| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 473422000 |
Practice or training device
| 461 |
| 473476000 |
Goal or target structure for projectile; element thereof
| 97 |
| 473417000 |
Means removably supporting projectile in position to be struck and thereby projected by player (e.g., batting tee, etc.)
| 51 |
| 473465000 |
Having at least two different types of game elements used in same game
| 40 |
| 473490000 |
Means for dividing field or court into compartments; element thereof or accessory therefor (e.g., a net, marking strip, marked line, etc.)
| 23 |
| 473496000 |
Table-tennis table
| 8 |
| 473497000 |
Pitching rubber or mound
| 7 |
| 473416000 |
Having game element combined with or convertible to game element or practice or training device for different type of projectile game
| 7 |
| 473499000 |
Base for game in which play involves base running (e.g., for baseball, etc.)
| 7 |
| 473421000 |
Batting backstop or cage | 5 |
| 20100075783 | Baseball/softball batter training device - A practice device for training baseball players, softball players, and umpires. The device trains batters to help the batter identify when to swing or not swing at a pitched based on a combination of what the ball-strike count is on the batter and where the pitched ball will pass through the strike zone for that batter. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20120244961 | Backstop and Portable Training System for a Bat-and-Ball Games - A backstop for training of a bat-and-ball game has a body with a central portion flanked by a side portion on either side. Each side portion is adjustable at an angle less than 180 degrees relative to the central portion so that the backstop is capable of standing upright on a supporting surface. There are target areas on the body, each configured to act as one portion of a hook and loop fastener for attaching to a corresponding portion of the hook and loop fastener on an item of sporting equipment such that when contact is made between a target area within the backstop and said sporting equipment, the target area fastens to said sporting equipment thereby interfering with movement of said sporting equipment. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20080293519 | Multipurpose Prefabricated Sporting Goods - Disclosed is a multi-purpose sectional sports apparatus. The sports apparatus includes a plurality of assembling poles each including a main pole and a sub pole, a connector, and a supporting unit. The main pole has an insertion bore, an L-shaped lower fixture and a plurality of main coupling holes in an upper portion thereof. The sub pole is inserted into the main pole and has a plurality of lower height-adjusting holes and a plurality of upper sub coupling holes. The sub pole is movable up and down to have an adjustable height relative to the main pole as a fastener is fastened through selected ones of the height-adjusting holes and main coupling holes. The connector includes a branched body having a plurality of insertion branches for connection of the assembling poles, each insertion branch having an opening and an insertion bore. The supporting unit includes a plurality of supporting bars for supporting the assembling poles, at least one hollow supporting-connection member having a plurality of supporting-insertion branches for insertion of, for example, the supporting bars, and at least one branched connection member having a plurality of supporting-insertion branches for insertion of, for example, the supporting bars. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20120071278 | NETTING SYSTEM FOR DRINKING GAMES - An accessory for the game of beer pong and related games. The accessory includes two separate net assemblies that attach to both ends of a beer pong table. The netting assembly catches ping-pong balls that go over the edges of the game table during game play to prevent the ping pong balls from touching the floor. This netting system will reduce the amount of dirt and contamination on the ping pong balls, which will reduce the amount of dirt and contamination dirty ping pong balls spread to beverages containers used in game play. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120214618 | WIND RESISTANT PRACTICE CAGE AND PITCHING MACHINE FOR ATTACHMENT - A batting or ball practice cage has one or more frame members with a net attached over the frame. Frame members may be assembled having springs or elbows at the corner. A pitching machine may be aligned with the cage at one end. | 08-23-2012 |
| 473504000 |
Cover for playing field or court (e.g., for baseball field, etc.) | 4 |
| 20130079181 | ARTIFICIAL TURF COVER - The present disclosure is directed to, in combination, a protective cover in juxtaposition with artificial turf, the protective cover permitting air and water to pass through the protective cover and reduce bacteria growth and viruses in artificial turf while permitting dissipation of heat from artificial turf and to protect artificial turf and markings or indicia thereon from sunlight, frost, snow and ice. The protective cover includes a structure of at least one layer of an open mesh weave of thermoplastic material in which the weave has warp and weft strips forming a thin substantially uniform layer having opposed major surfaces and openings therein to permit moisture and air to pass therethrough, and a layer of lace coating on at least one of the major surfaces, the layer of lace coating only partially covering a portion of at least one major surface. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20100004076 | Multifunctional Protection System for a Sports Ground - The present invention relates to a protection system for a sports ground comprising a frame-chest with a protection cover, said frame-chest being able to move across the entire length of the ground whilst unfolding or folding said protection cover by means of an unfolding and folding mechanism, in which said frame-chest is connected to a network of cables spread out in advance over the sports ground, said cables being operated by motorised pulleys in order to ensure the motion of said frame-chest over said sports ground. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090203473 | BASEBALL AREA PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - This invention relates to an integrally weighted baseball cover and system, method and apparatus for quickly delivering the cover and placing it onto an area of a baseball field, such as one or more of the infield areas, such as home base area, first base area, second base area, third base area, pitcher's mound area and/or bullpen areas. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20110165974 | BASEBALL AREA PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - This invention relates to an integrally weighted baseball cover and system, method and apparatus for quickly delivering the cover and placing it onto an area of a baseball field, such as one or more of the infield areas, such as home base area, first base area, second base area, third base area, pitcher's mound area and/or bullpen areas. | 07-07-2011 |
| 473502000 |
Flag belt (e.g., for use in football game without tackling, etc.) | 2 |
| 20090098957 | ATHLETIC ARTICLE FOR USE IN FLAG FOOTBALL - An athletic article to be worn while, and used in, playing flag football. The athletic article includes a garment having a waist band adapted to extend about a wearer's waist and a pair of leg members extending from the waist band and adapted to extend along at least a portion of the wearer's legs. A first fastener member is secured to the garment. The athletic article also includes a flag member having an elongate flag portion and a second fastener member secured to the elongate flag portion. The second fastener member releasably mates with the first fastener member to releasably couple the flag member to the garment. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090042675 | Flag football uniform - A flag football uniform comprising a shoulder supported portion selected from the group consisting of: (a) at least one strap, (b) a vest, and (c) a jersey; a waist portion, said shoulder supported portion being either secured to or formed substantially integrally with said waist portion; a plurality of flags securement locations defined on said waist portion; and a plurality of flags for selective attachment to said flag receipts. | 02-12-2009 |
| 473498000 |
Cricket wicket | 1 |
| 20110160006 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO CRICKET OR CRICKET DERIVED GAMES AND EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - The invention provides a ball having a resilient higher density plastic outer cover layer over a lower density plastic core and a bat including a handle and a head, the head having a hitting surface and a back surface, the hitting surface having an elongate and substantially planar hitting surface and the back surface being similarly elongate and having a raised spine running along its elongate axis. The invention is characterised in that the bat is formed from plastic or composite material and has a central cavity, and a target article (set of stumps) includes a weighted base and a panel, the panel being formed from a flexible resilient material and the base including a slot into which the panel may be inserted and thereby retained in an upright position. The panel and slot are adapted such that when struck by an object the panel is free to vibrate. | 06-30-2011 |
| 473503000 |
Projectile catcher other than combined projector-catcher device | 1 |
| 20100184539 | BALL CATCHING DEVICE - A ball catching device that can be formed from a single piece of cardboard or other material is provided. Once formed by folding the single piece of cardboard in a predetermined configuration, the ball catching device has a ball receiving opening and a lower portion that is sized to be handled by the hand of a user. During use, the user extends the ball catching device upward (like a glove) so as to extend the ball receiving opening into the air, while holding the bottom or lower portion with their hand. | 07-22-2010 |
| Entries |
| Document | Title | Date |
|---|
| 20130085019 | Surface Marking System for Competitive Throwing and Training - A marking system for use with competitively thrown objects such as discuses, shot puts, hammers and javelins. The marking system has a cavity which contains a marking agent which is automatically deposited from the cavity onto the ground when the thrown object hits the ground. Other embodiments are describes and shown. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20090098954 | Methods and means for lifting jumper - A leg device with means for gripping, or handles, is used to aid in lifting a jumping player, especially for lineouts in Rugby Union. The simple, reusable, easy to use leg device provides a level of effectiveness, comfort, convenience, and safety not provided by conventional methods. In a leg sleeve embodiment, means for gripping include a thickened band or grip attached to a sleeve material. The means for gripping may be formed by attaching a semi-rigid material. The means for gripping may be formed by attaching extra layers in sections, in rolls, in folds. The means for gripping may be shaped to match the hand of a lifter. The means for gripping may comprise memory foam. The leg sleeve may further comprise a knee cutout or a hamstring cutout. To use, leg sleeves are applied to the legs of a jumper. Other embodiments of leg devices include leg glove or mitt and various leg straps. When the jumper jumps, one or more lifters grip the leg device. The lifters lift the jumper higher, support the jumper in the jump while the jumper attempts to intercept a ball, and safely lower the jumper. Non-elastic leg straps many including padding or warrior fringe. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090170639 | Sporting game of sokker golphTM - A sporting game in which a game ball that behaves differently from a conventional soccer ball is kicked from a starting point toward an end point for the purpose of getting the game ball in the end point in as few as strikes as possible and, if this is not accomplished in one kick, then the game ball is kicked one or more additional times until it is in the end point. However, unlike the direction of travel for a conventional ball, the game ball's direction of travel is to the right when a counterclockwise spin is applied at a point of contact with the player's foot, to the left when a clockwise spin is applied at the point of contact, and straight when a top spin is applied at the point of contact. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090042672 | Basketball Game, Package, and Method - The use of spot locations that are freely movable with respect to one another and that include different uses for each side is an improvement over the prior art. A basketball game includes at least one ball, a playing surface, a support structure, a backboard, a hoop, and a plurality of spot locations, and may further include a timekeeping device. Each spot location has a first surface with a first marking thereon and a second surface, in opposition to the first surface, with a second marking thereon. On at least one spot location, the first marking differs from the second marking. The different markings and the mobility of the spot locations relative to one another allow for a greater number of different, creative sets of rules using fewer spot locations. Additionally, a basketball game package and method of playing a basketball game utilize aspects of the basketball game. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20110300974 | Horseback Ball Game System and Method - An embodiment horseback ball game method comprises a first horseback player throwing a ball to a second horseback player, the second horseback player receiving the ball, a third horseback player receiving the ball, and a first receiver on an elevated platform receiving the ball after the second and third horseback players receive the ball. An embodiment horseback ball game comprises a horse-compatible playing surface, a first goal near a first end of the playing field, the first goal comprising a first elevated platform, a first marking on the playing surface surrounding the first goal and indicating a first score zone area, a second goal near a second end of the playing field opposite the first end, the second goal comprising a second elevated platform, and a second marking on the playing surface surrounding the second goal and indicating a second score zone area. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20090069121 | Leg straps with horizontal handles - A leg strap with preferably horizontal handles attached at each end of each handle, is used to aid in lifting a jumping player, especially for lineouts in Rugby Union. The handles are preferably made of elastic bands with contract to provide a tight fit on the leg of the jumper and when jumping allow for secure grasp by lifters. The simple, reusable, easy to use leg straps provide a level of effectiveness, comfort, convenience, and safety not provided by conventional methods. To use, leg straps are applied to one or more legs of a jumper. When the jumper jumps, one or more lifters grip the leg device. The lifters lift the jumper higher, support the jumper in the jump while the jumper attempts to intercept a ball, and safely lower the jumper. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090305823 | Sports, Activity Viewing, Sensing and Interpreting System - A sporting activity viewing, sensing, interpreting, and replaying system comprised of a detection equipped grass and turf blade apparatus, system, and method for viewing, sensing, interpreting, seeing, reviewing, and replaying the sporting action occurring, occurred, or replayed regarding the sporting activity. The apparatus may be positioned below, within, or level to the sporting activity surface. The apparatus may incorporate or use optical, fiber, wire, radiation/radiological, physical, sound, motion, reflective, refractive, electronic, smell, feel, computer, technological, digitized or non-digitized, transmitted, transferred, transported, pressure, temperature, mass, content, or other methods to view, sense, or interpret sport activities on grass, turf, soil, clay, silt, sand, concrete, wood, ice, asphalt, glass or plastic, rubber, ground, or components thereof, surfaces including artificial surfaces of these types. The degree to which sports activities are viewed, sensed, interpreted, or replayed may be enhanced considering present modes of the same. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090005195 | 21St century challenge America basketball game - The present invention relates to a method of playing basketball and in particular to a method comprising providing a rectangular region defining a game play surface; providing a goal defined by a hoop located over each the in paint region; and scoring points during game play as follows: a player standing, within the in paint region, and shooting a ball through the goal scores one point; the player standing, within region between the in paint region and the three-point line, and shooting the ball through the goal scores two points; the player standing, within region between the three-point line and the four-point line, and shooting the ball through the goal scores three-points; and the player standing, within the four-point region, and shooting the ball through the goal scores four-points. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20120196706 | FIELD MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A system is provided for measuring field conditions of soccer fields. In one embodiment, an inventive system includes a central management system; a testing soccer ball for testing a ground of a soccer field; a GPS receiver mounted inside the testing soccer ball, wherein the GPS receiver detects velocity of the soccer ball; sends RF signals to the central management system; locates current position of the soccer ball; and locates current attitude of the soccer ball from the ground of the soccer field. The system also includes a RFID tag including a RFID antenna mounted on surface of the testing soccer ball; a soccer ball transmitter located on one end of a field; a RFID reader located on another end of the field, wherein the reader detects the RFID tag when the soccer ball passes through the reader. The system further includes a control processing unit and a memory located inside the testing soccer ball. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20090111616 | System for detecting and tracking statistics of a game - The present invention relates to a system for detecting and tracking statistics of a game, and more particularly, to a system for detecting and tracking game statistics for a specific player or team of players while playing the game. The system may include a sports goal and sports ball for use in the game. The system may also include a sensor attached to a player to detect the sports ball when the sensor comes within a predetermined distance of the sports ball. A detector may be provided and coupled to the sports goal to detect the sports ball when the sports ball passes through the sports goal. A control unit may be provided to determine a game statistic corresponding to the player based on a signal received from the sensor attached to the player and a signal received from the detector when the sports ball passes through the sports goal. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100304899 | Leg Gloves with Downward Diagonal Facing Pocket Openings - A leg glove, or leg mitten, having pockets for the hands of a lifter used when lifting a person who is jumping or being lifted, especially for lineouts in Rugby Union. The leg glove pockets have downward diagonal facing pocket openings. The simple, reusable, easy to use leg glove provides a level of effectiveness, comfort, convenience, and safety not provided by conventional methods. The leg glove is simply made from a single piece of flexible, elastic material, such as neoprene. A fold creates a base layer and a partially overlapping pocket layer. The pocket is secured and held open with a pocket attachment and base attachment forming pocket openings. The pocket openings are configured to face downward on a diagonal. An improved leg glove further comprises a non-elastic base strap. To use, leg gloves are applied to the legs of a jumper. When the jumper jumps, one or more lifters place their hands in the leg glove pockets. The lifters lift the jumper higher, support the jumper in the jump while the jumper attempts to intercept a ball, and safely lower the jumper. In some embodiments, the pocket attachment is shaped like a question mark matching the shape of the inserted fingers, palm, and thumb of the lifter's hand. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100298073 | Artificial turf mat and method for manufacturing thereof - An artificial turf mat, including a backing and a plurality of protruding artificial grass blades divided into rows and connected to the backing. The mutual distance between successive blades in a row is substantially equal to the distance between adjacent rows and is at least 10 mm. The backing and the blades may be formed and mutually connected by weaving. A method for forming an artificial turf mat, including supplying a backing material, supplying an artificial turf material, forming a backing from the backing material, and connecting blades of the artificial turf material divided into rows to the backing. The blades may be connected to the backing such that their mutual spacing in a row is substantially equal to the mutual distance between adjacent rows and is at least 10 mm. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20120309564 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE VISIBILITY OF HAND SIGNALS - A device for covering a portion of a finger of a hand is provided. A pad that is sized and shaped to be positioned on a fingernail of the finger is releasably affixable to the fingernail. An adhesive applied to the lower surface of the pad has sufficient strength to keep the pad affixed to the fingernail when the pad is applied to the fingernail until the pad is manually removed from the fingernail. The upper surface of the pad is reflective such that the visibility of hand signals given while the pad is affixed to the fingernail is improved relative to hand signals given while the pad is not affixed to the finger nail. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20090048039 | TRACKING BALLS IN SPORTS - A system for tracking balls in sports in which players kick, pass, bounce, strike or carry a ball. The ball is equipped with two beacons pulsing in the 5-10 Hz range at a frequency which is not attenuated by the body of the players. one beacon has a very short range of 40-120 cm and the other has a range of 1-5 metres. A data logger worn by the players includes a clock, location and speed sensors, a receiver for the beacon signals and a micro controller to record the data from all the sensors. The micro controller is able to record whether the player is in possession of the ball or is contesting the ball. The path of the ball from player to player is tracked relative to the playing field. An impact or pressure sensor may be fitted to the players footwear, glove or a bat stick, club or racquet to register a kick or ball strike | 02-19-2009 |
| 20110306444 | GOALTENDING SENSING APPARATUS AND RELATED METHOD OF USE - The invention relates to a method to determine a goaltending while playing basketball. The method begins with sensing if a vibration, pressure or motion change has occurred within an enhanced ball. The second step is to send data from a sensor packet containing one or more sensors via an RF switch to a backboard sensor having a sensory zone and computer having a processor, memory device and RF switch. The third step measures if the enhanced ball was deflected in a downward trajectory through a program contained within the memory device of the computer. The fourth step is to assess whether the enhanced ball would have gone through a rim of a backboard. The final step is to send an alert through an alert display of a goaltending once the computer confirms the downward trajectory and likelihood the enhanced ball would have gone through the rim. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20080287221 | BASE STRUCTURE FOR SQUASH COURTS - A base structure for a ball court, and in particular a squash court, with a supporting structure resting on a base and a floor forming a playing surface resting on the supporting structure The floor comprises a plurality of safety glass panes laid adjacent each other and which are freely vertically movable relative to one another and whose surface forming the playing surface is provided with a plurality of rough areas. The supporting structure has an elastic layer beneath the safety glass panes. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20100009782 | BALL GAME PLAYED IN A BODY OF WATER - A method of playing a ball game in a body of water, such as a swimming pool, and equipment for the game are provided. The game includes a throwing a ball against a coping surface to generate a fly ball, and attempting, by a fielding team, to catch the fly ball without the fly ball first contacting a surface of the body of water. A strikepad may include a flat main body for lying on a surface adjacent the body of water; a downward extending surface; and a curved strike surface, which may be convex or concave, projecting from the downward extending surface and facing the body of water so as to provide a bouncing surface for the ball. A backstop that may be positioned adjacent the body of water behind the strikepad and including a net or a meshing for catching a ball is also provided. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090069122 | GAME BALL - A method of making a game ball having a carcass comprising a foamed intermediate layer and a plurality of raised seams made from an outer layer is disclosed. The foamed intermediate layer may be formed from two sheets of foamed material. The sheets are shaped to have leaves that can be folded into the shape of a hemisphere with no gaps between adjacent leaves. The sheets are placed around a bladder, an outer layer is placed around the sheets, and the combination is heat molded. The seams are not made from strips of seam material placed on the outer layer of the carcass. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20120088611 | Easy crease - The invention provides a portable, foldable lacrosse crease fabricated of a durable, waterproof rubber material. Measuring approximately the standard eighteen feet in diameter, the Easy Crease features pre-marked spots placed approximately six feet apart on the cross section where the goal is placed. Additionally, the perimeter contains an approximate three inch border. To facilitate compactability, storage, and transport, the center of the Easy Crease is folded and attached to a Velcro™ or a similar hook and loop fastener-strapped handle system. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20110275457 | ARENA FOR A BALL GAME - An arena, a process for manufacturing an arena and the use of an arena for a team ball game is described herein. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120329580 | COLLAPSIBLE ENCLOSURE FOR PLAYING GAMES ON COMPUTERS AND GAMING CONSOLES - The present invention is directed to a portable, collapsible enclosure for use with a portable game console or computer for playing video games on a large screen television where the game involves tracking the position and movement of a moving object. The enclosure has a fabric cover and a frame which is movable between a collapsed position whereby the enclosure may be easily stored and an expanded position for playing a game. The fabric cover of the enclosure in the expanded position has an open front, side and top walls and a rear wall. The rear wall is provided as a netting material which is selected to arrest the movement of a moving object projected into the enclosure through the open front, while permitting a user to observe an image displayed on a large screen television placed to the rear or side of the enclosure. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130017909 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLAYING A GAMEAANM Hower; BusterAACI PeculiarAAST MOAACO USAAGP Hower; Buster Peculiar MO US - Systems and methods for playing a football-type game. Game systems described herein can employ a playing field having a scrimmage zone, first and second no run zones, and first and second scoring zones. The combined maximum length of the scrimmage zone and the first and second no run zones can be less than 30 yards. Certain embodiments concern methods for playing flag football. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20080242450 | Method of operating a baseball league - A method of operating a baseball league composed of a plurality of teams comprising scheduling a selected number of games between said teams and offering for sale the right to manage a selected number of said games. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20130130843 | Athletic Performance Monitoring Systems and Methods in a Team Sports Environment - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining when an athlete is in possession of a ball by analyzing image data are provided. A camera is worn by an athlete and is turned on when the athlete is in proximity of a ball. The camera is used to generate an image of a ball. The size of the ball is determined and compared to a threshold. The athlete is considered to be in possession of the ball when the size of the image exceeds the threshold. | 05-23-2013 |
