the athletic activity, a tension state index calculator that calculates the tension state index of the subject from the tension state information, and an athletic activity performance index estimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji MATSUMURA, Ken WATANABE, Toshitaka KIMURA, Makio KASHINO
  • Publication number: 20210052943
    Abstract: A pitch count system monitors pitch count data for baseball and softball pitchers so that coaches, officials and team administrators can know when a team's pitcher is approaching or has reached pitch count limits. The system may register information upon game completion and/or enable live updating during game play, and may make updated pitch count information available to each team. The system may allow coaches to view their opponents' reports so that coaches can know who is not eligible to pitch against them on a certain day, or after a certain point in time as a game progresses. Further, the system may provide leagues and governing associations with an oversight mechanism to ensure that teams are adhering to the prescribed pitch count regulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Weems
  • Publication number: 20210052944
    Abstract: An exploratory learning device including a pair of body frame members worn by a first user and a second user respectively. Each body frame member has a shape for receiving a corresponding user's upper torso and each body frame member includes a center aperture. The pair of body frame members are attachably connected to one another by an adjustable beam which is positioned between the pair of body frame members thereby creating an interdependency of movement between the first and second users and thereby causing a distance of separation between the first and the second users. The adjustable beam has a ball and socket attached at both ends of the beam. Each ball and socket connects to the center aperture of a corresponding body frame member which allows the corresponding user to move in different positions to explore dynamics of physical connectivity and physical forces between the first user and the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Stanton Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20210052945
    Abstract: A swim fin may include a foot pocket configured to receive a foot of a swimmer and a fin blade extending from the foot pocket. A relatively rigid substrate chassis may be bonded to the foot pocket. The fin blade may be relatively flexible. Fin rails may extend along the lateral edges of the fin blade. The fin rails may include a fin spine comprising a plurality of fin spine segments in linear configuration. The fin spine may be configured to provide a swim fin with predetermined hydrodynamic characteristics. The swim fin may flex within a maximum angle of attack that may be variable and dynamically changed, within a predetermined maximum attack angle range, as a function of the kicking force generated by a swimmer during a kicking cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: JOSEPH D MARESH
  • Publication number: 20210052946
    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: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Madson, Nicholas M. Nardacci
  • Publication number: 20210052947
    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: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Madson, Nicholas M. Nardacci
  • Publication number: 20210052948
    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: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Madson, Nicholas M. Nardacci
  • Publication number: 20210052949
    Abstract: A golf ball has a plurality of dimples 12 and a land 14 on a surface thereof. The golf ball further has a large number of minute projections 18 formed on surfaces of the dimples 12 and the land 14. The surface of the golf ball has an arithmetic average height Sa of not less than 0.5 ?m and not greater than 30 ?m. An average value Hav of heights H of the minute projections 18 is not less than 0.5 ?m and not greater than 50 ?m. A ratio Pp of a sum of areas of all the minute projections 18 to a surface area of a phantom sphere of the golf ball is not less than 7%. An average value Dav of diameters D of the minute projections 18 is not less than 5 ?m and not greater than 50 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro SAJIMA, Hironori TAKIHARA, Toshiyuki TAKUBO
  • Publication number: 20210052950
    Abstract: In a golf ball having a two-layer core which includes an inner core layer and an outer core layer and having a cover of one or more layer, the outer core layer is formed of an elastomer composition that includes specific amounts of (A) polybutadiene having a 1,2-bond content of 50 to 95%, (B) a photocurable monomer, oligomer or polymer, and (C) a photopolymerizable initiator. The outer core layer has a thickness of from 1.0 to 4.0 mm, and the two-layer core has a surface hardness on the JIS-C scale of from 75 to 95. The ball is provided with a hardness gradient at the core interior, which lowers the spin rate of the ball, has an improved durability to cracking, and production costs for the outer core layer are kept relatively low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi NAMBA, Yusuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210052951
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking a sports ball assembly in real time during a sporting event are disclosed. A structure of the sports ball assembly is also disclosed. The sports ball assembly comprises at least one electronic circuit embedded or attached to a sports ball. The sports ball assembly is in network communication with a server processor via at least two receivers within a sports arena. The sports ball assembly generates and transmits UWB data packets comprising movement-related data for the sports ball assembly in real time at a predetermined rate. The at least two receivers receive the UWB data packets and transmit to the server processor with time stamps. The server processor is operable to determine a movement of the sports ball assembly based on the UWB data packets and the time stamps received from the at least two receivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Gerard J. Hall
  • Publication number: 20210052952
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club head includes a heel, a toe, a top portion, a sole portion, a top portion, a rear portion, and a striking wall. The striking wall includes a striking face having a plurality of scorelines and a face center and a rear surface. A minimum striking wall thickness Tmin is no greater than 2.5 min. A thickened central region of the striking wall has a maximum thickness, Tmax, greater than Tmin but no greater than 2.75. A first thickness T1 of the striking wall corresponds with a first location spaced toe-ward from the face center by a first distance D1 of between 20 mm and 30 mm. A second thickness T2 of the striking wall corresponds with a second location spaced heel-ward from the face center by the first distance D1 such that T1 is greater than T2 by no less than 0.05 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Dustin BREKKE, Anthony MUNSON, Farbod GHARAEI
  • Publication number: 20210052953
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of golf club heads having a balance of the following parameters: a low and back club head center of gravity position, a high moment of inertia, and low aerodynamic drag. Methods of manufacturing the embodiments of golf club heads having a balance of club head center of gravity position, moment of inertia, and aerodynamic drag are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stokke, Sina Ghods
  • Publication number: 20210052954
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads having transition profiles to reduce aerodynamic drag during a swing are described herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head includes a crown transition profile having a first crown radius of curvature, a sole transition profile having a first sole radius of curvature, and a rear transition profile having a rear radius of curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stokke, Sina Ghods
  • Publication number: 20210052955
    Abstract: A golf club head, preferably a putter head, comprising at least one structural support member is disclosed herein. The structural support member has a smooth, organic-looking aesthetic, with a continuously changing curvature along its spline and at least one surface, and preferably connects one portion of the golf club head to another portion. Where the support member connects to other portions of the golf club head, the surfaces of the member have a curvature that changes smoothly and continuously, lacking any sharp corners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Brandon D. DeMille, William C. Watson
  • Publication number: 20210052956
    Abstract: A multiple material golf club head made of different metals that, when combined via additive manufacturing, transmit tensile or compressive force, shear force, bending moment, and torsional moment as if the different metal parts were a single piece of material is disclosed herein. In particular, the golf club head is a putter head with a body piece made of a first metal material that is in direct contact with a face piece made of a second metal material, and applied via additive manufacturing, such that load conditions are transmissible at a boundary between these two pieces. The second metal material forms at least a portion of the striking surface and a lower region of the hosel, and the interface between the two materials is contiguous from the face to the hosel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Bradley C. Rice, Irina Ivanova, William C. Watson
  • Publication number: 20210052957
    Abstract: A foldable rollable golf bag trolley comprising a push handle assembly, a front leg assembly a left rear leg assembly, a right rear leg assembly, a folding mechanism having two universal joint sub-assemblies, a series of hubs and ramp discs, wherein said components of the folding mechanism are aligned about a central axis of a main pivot shaft in a first position. The folding mechanism further comprising a plurality of locking gears and springs wherein the two universal joint sub-assemblies and a left and right ramp disc cause a left rear hub and a right rear hub to move in two dimensions when the folding mechanism is engaged in a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: James B. PAYNE, Bryce GIBSON, Kurt MacLAURIN
  • Publication number: 20210052958
    Abstract: An accessory holder is provided for golf cars to store accessories like golf balls in an easy to access location from outside of the golf car. For example, the accessory holder may be mounted on a vertical strut supporting the canopy of the golf car. The accessory holder wraps around the strut and has gaps that allow the accessory holder to be mounted onto the strut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: James Michael Fulford, William David Reeves, JR.
  • Publication number: 20210052959
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads comprising a head interior and a hosel structure, the head interior bounded by a head front portion, a head rear portion, a head heel portion, a head toe portion, a head top portion, and a head sole portion, the golf club heads further comprising various optimized characteristics, are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Bradley D. Schweigert, Ryan M. Stokke
  • Publication number: 20210052960
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include a basketball goal assembly with a vertical support assembly formed with a lower support assembly and an upper support assembly. The basketball goal assembly facilitates packaging, transport, display and installation of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Indian Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Elpers, Robert W. Cornell
  • Publication number: 20210052961
    Abstract: A basketball goal system comprising a backboard assembly and suspension frame affixed to the back surface, a suspension structure connected to the suspension frame of the backboard and a goal indication system which interfaces to at least one of the suspension structure or backboard to cause an indication (of various colors) to be presented via the suspension system and/or the backboard which indication relates to the shot points associated with a shot attempted at the goal. The goal indication system causes presentation of a cue on a front surface of the backboard, which cue is of a color corresponding to shot points. The backboard elements and light emission of the suspension frame can be controlled synchronously or asynchronously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Kevin J. Brody
  • Publication number: 20210052962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shuttlecock generally including a striking part and an aerodynamic part. The shuttlecock includes: a base to serve as striking element for the striking part of shuttlecock, a stems part formed by a plurality of stems to provide support to the aerodynamic part, the stems being connected or connectable with the base, and a sheeting part formed by a sheeting for forming of an aerodynamic member of the aerodynamic part attached or attachable to the stems. The stems part substantially has a shape of a pyramidal stems frustum, the base of the frustum preferably conforming to the open end of the aerodynamic part. The sheeting part, while attached to the stems, substantially has a shape of a pyramidal sheeting frustum. The edges of the pyramidal sheeting frustum are defined by the edges of the pyramidal stems frustum at an overlapping part of the sheeting part with the stems part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hanco Ravelli
  • Publication number: 20210052963
    Abstract: A golf swing training device including a belt configured to be worn by a user, a clip member configured to attach to a golf club shaft and a resilient band configured to fixedly attach at one end to the clip member and movably attach at a second end to the belt. Resilient bands having different resistances and lengths may be interchanged to accommodate different types of golf shots, swings and clubs. The device may also be used with a baseball or softball bat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Chuck, David Woods
  • Publication number: 20210052964
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a practice device for practice of hitting a tennis ball includes a server configured for serving the tennis ball to a user, a net disposed to intercept a flight of the tennis ball after the tennis bell has been hit by the user using a racket and to direct the captured tennis ball back towards the server to be served again to the user, an image detector configured to observe the tennis ball as the tennis ball hurtles towards the net, and a processor. The processor determines, based at least in part on image frames received from the image detector, data indicative of the tennis ball's virtual landing spot. This virtual landing spot is an estimate of where the tennis ball would have landed on an opposing court had the tennis ball not been intercepted by the net.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: John Alan Davey, Robert J. Dyer, Andrew Robert Nota
  • Publication number: 20210052965
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a court, which is a half- or full-court in which ball sports, such as soccer (penalty kicks), foot volleyball, volleyball, and basketball (3×3 basketball), can be played. The court allows balls to be automatically and rapidly supplied in the case where it takes time to resume a game, such as a case where a game is replayed or a case where a ball is out according to the characteristics of each type of sport, or in the case where serve-reception practice is required, and also allows balls to be naturally collected and lifted because the court is inclined and allows the balls to be automatically classified according to the types of balls and to be supplied to the court.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Byoungkoo CHO, Yeonuk JEONG, Bosub KIM
  • Publication number: 20210052966
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable sports garment for a game on a playing field, comprising: a controllable display arrangement configured to change a display characteristic depending on a control signal; and a wireless communication interface configured to receive the control signal for controlling the controllable display arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Matthias Lochmann
  • Publication number: 20210052967
    Abstract: A smart mirror can show live or recorded streaming video of an instructor performing a workout in a package that is attractive and unobtrusive enough to hang in a living room. The smart mirror includes a mirror surface with a fully reflecting section and a partially reflecting section. A display behind the partially reflecting section shows the video when the smart mirror is on and is almost invisible when the smart mirror is off. The smart mirror also has a speaker, a microphone, and a camera to enable a user to view the video content and interact with the instructor. The smart mirror may connect to the user's smart phone, a peripheral device (e.g., a Bluetooth speaker) to augment user experience, a biometric sensor to provide biometric data to assess user performance, and/or a network router to connect the smart mirror to a content provider, an instructor, and/or other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Curiouser Products Inc.
    Inventor: Brynn PUTNAM
  • Publication number: 20210052968
    Abstract: A glove for hand protection during sports, conforming to hands, fingers, and thumb, extending from carpal bones to cover proximal phalanges up to the proximal interphaiangeal joint comprising impact-absorbing materials: an outer glove conforming to hand, fingers, and thumb extending from carpal bones to cover distal phalanges, comprising abrasion-resistant materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Ciaglia, Andrea Michele Lauer, Larry Carlson, Jr., Derek John Hurley
  • Publication number: 20210052969
    Abstract: A bowling glove includes a glove body including a palm portion configured to cover a palm of a wearer, and a protruding nub securably attachable to the palm portion of the glove body such that the location of the protruding nub relative to the palm portion of the glove body is selectively adjustable. The protruding nub is configured to protrude from the palm portion of the glove body, and the protruding nub is configured to be received by a bore of a bowling ball. A method of manufacturing the bowling glove and a method of fitting a bowling ball to the bowling glove are further described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Robert Kwiatkowski
  • Publication number: 20210052970
    Abstract: A truck having configured to couple with a deck. The truck including a base and a hanger. The hanger disposed within a hanger aperture of the base. The hanger rotatably coupled with the base by a pivot assembly. The rotation of the hanger with respect to the base controlled by a compression assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Gerald Tyler
  • Publication number: 20210052971
    Abstract: An illustrated side view of a skateboard brake device for providing braking to a wheel assembly of a skateboard is presented. The skate brake device is useful easily and safely apply braking to wheels of a skateboard when riding a skateboard. The skateboard brake device allows for a rider of the skateboard to apply the brakes without having to put a foot on the ground to stop the skateboard, instead the rider applies pressure to the skateboard brake apparatus using their foot. The skateboard brake device provides controlled braking for the skateboard. The skateboard brake device has a saddle and a foot pedal. The foot pedal is coupled to a neck of the saddle. The saddle has a first arm and a second arm protruding from it. The first arm and the second arm each have a brake pad coupled to it. The device is coupled to the bottom of a skateboard using a hinged bracket with springs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: David Woodsford
  • Publication number: 20210052972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interactive board game system and method composed of game equipment. The present invention further comprises a board game management device (PL) having a touch screen (Ec) comprising a plurality of antennas, several antennas (Ant1a, Ant1b, Ant1c to Ant8a, Ant8b, Ant8c) disposed at the periphery of the board game management device, each item of game equipment (Ca1, Ca2, Ca3, Ca4, Ca5, Ca6, P1, P2, P3, P4, De) comprises at least one radio-identification tag that is activated by an antenna of the board game management device when the equipment is in a zone comprising the antenna and which in response delivers a signal received by the antenna and transferred to the board game management device, and the board game management device comprises a means (Ce) for displaying information to the players of the board game that changes according to the placement of the game equipment on the screen or in the vicinity of the antennas disposed at the periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Franck BOTTA, Florent GUITTON
  • Publication number: 20210052973
    Abstract: A somatosensory electronic puzzle comprises a puzzle base and puzzle blocks. The puzzle blocks are detachably connected to the puzzle base. The puzzle base comprises a bottom plate and a frame. The frame is disposed with a control module and a storage module for storing a graphic code, and an outer surface of the frame is disposed with a function selection switch. The function selection switch is connected to an input terminal of the control module. The puzzle blocks comprise a combination of one or more light-emitting puzzle blocks, a wind generating puzzle block, a smell generating puzzle block, a rain generating puzzle block, a tree puzzle block, a lightning and thunder generating puzzle block, a person puzzle block, or an animal puzzle block. The one or more light-emitting puzzle blocks comprise a puzzle block comprising a constant color and a puzzle block comprising variable colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Meifen CHEN, Bo WU
  • Publication number: 20210052974
    Abstract: Input data containing at least strain data corresponding to deformation of an input apparatus or motion data corresponding to a motion or orientation of the input apparatus, is obtained from the input apparatus. Based on the motion data, a first object is caused to move in a virtual space or an orientation of the first object in the virtual space is changed. Based on the strain data, the first object is caused to perform a predetermined action in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shinji KITAHARA, Shota SHIMADA, Atsushi YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210052975
    Abstract: A game system and program include a game DB storing game data, a game server connected to the game DB, and a portable terminal having function of connecting to the game server via internet, and function of detecting its own positional information by receiving time signals from GPS satellites. When a player sets a target place moving from a player's own position in a real world and walks on a road in the real world to reach the target place, the system calculates and provides a reward based on a relationship between the target place and the player's own position according to a reward calculation function. In the case of setting an automatic response without player's operation (walk mode) to a game element previously arranged in a route, the system progresses a game only by the player's walking without paying close attention to a terminal screen of the portable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa SHIBA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Jun WAGA
  • Publication number: 20210052976
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to apparatus, systems, and methods to allow a user to create virtual and real-world game content to provide players with physically engaging virtual content that is anchored to real-world locations. A content creator is provided a set of “drag-n-drop” modular assets (e.g., encounter tiles, content tiles, creatures, chests, rooms, vehicles, etc.) that can be aggregated together to form a complete content set (e.g., a dungeon, level, puzzle, etc.) through which a player is able to engage the game via the real-world. Each individual modular asset may include a set of in-game challenge criteria that must be satisfied to complete an in-game challenge associated with the asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shawn Semler Anderson, Matthew Wayne Geer, Jesse William Snyder, Michael E. Madden, III, John Wiacek, Jake Tyler Fyfe, Nicholas James Witchey
  • Publication number: 20210052977
    Abstract: An information processing method is provided. The method includes: a motion control including an area object and an operation object is provided on the GUI, and an initial position of the operation object is within a range of the area object; a first sliding touch operation is detected on the operation object, and the operation object is moved within a predetermined range according to a movement of a touch point of the first sliding touch operation; the position of the touch point is detected on the GUI, and under the condition of the position of the touch point satisfying a preset condition, an indication locking object provided on the GUI; the touch point is determined to move into a range of the indication locking object, and the operation object is controlled to enter a position-locked state; and, under the position-locked state, the virtual character is controlled to continuously move in the game scene at least according to a locking position of the operation object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Qingbo MIAO
  • Publication number: 20210052978
    Abstract: A game employing user-modifiable game components, such as cards in a collectable card game, employs various features to provide user-modifiability, including sleeves, transparent cards, stickers, and other elements. Electronic versions of the game and various other features are included, including tracking of history associated with such components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Gilson, Cormac Russell, Paul Sottosanti, Randy Buehler, Ramon Arjona, Karl Robert Gutschera, Brandon Anthony Bozzi, Aaron Joel Forsythe
  • Publication number: 20210052979
    Abstract: The system for operating a match-up game includes a display unit having a plurality of player screen regions configured to display game screens a first input unit configured to receive an input from a first player a second input unit configured to receive an input from a second player a first air outlet configured to discharge air to the first player a second air outlet configured to discharge air to the second player; a control unit configured to control the display unit to count a game time and change the game screens displayed on the player screen regions for each counted game time, and when receiving an input to the first input unit from the first player, control the second air outlet so as to discharge air corresponding to the received input. The system for operating a match-up game may increase a player's sense of immersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: No Sun Park
  • Publication number: 20210052980
    Abstract: The application describes techniques for adaptively setting a threshold that will be used to determine the gain applied to a haptics signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Eric LINDEMANN, Michael KUREK, Meenakshi MATAI