Games Using Tangible Projectile Patents (Class 473)
- Practice device or device to aid in aiming cue or cue ball during shots (e.g., to assist in bank shots, etc.) (Class 473/2)
- Adapted to be played on floor, ground, or court (Class 473/3)
- Table or gameboard (Class 473/4)
- Cue chalker (Class 473/35)
- Ball spotting rack (Class 473/40)
- Cue rest (Class 473/42)
- Cue (Class 473/44)
- Ball (Class 473/52)
- Ball feeding means and tee (Class 473/132)
- Projectile tethered to swingable implement (Class 473/138)
- Anchored (e.g., tethered, etc.) projectile (Class 473/139)
- Projectile addressing surface and target, or distance marker (e.g., course, putting green with cup, driving range, miniature golf course, etc.) (Class 473/150)
- Target or obstacle (e.g., putting hole, hole marker, sand trap, etc.) (Class 473/173)
- Moving projectile responsive sensor or indicator (Class 473/198)
- Hand on grip positioning aid or grip indicator (Class 473/201)
- Practice device attachable to body (Class 473/207)
- Foot positioning aid and indicator associated with swingable implement (Class 473/218)
- Practice swingable implement or indicator associated with swingable implement (Class 473/219)
- Body movement or position indicator (e.g., stance aids, etc.) (Class 473/266)
- Practice projectile addressing surface (e.g., driving mat, etc.) (Class 473/278)
- Practice projectile (Class 473/280)
- Club or club support (Class 473/282)
- Ball (Class 473/351)
- Tee setting device (Class 473/386)
- Tee (Class 473/387)
- Green slope indicator (Class 473/404)
- Accesory device located on projectile addressing surface (e.g., tee block, direction indicator, etc.) (Class 473/405)
- Ball position marker (Class 473/406)
- Club selection, ball direction, or distance indicating aid (Class 473/407)
- Player manipulated turf repair tool (Class 473/408)
- Method (Class 473/409)
- Having game element combined with or convertible to game element or practice or training device for different type of projectile game (Class 473/416)
- Means removably supporting projectile in position to be struck and thereby projected by player (e.g., batting tee, etc.) (Class 473/417)
- Batting backstop or cage (Class 473/421)
- Practice or training device (Class 473/422)
- Having at least two different types of game elements used in same game (Class 473/465)
- Goal or target structure for projectile; element thereof (Class 473/476)
- Means for dividing field or court into compartments; element thereof or accessory therefor (e.g., a net, marking strip, marked line, etc.) (Class 473/490)
- Table-tennis table (Class 473/496)
- Pitching rubber or mound (Class 473/497)
- Cricket wicket (Class 473/498)
- Base for game in which play involves base running (e.g., for baseball, etc.) (Class 473/499)
- Flag belt (e.g., for use in football game without tackling, etc.) (Class 473/502)
- Projectile catcher other than combined projector-catcher device (Class 473/503)
- Cover for playing field or court (e.g., for baseball field, etc.) (Class 473/504)
- With tethered projectile (Class 473/506)
- Having projectile conducting means between separate entrance and exit (e.g., continuous orbit, etc.) (Class 473/509)
- Both projector and catcher are pocketed (Class 473/510)
- Having impaling, hooking, or ensnaring type catcher (Class 473/514)
- Having pocketed catcher connected to but spaced apart from projector (Class 473/515)
- Having projectile retrieving means (Class 473/517)
- Body attachable (Class 473/518)
- With user shiftable, adjustable, or interchangeable weight for use during play or with freely shiftable mass for increasing impact force (Class 473/519)
- With sound-deadening, vibration-damping, or shock-absorbing feature other than projectile- or hand-contact surface or with rebound reducing feature (Class 473/520)
- Racket or paddle; accessory therefor (e.g., a tennis racket, tennis racket press, etc.) (Class 473/524)
- Mallet (Class 473/558)
- Club (Class 473/559)
- Bat (e.g., baseball bat, etc.) (Class 473/564)
- With light-emitting, electrical, magnetic, or rotatable inertial means or having boundary-detector activating means (Class 473/570)
- With sound-producing means (Class 473/571)
- Having suction cup (Class 473/572)
- Having bristled, hooked, or looped surface for adherence to complementarily surfaced means (Class 473/573)
- Having means for nonpenetrating adherence to complementarily surfaced means (e.g., tacky surface, etc.) (Class 473/574)
- Having attached or means for attaching thereto tether, elongated flaccid streamer, or the like (Class 473/575)
- Scattershot, material dispensing upon impact, openable to expose interior chamber, or having parts adapted to move away from, or be separated from, one another upon impact (Class 473/577)
- Arrow, dart, or shuttlecock; part thereof (Class 473/578)
- Curling stone (Class 473/587)
- Disk- or ring-shaped (e.g., ice hockey puck, etc.) (Class 473/588)
- Boomerang (Class 473/590)
- Horseshoe (Class 473/591)
- Tipcat (Class 473/592)
- Having self-contained means for inflating, pressurizing, reinflating, or repressurizing projectile with fluid or comprising reinflating or repressurizing method (Class 473/593)
- Having loose internal element, containing or adapted to contain liquid, or comprising spherically configured ball having variable or eccentric center of gravity (Class 473/594)
- Having means other than ellipsoidal spheroid shape (e.g., football shaped, etc.) to produce erratic or unpredictable rebounding or rolling thereof (Class 473/595)
- Having handle or surface configuration for enhancing users handgrip thereon (Class 473/596)
- Comprising casing or cover having stitched seam or laced closure; blank for such casing or cover (e.g., casing of baseball, etc.) (Class 473/598)
- Having solid core within outer cover; core or cover therefor (e.g., baseball, etc) (Class 473/600)
- Having fluid-retaining bladder removable from within enclosing cover or casing (e.g., football, etc.) (Class 473/603)
- Having hollow core or bladder enclosed within cover (e.g., basketball, soccer-ball, tennis ball, etc.) (Class 473/604)
- Comprising cover for core; blank or closure therefor (Class 473/607)
- Having hollow, fluid-impervious shell, core, or bladder (Class 473/609)
- Comprising opening, valve, or inflation tube for insertion of fluid (Class 473/611)
- Having visible skeletal structure (Class 473/612)
- Having fluid-dynamic means other than stitched seam or textured surface to alter, stabilize, or retard passage of projectile through the fluid (e.g., spiral fluting to impart spin, etc.) (Class 473/613)
- Having projections extending outwardly from external surface or consisting of a mass of radially oriented filaments (Class 473/614)
- Player held or worn means for enhancing movement of projected projectile (e.g., a handheld, ball-curving assist means, etc.) (Class 473/615)
Foreign Patent Art Collections
- Baseball (273/60R) (Class 473/FOR135)
- Tennis (273/61R) (Class 473/FOR138)
- Football and basketball (273/65R) (Class 473/FOR143)
- Solid and covered (273/58A) (Class 473/FOR157)
- Hollow: single layer (273/58B) (Class 473/FOR158)
- Plural layer (273/58BA) (Class 473/FOR159)
- Tethered (273/58C) (Class 473/FOR160)
- Skeleton (273/58D) (Class 473/FOR161)
- Sounding (273/58E) (Class 473/FOR162)
- Loose internal elements (273/58F) (Class 473/FOR163)
- Including electrical components (273/58G) (Class 473/FOR164)
- Liquid containing (273/58H) (Class 473/FOR165)
- rubber formulation (273/58J) (Class 473/FOR166)
- Surface projections (273/58K) (Class 473/FOR167)
- Baseball (273/72R) (Class 473/FOR169)
- Tennis (273/73R) (Class 473/FOR171)
- Croquet (273/83) (Class 473/FOR186)
- Police clubs (273/84R) (Class 473/FOR187)
- Hockey sticks (273/67A) (Class 473/FOR189)
- Hand or foot attached (273/67B) (Class 473/FOR190)
- Polo mallet (273/67C) (Class 473/FOR191)
- Cricket bat (273/67D) (Class 473/FOR192)
- Combined projector and catcher (273/318) (Class 473/FOR196)
- Tipcoat game, projectile therefor, or accessory (273/341) (Class 473/FOR207)
- Projectile or target having suction cup (273/344) (Class 473/FOR208)
- Projectile or target having magnetized material for adherence therebetween (273/345) (Class 473/FOR209)
- Projectile or target having complementary bristled, micro-hooked, or looped material for adherence therebetween (273/346) (Class 473/FOR210)
- Projectile or target having complementary means for nonpenetrating adherence therebetween (e.g., tacky surface, etc.) (273/347) (Class 473/FOR211)
- Playing field or court game; or accessory therefor (e.g., volleyball, soccer, etc.) (473/411) (Class 473/FOR212)
- Tethered projectile (273/413) (Class 473/FOR213)
- Scattershot projectile or beanbag projectile (273/415) (Class 473/FOR215)
- Arrow, dart, shuttlecock, or element thereof (273/416) (Class 473/FOR216)
- Disc or ring projectile (273/424) (Class 473/FOR224)
- Boomerang projectile (273/426) (Class 473/FOR226)
- Horseshoe projectile (273/427) (Class 473/FOR227)
- Nonspherical projectile (273/428) (Class 473/FOR228)
- Projectile (273/128R) (Class 473/FOR229)
