Player-carried, Nonmechanical Projector, Per Se (e.g., A Mallet, Etc.) Patents (Class 473/412)
  • Patent number: 6758767
    Abstract: Croquet equipment formed of a mallet, a ball, a hoop and a stake is disclosed in which, the mallet has two vibration switch-controlled light emitting modules detachably mounted in the two ends of the light penetrable head thereof; the ball has a vibration switch-controlled light emitting module detachably mounted in the light penetrable body thereof; the stake has a manual on/off switch-controlled light emitting module detachably mounted in the anchoring point and a light guide axially extended from the light emitting module for guiding light through the periphery of the tubular shaft thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Inventor: Andrew Wang
  • Patent number: 5823892
    Abstract: A mallet for croquet, including a tubular main shaft, a tubular auxiliary shaft slidably mounted in the main shaft and fixed at the desired location by a binding ring and a chuck sleeve, an extension rod slidably mounted in the auxiliary shaft and secured in the extended position by a split ring, a head for hitting the ball, and a swivel connector having a rear end plugged into one end of extension rod remote from the auxiliary shaft and an opposite end terminating in a ball knob secured in a circularly recessed face of a ball seat in a hole in the middle of the head by a socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Inventor: Wen-Hai Kuo
  • Patent number: 5735749
    Abstract: A carpet pool game and method of playing the same employing three different sets of game balls, mallets and a detachably interconnected assembly of side boards and goal boards including an integrally formed ramp structure preventing game balls from coming to rest too close to the outer boundary of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Inventors: Bechara Charbel, Joseph Machaalani