| Class Number |
Class Name |
No. of Patents |
| 473/1 |
Billiards or pool |
54 |
| 473/3 |
Adapted to be played on floor, ground, or court |
13 |
| 473/40 |
Ball spotting rack |
40 |
| 473/41 |
With ball carrying or storage means |
7 |
| 473/52 |
Ball |
25 |
| 473/53 |
Having characteristic enabling ball to be mechanically separated from other balls |
12 |
| 473/35 |
Cue chalker |
8 |
| 473/36 |
Chalk holder |
19 |
| 473/38 |
Flexibly tethered |
4 |
| 473/39 |
Secured to generally fixed support |
7 |
| 473/37 |
With means for automatically applying chalk |
5 |
| 473/42 |
Cue rest |
22 |
| 473/43 |
Hand attached or engaged by hand in vicinity of cue supporting portion |
18 |
| 473/44 |
Cue |
64 |
| 473/48 |
Axially telescopic |
11 |
| 473/46 |
Disparate attachment therefor or convertible to or combined with disparate device |
25 |
| 473/45 |
Mechanically operated |
12 |
| 473/49 |
Tip or tip fastener therefor |
21 |
| 473/50 |
Clamp or press |
4 |
| 473/51 |
Striking portion formed of material other than leather |
3 |
| 473/47 |
With user adjustable or changeable weight |
10 |
| 473/2 |
Practice device or device to aid in aiming cue or cue ball during shots (e.g., to assist in bank shots, etc.) |
69 |
| 473/4 |
Table or gameboard |
31 |
| 473/19 |
Attachment or accessory providing plural pockets or other targets located at only one end of playing surface |
6 |
| 473/6 |
Convertible between billiard and pool (i.e., between pocketed and nonpocketed) |
2 |
| 473/9 |
Invertible playing surface |
2 |
| 473/8 |
Using interchangeable, shiftable, reversible, or removable cushion rails |
8 |
| 473/7 |
Using pocket blocking device positionable only in vicinity of pocket (e.g., pocket plug, rail piece, etc.) |
10 |
| 473/10 |
Convertible to another type of furniture or to different type of game playing surface |
15 |
| 473/14 |
Convertible to different type of game playing surface |
27 |
| 473/13 |
Detachable or hinged rail |
6 |
| 473/11 |
Rail vertically raised or lowered relative to bed |
3 |
| 473/12 |
Vertically movable playing surface |
10 |
| 473/34 |
Dust cover therefor |
3 |
| 473/33 |
Frame or leg structure |
7 |
| 473/17 |
Having pocket or other target with ball actuated indicator |
9 |
| 473/20 |
Playing surface having unconventional number, entrance opening, or arrangement of pockets or having additional or shiftable carom or bumper means thereon |
23 |
| 473/18 |
Playing surface having unconventional peripheral configuration defined by the carom rails |
30 |
| 473/29 |
Playing surface structure (i.e., bed structure) |
20 |
| 473/30 |
Device for securing playing surface covering (e.g., for securing billiard table cloth, etc.) |
6 |
| 473/28 |
Pocket structure |
20 |
| 473/31 |
Rail structure |
19 |
| 473/32 |
Cushioned portion thereof |
18 |
| 473/15 |
Readily foldable or collapsible |
15 |
| 473/16 |
Rotatable playing surface |
13 |
| 473/21 |
Table attached ball rack |
3 |
| 473/22 |
With conveying chutes interconnecting pockets with ball rack |
8 |
| 473/26 |
Ball rack also constitutes or includes spotting rack |
5 |
| 473/24 |
Coin controlled |
17 |
| 473/23 |
With means to distinguish or identify each ball pocketed |
9 |
| 473/25 |
With means to separate or segregate store balls pocketed by each player or team |
2 |
| 473/27 |
With means to prevent unauthorized use of table or to limit playing time or number of games played |
3 |
| 473/5 |
With mechanical ball projector |
4 |
| 473/54 |
Bowling |
82 |
| 473/115 |
Alley or board structure |
39 |
| 473/116 |
Portable game board, table, or alley |
17 |
| 473/117 |
With nonwooden alley surface or lining |
38 |
| 473/106 |
Ball handling or diverting means |
12 |
| 473/114 |
Backstop, division board, or adjunct therefor |
10 |
| 473/110 |
Ball return |
12 |
| 473/111 |
Ball lift or elevator |
18 |
| 473/112 |
Mechanical means for ball retarding or arresting |
8 |
| 473/113 |
Gutter structure |
36 |
| 473/109 |
Means to change or curve ball path |
15 |
| 473/107 |
Mechanical projector |
9 |
| 473/108 |
Tethered ball |
2 |
| 473/125 |
Ball |
35 |
| 473/127 |
With specific grip means |
13 |
| 473/128 |
Thumb or finger hole grip |
24 |
| 473/130 |
Removable insert or bushing |
39 |
| 473/129 |
Size or depth adjusting means |
25 |
| 473/126 |
With weight block |
35 |
| 473/64 |
Handling of pin or pin representation |
9 |
| 473/65 |
Including electrical cycle sequence control |
20 |
| 473/66 |
Including means for conserving energy |
9 |
| 473/94 |
Pin guide or conveyor |
15 |
| 473/99 |
And ball handling |
8 |
| 473/95 |
Distributor |
5 |
| 473/96 |
Pivotable chute or conveyor |
4 |
| 473/97 |
Elevator |
4 |
| 473/98 |
With ball separator |
6 |
| 473/100 |
Sweep |
5 |
| 473/101 |
Pin sensor |
14 |
| 473/73 |
Pin setter |
33 |
| 473/86 |
For alternative pin sets |
3 |
| 473/89 |
Including distributor |
4 |
| 473/90 |
Including means to convey pin to distributor |
4 |
| 473/91 |
Including elevator |
2 |
| 473/87 |
Including means to lift live wood |
8 |
| 473/88 |
With compensation for pin offset |
0 |
| 473/85 |
Magnetic force acts on pin |
5 |
| 473/83 |
Manually loadable |
1 |
| 473/84 |
Including means to upright pin |
0 |
| 473/75 |
Pivotal pin |
2 |
| 473/76 |
Pivot substantially at base of pin |
2 |
| 473/77 |
With spring detent |
1 |
| 473/74 |
Rollable, translatable, or simulative target |
3 |
| 473/78 |
Tethered pin |
3 |
| 473/81 |
Including means to remove dead wood |
4 |
| 473/82 |
Pin biased away from bed |
1 |
| 473/79 |
Tethered at base of pin |
2 |
| 473/80 |
Including reset lever or crank |
1 |
| 473/102 |
Pin spot |
4 |
| 473/103 |
Including means for positive pin alignment |
1 |
| 473/104 |
Retractable peg |
1 |
| 473/105 |
Socket-type |
0 |
| 473/93 |
Pit cushion or actuator therefor |
10 |
| 473/92 |
With compensation for pin offset |
4 |
| 473/67 |
With indicator |
12 |
| 473/72 |
Foul |
3 |
| 473/69 |
Pinfall |
5 |
| 473/70 |
Score |
39 |
| 473/71 |
Including electromechanical calculating means |
8 |
| 473/68 |
Tethered or pivotal pin |
2 |
| 473/118 |
Pin |
21 |
| 473/119 |
Composite structure (e.g., distinct layers, components, joint, etc.) |
26 |
| 473/121 |
With metal shell or skin |
0 |
| 473/120 |
With reinforcing filament, fiber, or fabric |
4 |
| 473/122 |
With wooden component |
3 |
| 473/123 |
Laminated or attached wooden components |
9 |
| 473/124 |
With end or bottom reinforcing preform |
8 |
| 473/55 |
Practice or assist device |
33 |
| 473/58 |
Ball path indicator |
21 |
| 473/59 |
Bowler worn or carried |
33 |
| 473/63 |
Arm or elbow support or guide |
22 |
| 473/61 |
Finger support or guide |
26 |
| 473/60 |
Including means for positive engagement with ball |
16 |
| 473/62 |
Wrist support or guide |
49 |
| 473/56 |
For handicapped person |
13 |
| 473/57 |
Selective pin setter |
7 |
| 473/410 |
Croquet; game element or accessory therefor |
12 |
| 473/411 |
Arch type of goal or target, per se (i.e., croquet wicket) |
11 |
| 473/413 |
Ball, per se |
6 |
| 473/412 |
Player-carried, nonmechanical projector, per se (e.g., a mallet, etc.) |
7 |
| 473/131 |
Golf |
149 |
| 473/405 |
Accesory device located on projectile addressing surface (e.g., tee block, direction indicator, etc.) |
21 |
| 473/139 |
Anchored (e.g., tethered, etc.) projectile |
23 |
| 473/145 |
Force or direction indicator associated with projectile moving around a horizontal axis |
30 |
| 473/146 |
Force or direction indicator associated with projectile moving around a vertical axis |
19 |
| 473/148 |
Plural projectiles |
8 |
| 473/149 |
Projectile moves around vertical axis |
22 |
| 473/147 |
Spherical projectile attached to tether |
36 |
| 473/142 |
Spool for tether |
16 |
| 473/140 |
With electrical sensor or electrical indicator |
34 |
| 473/141 |
Pictorial flight path image display |
10 |
| 473/143 |
With force or direction indicator and tether |
26 |
| 473/144 |
Linear spring indicator |
9 |
| 473/132 |
Ball feeding means and tee |
38 |
| 473/133 |
Adjustable tee height |
35 |
| 473/134 |
Condition responsive feeding means (e.g. automatic) |
34 |
| 473/136 |
Electrical |
39 |
| 473/135 |
Pneumatic |
22 |
| 473/137 |
Pivotal arm ball feed |
64 |
| 473/406 |
Ball position marker |
105 |
| 473/351 |
Ball |
250 |
| 473/352 |
Buoyant |
11 |
| 473/353 |
Having locator means |
73 |
| 473/355 |
Hollow pockets between spherical core and cover |
20 |
| 473/367 |
Interior includes injected or compressed material |
20 |
| 473/370 |
Diverse layer between shperical core and cover |
58 |
| 473/368 |
Injected material |
14 |
| 473/369 |
Injected gas |
11 |
| 473/354 |
Liquid interior |
146 |
| 473/378 |
Particular cover (e.g., size, material, dimple pattern, etc.) |
758 |
| 473/385 |
Containing metal |
234 |
| 473/380 |
Cuboctahedral dimple pattern |
10 |
| 473/381 |
Dodecahedral dimple pattern |
15 |
| 473/379 |
Icosahedral dimple pattern |
50 |
| 473/382 |
Octahedral dimple pattern |
29 |
| 473/383 |
Particular dimple detail |
265 |
| 473/384 |
Depth or width |
209 |
| 473/371 |
Particular unitary or layered construction |
351 |
| 473/372 |
Containing metal |
333 |
| 473/373 |
Diverse layer between spherical core and cover |
415 |
| 473/377 |
Diverse cover and interior |
464 |
| 473/374 |
Diverse layer between spherical core and cover |
562 |
| 473/375 |
Hollow core |
29 |
| 473/376 |
Plural diverse layers |
240 |
| 473/356 |
Wound interior |
57 |
| 473/357 |
Surrounding non-wound spherical core |
94 |
| 473/365 |
Having particular cover |
178 |
| 473/358 |
Hollow core |
12 |
| 473/359 |
Metal core or winding |
22 |
| 473/360 |
Wound wire |
8 |
| 473/361 |
Plural diverse layers between core and cover |
36 |
| 473/362 |
Diverse tension in wound layers |
12 |
| 473/363 |
Nonwound layer |
38 |
| 473/364 |
Plural diverse nonwound layers |
12 |
| 473/366 |
Wound wide band |
1 |
| 473/266 |
Body movement or position indicator (e.g., stance aids, etc.) |
89 |
| 473/276 |
Engaged with arm or shoulder |
62 |
| 473/274 |
Engaged with head or neck |
29 |
| 473/275 |
And separate body engagable member |
11 |
| 473/277 |
Engaged with hips, torso, or waist |
58 |
| 473/270 |
Foot positioning aid |
78 |
| 473/271 |
Having separate body engagable member |
34 |
| 473/273 |
Selectively adjustable with linearly slidable member (e.g., telescopically extendible) |
55 |
| 473/272 |
Selectively adjustable with pivotal members |
57 |
| 473/267 |
Reflective device |
56 |
| 473/269 |
Responsive to weight shift |
43 |
| 473/268 |
Sighting device directing golfer`s visual focus toward a point to restrain head movement |
96 |
| 473/282 |
Club or club support |
137 |
| 473/285 |
And ball position marker |
41 |
| 473/283 |
And scorekeeping device |
4 |
| 473/284 |
And tee |
12 |
| 473/286 |
And turf repair tool or ball retriever |
142 |
| 473/287 |
Club set |
36 |
| 473/288 |
Interchangeable handle, striking face, or shaft |
67 |
| 473/290 |
Particular correlated head characteristic |
105 |
| 473/291 |
Mass distribution |
144 |
| 473/289 |
Particular correlated shaft flexural characteristic |
87 |
| 473/298 |
Grip or handle having particular nonwinding attachment to shaft (e.g., quick detachable, etc.) |
28 |
| 473/299 |
Reattachable |
64 |
| 473/300 |
Grip |
200 |
| 473/303 |
Having longitudinal recess or projection |
47 |
| 473/301 |
Spiral winding |
54 |
| 473/302 |
Having recess or projection |
44 |
| 473/294 |
Hands spaced apart on handle |
70 |
| 473/305 |
Head and shaft connection |
153 |
| 473/307 |
Detachable and reattachable |
89 |
| 473/312 |
Having core (e.g., weight, etc.) positioned in head engaging shaft end |
62 |
| 473/309 |
Joint formed with sleeve engaging shaft and hosel |
66 |
| 473/310 |
Resilient sleeve engaging hosel and outer shaft wall |
29 |
| 473/315 |
Noncircular shaft end wall engages hosel |
8 |
| 473/314 |
Particular relationship between shaft longitudinal axis and head orientation |
223 |
| 473/313 |
Putter |
261 |
| 473/311 |
Shaft contacts sole |
30 |
| 473/308 |
Sleeve or winding engaged over outside of joint, hosel, and shaft |
24 |
| 473/306 |
Threaded shaft |
41 |
| 473/292 |
Head, shaft, and handle having particular combined center of gravity |
60 |
| 473/324 |
Head |
235 |
| 473/330 |
Curved, grooved, or roughened striking face |
183 |
| 473/331 |
Plural grooves |
112 |
| 473/347 |
Embedded fiber composition |
66 |
| 473/348 |
Including metal |
73 |
| 473/345 |
Hollow body |
721 |
| 473/346 |
With internal support rib or injected material |
238 |
| 473/326 |
Liquid interior |
43 |
| 473/349 |
Particular material composition or mass distribution |
748 |
| 473/350 |
Recess or cavity behind striking face |
485 |
| 473/325 |
Plural striking faces |
65 |
| 473/340 |
Putter |
460 |
| 473/341 |
Toe and heel weighting |
207 |
| 473/327 |
Reduced air resistance |
92 |
| 473/328 |
Reduced ground resistance |
181 |
| 473/334 |
Selectively adjustable weighting element |
156 |
| 473/335 |
Embedded in head |
110 |
| 473/336 |
Elongated horizontal bore |
49 |
| 473/337 |
Perpendicular to projectile striking face |
68 |
| 473/338 |
In vertical bore access by sole |
103 |
| 473/339 |
In vertical bore access through top |
35 |
| 473/342 |
Striking face insert |
488 |
| 473/329 |
Striking face surface deforms upon impact (e.g., resilient, etc.) |
306 |
| 473/332 |
Vibratory wave (e.g, shock wave, etc.) modifying feature |
222 |
| 473/333 |
With element displaceable with respect to another head element during swing |
38 |
| 473/343 |
Wood composition |
17 |
| 473/344 |
Having particular sole plate |
26 |
| 473/296 |
Longitudinally adjustable handle or shaft |
75 |
| 473/304 |
One piece head and shaft |
7 |
| 473/297 |
Particularly weighted handle |
55 |
| 473/293 |
Player faces target (e.g., croquet style putter, etc.) |
32 |
| 473/295 |
Rotatable handle |
42 |
| 473/316 |
Shaft |
123 |
| 473/318 |
Including nonmetallic material or vibratory wave modifying feature |
104 |
| 473/321 |
And metal |
20 |
| 473/319 |
Filament (e.g., fiber, etc.) or sheet wrapped about shaft longitudinal axis |
145 |
| 473/320 |
Including metal |
62 |
| 473/322 |
Sections connected along longitudinally extending seam |
4 |
| 473/317 |
Reduced air resistance |
23 |
| 473/323 |
Shaft tapered in steps |
44 |
| 473/407 |
Club selection, ball direction, or distance indicating aid |
142 |
| 473/218 |
Foot positioning aid and indicator associated with swingable implement |
111 |
| 473/404 |
Green slope indicator |
43 |
| 473/201 |
Hand on grip positioning aid or grip indicator |
60 |
| 473/204 |
Angularly related integral grip portions |
29 |
| 473/203 |
Integral handle having finger conforming configurations |
48 |
| 473/206 |
Removably attachable to swingable implement |
75 |
| 473/202 |
With electrical sensor or electrical indicator |
27 |
| 473/205 |
Worn on hand (e.g., glove, etc.) |
72 |
| 473/409 |
Method |
500 |
| 473/198 |
Moving projectile responsive sensor or indicator |
27 |
| 473/199 |
Electrical |
76 |
| 473/200 |
Indicator integral with projectile |
55 |
| 473/408 |
Player manipulated turf repair tool |
127 |
| 473/207 |
Practice device attachable to body |
46 |
| 473/212 |
Attachable to arm, hand, or wrist |
119 |
| 473/214 |
Spans elbow |
40 |
| 473/213 |
Wrist |
81 |
| 473/217 |
Attachable to foot |
51 |
| 473/208 |
Attachable to head, neck, or mouth |
30 |
| 473/209 |
Electrical |
41 |
| 473/210 |
Sighting element (e.g., eyeglasses, etc.) |
39 |
| 473/211 |
With displaceable indicator responsive to head movement |
18 |
| 473/215 |
Attachable to hips, torso, or waist |
85 |
| 473/216 |
Waist encircling belt anchored to static structure |
29 |
| 473/278 |
Practice projectile addressing surface (e.g., driving mat, etc.) |
125 |
| 473/279 |
Selectively adjustable (e.g., tiltable etc.) |
66 |
| 473/280 |
Practice projectile |
63 |
| 473/281 |
Having air resistance device |
12 |
| 473/219 |
Practice swingable implement or indicator associated with swingable implement |
133 |
| 473/226 |
Device attachable to or integral with swingable implement |
103 |
| 473/231 |
Adjustable swingable implement, or swing or position indicator |
32 |
| 473/238 |
Adjustable implement or static position indicator (e.g., with respect to the golfer, projectile, target, etc.) |
91 |
| 473/239 |
Adjustable shaft length |
42 |
| 473/241 |
Bubble leveler |
44 |
| 473/242 |
Integral with or attachable to swingable implement head |
97 |
| 473/250 |
Having transparent or translucent element |
20 |
| 473/244 |
Selectively adjustable positioning means |
50 |
| 473/248 |
Adjustable lie |
65 |
| 473/245 |
Adjustable loft angle |
27 |
| 473/246 |
And adjustable lie angle |
41 |
| 473/247 |
Longitudinal bore in head receives elongated member about which head pivots |
13 |
| 473/243 |
Self-standing implement |
10 |
| 473/249 |
Surface on head simulates ball |
50 |
| 473/251 |
Used for putting |
249 |
| 473/252 |
Horizontally spaced linear indicia perpendicular to projectile striking face |
107 |
| 473/253 |
And vertically spaced apart indicia |
36 |
| 473/255 |
T-shaped head |
44 |
| 473/254 |
Vertically spaced apart indicia |
34 |
| 473/240 |
Reflective element |
50 |
| 473/232 |
Alterable shaft provides swing force indication |
40 |
| 473/237 |
Indication is a mark made by implement swing |
39 |
| 473/235 |
Projectile retained by head of swingable implement during swing |
28 |
| 473/236 |
Projection on face of swingable implement head provides reduced striking area |
47 |
| 473/233 |
Swing speed indicator |
47 |
| 473/234 |
Audible |
56 |
| 473/228 |
Air resistance device (e.g., airfoil, etc.) |
44 |
| 473/229 |
Anchored (e.g., tethered, etc.) swingable implement |
118 |
| 473/227 |
Nonhandle element engagable with body |
65 |
| 473/256 |
Particularly weighted practice implement |
124 |
| 473/230 |
Wheel |
22 |
| 473/257 |
Swingable implement swing path indicator |
176 |
| 473/261 |
Barrier which monitors swingable implement head movement |
67 |
| 473/262 |
Barrier is projectile addressing surface |
22 |
| 473/265 |
Plural barriers, horizontally spaced apart |
83 |
| 473/264 |
Plural barriers, vertically spaced apart |
24 |
| 473/263 |
Self-righting |
9 |
| 473/258 |
Head or shaft continuously engaged during swing |
43 |
| 473/259 |
Closed loop |
25 |
| 473/260 |
Swingable implement head engaged |
28 |
| 473/221 |
With electrical sensor or electrical indicator |
82 |
| 473/223 |
Integral with or attachable to swingable implement |
80 |
| 473/224 |
Audible indicator |
62 |
| 473/225 |
Sensor integral with projectile addressing surface |
30 |
| 473/222 |
Sensor positioned apart from implement to interact with a separate cooperating sensor means attachable to or integral with implement |
66 |
| 473/220 |
With lighting (e.g., laser, etc.) means attachable to or integral with implement |
169 |
| 473/150 |
Projectile addressing surface and target, or distance marker (e.g., course, putting green with cup, driving range, miniature golf course, etc.) |
59 |
| 473/151 |
Electrical sensor or electrical indicator responsive to swingable implement or projectile |
37 |
| 473/152 |
Sensor is projectile responsive (e.g., free-flight detection means, etc.) |
33 |
| 473/155 |
Including sensor responsive to projectile on addressing surface or in flight (e.g., tee-target time detection, etc.) |
27 |
| 473/156 |
Pictorial flight path image display |
46 |
| 473/153 |
Projectile in receiver indicator |
38 |
| 473/154 |
Target impact responsive |
13 |
| 473/167 |
Fairways extending radially from centrally located addressing surface or target |
18 |
| 473/157 |
Non-earth fairway |
29 |
| 473/158 |
And obstacle (e.g., miniature golf course windmill, etc.) |
30 |
| 473/164 |
Projectile rebounds off target |
17 |
| 473/159 |
Target is surface positioned aperture |
28 |
| 473/162 |
Collapsible (e.g., for storage, etc.) |
75 |
| 473/163 |
Projectile return |
31 |
| 473/160 |
Selectively contourable (e.g., slope simulating surface, etc.) |
55 |
| 473/161 |
Motor actuation |
18 |
| 473/165 |
Particular projectile (e.g., reduced flight ball, etc.) |
25 |
| 473/168 |
Plural addressing surfaces (e.g., driving range, etc.) |
46 |
| 473/169 |
Having sequential play (e.g., regulation earth course, etc.) |
51 |
| 473/170 |
Upstanding target (e.g., wicket, bucket, etc.) |
10 |
| 473/171 |
Putting green |
31 |
| 473/166 |
Projectile return |
33 |
| 473/172 |
Upstanding target |
35 |
| 473/138 |
Projectile tethered to swingable implement |
11 |
| 473/173 |
Target or obstacle (e.g., putting hole, hole marker, sand trap, etc.) |
20 |
| 473/194 |
Having projectile return |
22 |
| 473/197 |
Net |
117 |
| 473/195 |
Projectile receiving aperture (e.g., goal opening, etc.) |
32 |
| 473/196 |
Aperture forming surface forms plane parallel to support surface |
31 |
| 473/190 |
Projectile responsive sensor (e.g., target impact indicator, etc.) |
25 |
| 473/191 |
And projectile return |
13 |
| 473/192 |
Electrical sensor |
47 |
| 473/193 |
Projectile adheres to target |
11 |
| 473/174 |
Target on putting surface |
14 |
| 473/175 |
Receiver is cup in earth (e.g., regulation hole in green, etc.) |
27 |
| 473/179 |
Cup diameter restriction means (e.g., filler plug, etc.) |
21 |
| 473/176 |
Having cup marker (e.g., flag pin, etc.) or with sensor responsive to projectile |
49 |
| 473/177 |
And projectile removal |
10 |
| 473/178 |
Electrical actuation (e.g., solenoid, etc.) |
9 |
| 473/180 |
Receiver or projectile responsive indicator |
60 |
| 473/186 |
Displaceable by projectile impact |
8 |
| 473/189 |
Pivotal element |
6 |
| 473/187 |
Resilient or pivotal portion arranged in a circle to retain projectile |
7 |
| 473/188 |
Top of projectile engaged |
6 |
| 473/185 |
Plural receivers |
30 |
| 473/182 |
Projectile return |
7 |
| 473/183 |
Electrical actuation |
15 |
| 473/184 |
Gravity |
18 |
| 473/181 |
Selectively adjustable approach surface |
9 |
| 473/386 |
Tee setting device |
102 |
| 473/387 |
Tee |
54 |
| 473/400 |
Elevation guide for insertable shank |
26 |
| 473/388 |
Folded flat stock material |
6 |
| 473/389 |
Separable from pack containing plural tees |
1 |
| 473/399 |
Particular biodegradable or frangible material |
17 |
| 473/401 |
Plural diverse materials |
26 |
| 473/390 |
Plural |
10 |
| 473/391 |
Separable or separately movable |
14 |
| 473/392 |
Projectile supporting surface horizontally offset from vertical insertable shank |
10 |
| 473/393 |
Tether |
11 |
| 473/396 |
Relatively movable sections |
52 |
| 473/398 |
Elevation guide |
27 |
| 473/397 |
Pivotal about distinct horizontal axis |
13 |
| 473/394 |
Restrained by auxiliary weight |
3 |
| 473/402 |
Shank extends below level of projectile addressing surface |
19 |
| 473/403 |
At acute angle with surface |
5 |
| 473/395 |
Wire |
2 |
| 473/414 |
Hopscotch |
20 |
| 473/516 |
Player held and powered, nonmechanical projector, per se, for projecting aerial projectile by striking; part thereof or accessory therefor |
14 |
| 473/564 |
Bat (e.g., baseball bat, etc.) |
109 |
| 473/568 |
Grip |
81 |
| 473/565 |
Having elongated blade (e.g., cricket bat, etc.) |
3 |
| 473/566 |
Of metallic-shell structure |
137 |
| 473/567 |
Of plastic composition |
125 |
| 473/518 |
Body attachable |
24 |
| 473/559 |
Club |
14 |
| 473/560 |
Having elongated blade (e.g., hockey stick, etc.) |
60 |
| 473/563 |
Blade construction or accessory |
79 |
| 473/561 |
Fiber reinforced |
49 |
| 473/562 |
Stick to blade joint construction |
34 |
| 473/517 |
Having projectile retrieving means |
16 |
| 473/558 |
Mallet |
13 |
| 473/524 |
Racket or paddle; accessory therefor (e.g., a tennis racket, tennis racket press, etc.) |
64 |
| 473/553 |
Accessory for use with racket or paddle (e.g., used with or for tennis racket, etc.) |
86 |
| 473/554 |
Press |
6 |
| 473/555 |
Racket frame holder or support for use while stringing |
9 |
| 473/556 |
With stringing or string-stretching device |
30 |
| 473/557 |
Stringing or string-stretching device |
38 |
| 473/533 |
Double strung (i.e., having striking faces formed from two spaced-apart, planar sets of strings) |
13 |
| 473/539 |
Elongated string-hole liner (e.g., grommet, bushing, etc.) |
70 |
| 473/535 |
Fiber reinforced plastic frame |
99 |
| 473/536 |
Plural fiber compositions |
48 |
| 473/531 |
Folding or detachable shaft |
19 |
| 473/549 |
Handle or grip structure |
156 |
| 473/550 |
Dispensing, cooled, or externally ventilated |
17 |
| 473/552 |
Grip or handle longitudinally or rotationally adjustable relative to head or shaft or changeable in length |
30 |
| 473/551 |
Having hand or finger conforming contour, through-hole for finger, portion overlying back of hand, projecting hand stop or positioner spaced from butt, wrist strap, or nonstandard transverse cross-section |
67 |
| 473/537 |
Having dimensional characteristic or other parameter specified by a number, numeric variable, or mathematical formula (e.g., location of center of gravity, elastic modulus of a string, weight of racket, etc.) |
129 |
| 473/538 |
Of handle or grip |
28 |
| 473/526 |
Having handle at an angle to, offset from, or nonradially oriented relative to plane of striking member |
34 |
| 473/547 |
Having laminated frame |
12 |
| 473/532 |
Having replaceable string frame |
11 |
| 473/525 |
Having striking faces attached to the ends of intermediate handle |
7 |
| 473/540 |
Having string mounting feature other than mere through-holes lying in string plane |
68 |
| 473/541 |
Extending radially inward from inner frame edge |
17 |
| 473/542 |
Having nonplanar string-hole pattern or arrangement in frame |
21 |
| 473/545 |
Metallic frame |
18 |
| 473/544 |
Nonmetallic frame having metallic reinforcement or frame composed of metal-plastic composite |
17 |
| 473/527 |
Paddle |
35 |
| 473/530 |
Blade having means to enhance friction upon impacted projectile (e.g., to enhance english upon projectile, etc.) |
11 |
| 473/529 |
Having resilient blade facing |
9 |
| 473/528 |
Projectile striking surface is flexible sheet secured to peripheral frame |
20 |
| 473/543 |
Prefabricated string assembly, means to prevent relative movement or wear at crossover points of strings, or having one or more strings with specified characteristic or arrangement |
85 |
| 473/548 |
String guard, frame bumper or guard, or specified shaft to head connection |
47 |
| 473/546 |
Throat wedge, bridge, or reinforcement |
68 |
| 473/534 |
With adjustable string-tensioning means |
39 |
| 473/520 |
With sound-deadening, vibration-damping, or shock-absorbing feature other than projectile- or hand-contact surface or with rebound reducing feature |
73 |
| 473/521 |
For racket or paddle |
118 |
| 473/522 |
Contacts string |
62 |
| 473/523 |
In, under, or contacting grip |
57 |
| 473/519 |
With user shiftable, adjustable, or interchangeable weight for use during play or with freely shiftable mass for increasing impact force |
51 |
| 473/505 |
Player-held device for both projecting and catching aerial projectile; part thereof or accessory therefor (i.e., combined projector-catcher device) |
23 |
| 473/510 |
Both projector and catcher are pocketed |
17 |
| 473/513 |
Having pocket with laterally facing opening (e.g., lacrosse stick, jai alai cesta, etc.) |
138 |
| 473/512 |
Pocket-to-pocket type |
4 |
| 473/511 |
With mechanical projection |
18 |
| 473/514 |
Having impaling, hooking, or ensnaring type catcher |
31 |
| 473/515 |
Having pocketed catcher connected to but spaced apart from projector |
6 |
| 473/509 |
Having projectile conducting means between separate entrance and exit (e.g., continuous orbit, etc.) |
12 |
| 473/506 |
With tethered projectile |
8 |
| 473/507 |
Having pocketed catcher |
10 |
| 473/508 |
Having elastic tether |
9 |
| 473/415 |
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory therefor other than projector or projectile, per se |
110 |
| 473/499 |
Base for game in which play involves base running (e.g., for baseball, etc.) |
32 |
| 473/501 |
Breakaway |
21 |
| 473/500 |
With indicator |
5 |
| 473/421 |
Batting backstop or cage |
67 |
| 473/504 |
Cover for playing field or court (e.g., for baseball field, etc.) |
18 |
| 473/498 |
Cricket wicket |
1 |
| 473/502 |
Flag belt (e.g., for use in football game without tackling, etc.) |
11 |
| 473/476 |
Goal or target structure for projectile; element thereof |
71 |
| 473/478 |
Apertured or pocketed goal or target (e.g., for hockey, soccer, polo, lacrosse, etc.) |
135 |
| 473/479 |
Goal or target is elevated and horizontally disposed (e.g., for basketball, etc.) |
104 |
| 473/481 |
Backboard or support structure therefor |
160 |
| 473/482 |
Suspended |
19 |
| 473/483 |
With height adjustment feature |
95 |
| 473/484 |
Having parallelogram linkage |
46 |
| 473/485 |
Hoop or the net, pocket, or support structure therefor |
65 |
| 473/486 |
Breakaway hoop |
46 |
| 473/487 |
Having means for mounting over edge of support |
7 |
| 473/488 |
Quick mount hoop |
10 |
| 473/489 |
Removable net-mounting subassembly |
24 |
| 473/480 |
With goal indicator |
23 |
| 473/477 |
For football or rugby (e.g., goal post, etc.) |
22 |
| 473/465 |
Having at least two different types of game elements used in same game |
34 |
| 473/466 |
For game in which court or field is body of water (e.g., water polo, water volleyball, etc.) |
29 |
| 473/468 |
For game in which play involves base running (e.g., baseball, cricket, etc) |
26 |
| 473/473 |
For game using field or court having dividing means thereon for separating opponents (e.g., a net used for volleyball, etc.) |
47 |
| 473/474 |
For game also using projectors carried by players (e.g., tennis, badminton, etc.) |
40 |
| 473/475 |
Table tennis |
30 |
| 473/470 |
For game using goal or target for projectile (e.g., football, rugby, etc.) |
40 |
| 473/471 |
For game in which goal or target is peripherally located aperture or pocket (e.g., hockey, soccer, lacrosse, polo, etc.) |
79 |
| 473/472 |
For game in which peripheral goal or target is elevated and horizontally disposed (e.g., basketball, etc.) |
44 |
| 473/467 |
Having boundary detector (e.g., ball-out-of-bounds detector for tennis court, etc.) |
41 |
| 473/469 |
Having field or court dividing barrier with apertured goal or target therein or thereon |
19 |
| 473/416 |
Having game element combined with or convertible to game element or practice or training device for different type of projectile game |
33 |
| 473/490 |
Means for dividing field or court into compartments; element thereof or accessory therefor (e.g., a net, marking strip, marked line, etc.) |
84 |
| 473/491 |
Net attachable to game table |
6 |
| 473/492 |
Net post |
59 |
| 473/493 |
With net-tightening means |
28 |
| 473/494 |
Net, with net, or for net |
38 |
| 473/495 |
Net center stay |
7 |
| 473/417 |
Means removably supporting projectile in position to be struck and thereby projected by player (e.g., batting tee, etc.) |
117 |
| 473/420 |
For projectile intended to be projected by kicking (e.g., kicking trainer or tee, etc.) |
21 |
| 473/419 |
Having means engaging top of projectile (e.g., kicking trainer or tee, etc.) |
23 |
| 473/418 |
Projectile suspended or is supported by column of fluid |
22 |
| 473/497 |
Pitching rubber or mound |
32 |
| 473/422 |
Practice or training device |
235 |
| 473/438 |
For football or rugby |
58 |
| 473/441 |
Blocking, tackling, or charging device |
47 |
| 473/445 |
Dummy mounted on support enabling traverse over ground or floor during training (e.g., charging sled, etc.) |
28 |
| 473/444 |
Self-erecting or person-supported dummy |
17 |
| 473/442 |
Suspended or suspendible dummy |
18 |
| 473/443 |
Suspension movable in horizontal plane |
6 |
| 473/439 |
Projectile target or stop |
35 |
| 473/440 |
Running grid or resistance course |
13 |
| 473/451 |
For game in which play involves base running (e.g., for baseball, cricket, etc.) |
142 |
| 473/453 |
Bat swing analyzer or guide |
70 |
| 473/452 |
Foot positioner (e.g., stance, stride device, etc.) |
41 |
| 473/454 |
Pitcher`s target |
91 |
| 473/456 |
Having subdivided strike zone |
23 |
| 473/455 |
With electrically operated or actuated indicator |
38 |
| 473/458 |
Player worn or carried |
105 |
| 473/457 |
Practice bat |
141 |
| 473/446 |
For game using apertured or pocketed goal or target (e.g., for hockey, soccer, polo, lacrosse, etc.) |
182 |
| 473/447 |
For game using elevated, horizontally disposed goal or target (e.g., for basketball, etc.) |
79 |
| 473/448 |
Hoop-opening reducer or means for improving arch of ball shot toward goal or target |
40 |
| 473/450 |
Player worn or carried |
62 |
| 473/449 |
Rebound or tipping trainer |
9 |
| 473/459 |
For game using field or court having dividing means thereon for separating opponents (e.g., for tennis, volleyball, table tennis, etc.) |
89 |
| 473/464 |
Player worn or carried |
67 |
| 473/463 |
Practice racket or paddle |
55 |
| 473/460 |
Projectile collector for field or court (e.g., trough, ball sweeper, etc.) |
26 |
| 473/462 |
Projectile target |
40 |
| 473/461 |
Racket or paddle swing analyzer or guide |
33 |
| 473/431 |
Having projectile return means |
51 |
| 473/434 |
Deflector |
34 |
| 473/435 |
Planar |
62 |
| 473/432 |
Return chute |
27 |
| 473/433 |
With or for basketball-type goal |
87 |
| 473/436 |
Using moving arm or rotating wheel |
34 |
| 473/423 |
Tethered projectile |
84 |
| 473/427 |
Projectile continuously driven in closed orbit prior to being struck |
18 |
| 473/428 |
Projectile slidable along a line |
18 |
| 473/430 |
Projectile suspended by tether |
71 |
| 473/426 |
Projectile tethered between opposed tether sections |
40 |
| 473/424 |
Tether attached to means adapted to be held by, carried by, or attached to person |
49 |
| 473/425 |
Person held, carried, or attached means is nonmechanical projector |
15 |
| 473/429 |
Tether pivotally attached for orbital revolution |
93 |
| 473/437 |
Weight externally mounted by user to manually held and swung projector for warmup or exercise |
45 |
| 473/503 |
Projectile catcher other than combined projector-catcher device |
6 |
| 473/496 |
Table-tennis table |
47 |
| 473/569 |
Projectile, per se; part thereof or accessory therefor |
119 |
| 473/578 |
Arrow, dart, or shuttlecock; part thereof |
211 |
| 473/581 |
Having fluid-conducting means |
37 |
| 473/582 |
Head structure |
53 |
| 473/585 |
And vane structure (i.e., flight guiding or stabilizing means) |
50 |
| 473/583 |
Broadhead |
107 |
| 473/584 |
Having interchangeable blade |
99 |
| 473/579 |
Shuttlecock (e.g., badminton shuttlecock, etc.) |
29 |
| 473/580 |
Having independent feathers or vanes |
11 |
| 473/586 |
Vane structure (i.e., flight guiding or stabilizing means) |
78 |
| 473/590 |
Boomerang |
42 |
| 473/598 |
Comprising casing or cover having stitched seam or laced closure; blank for such casing or cover (e.g., casing of baseball, etc.) |
32 |
| 473/599 |
For distensible bladder (e.g., casing of football, etc.) |
50 |
| 473/607 |
Comprising cover for core; blank or closure therefor |
29 |
| 473/608 |
Closure therefor |
4 |
| 473/611 |
Comprising opening, valve, or inflation tube for insertion of fluid |
10 |
| 473/587 |
Curling stone |
7 |
| 473/588 |
Disk- or ring-shaped (e.g., ice hockey puck, etc.) |
252 |
| 473/589 |
Ring-shaped (e.g., deck-tennis quoit, etc.) |
78 |
| 473/575 |
Having attached or means for attaching thereto tether, elongated flaccid streamer, or the like |
105 |
| 473/576 |
Attached tether, streamer, or the like has means adapted to be held by, carried by, or attached to person |
94 |
| 473/573 |
Having bristled, hooked, or looped surface for adherence to complementarily surfaced means |
64 |
| 473/613 |
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.) |
79 |
| 473/603 |
Having fluid-retaining bladder removable from within enclosing cover or casing (e.g., football, etc.) |
31 |
| 473/596 |
Having handle or surface configuration for enhancing user`s handgrip thereon |
96 |
| 473/597 |
Grip-enhancing means comprises closure or seam of casing or cover or comprises simulation of such closure or seam (e.g., lacing of football casing, etc.) |
27 |
| 473/604 |
Having hollow core or bladder enclosed within cover (e.g., basketball, soccer-ball, tennis ball, etc.) |
72 |
| 473/605 |
And having intermediate layer composed of wrapping of strands or strips between cover and core or bladder |
37 |
| 473/606 |
Cover is composed of feltlike, napped, or cloth material (e.g., tennis ball, etc.) |
40 |
| 473/609 |
Having hollow, fluid-impervious shell, core, or bladder |
28 |
| 473/610 |
With sealable opening, valve, or inflation tube for insertion of fluid (e.g., beach ball, etc.) |
32 |
| 473/594 |
Having loose internal element, containing or adapted to contain liquid, or comprising spherically configured ball having variable or eccentric center of gravity |
159 |
| 473/574 |
Having means for nonpenetrating adherence to complementarily surfaced means (e.g., tacky surface, etc.) |
12 |
| 473/595 |
Having means other than ellipsoidal spheroid shape (e.g., football shaped, etc.) to produce erratic or unpredictable rebounding or rolling thereof |
39 |
| 473/614 |
Having projections extending outwardly from external surface or consisting of a mass of radially oriented filaments |
39 |
| 473/593 |
Having self-contained means for inflating, pressurizing, reinflating, or repressurizing projectile with fluid or comprising reinflating or repressurizing method |
24 |
| 473/600 |
Having solid core within outer cover; core or cover therefor (e.g., baseball, etc) |
40 |
| 473/601 |
And having intermediate layer between core and cover or having core or cover composed of plural layers |
26 |
| 473/602 |
Having plural intermediate layers, at least one being of material diverse from material of core, cover, or another intermediate layer; or having core or cover composed of three or more layers, at least two being of diverse materials |
11 |
| 473/572 |
Having suction cup |
19 |
| 473/612 |
Having visible skeletal structure |
16 |
| 473/591 |
Horseshoe |
13 |
| 473/615 |
Player held or worn means for enhancing movement of projected projectile (e.g., a handheld, ball-curving assist means, etc.) |
0 |
| 473/577 |
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 |
51 |
| 473/592 |
Tipcat |
11 |
| 473/570 |
With light-emitting, electrical, magnetic, or rotatable inertial means or having boundary-detector activating means |
201 |
| 473/571 |
With sound-producing means |
51 |
