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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE40159 | Batting helmet | 03/25/2008 |
| D540407 | Sports practice net | 04/10/2007 |
| D520581 | Sports racquet | 05/09/2006 |
| D517621 | Basketball | 03/21/2006 |
| D517137 | Basketball | 03/14/2006 |
| D516644 | Basketball | 03/07/2006 |
| D516643 | Basketball | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004317 | Environmentally controlled sports equipment bag A sports equipment bag includes a flexible elongated body defining an equipment storage region. The body includes at least one recloseable opening and an outwardly facing reflective barrier layer having a reflectivity of at least 80 percent. At least a portion of th... | 02/28/2006 |
| D514639 | Head portion of a racquet | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964625 | Game ball lacing A game ball including a casing and a lacing. The casing has a laced region. The lacing is coupled to the laced region of the casing. The lacing has an exposed surface comprised of an outer material that is compressible, resilient, and tactile. The outer material has... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6949038 | Ball bat having an insert with variable wall thickness A bat, configured for impacting a ball, includes a substantially tubular frame and a substantially tubular body. The frame extends along a longitudinal axis and has a handle portion and a primary hitting portion. The body is coaxially aligned with the hitting portio... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945879 | Multi-layered balanced golf-ball A golf ball includes a core, an intermediate layer and a cover. The core is formed of a first composition, the intermediate layer is formed of a second composition, and the cover is formed of a third composition. The specific gravity of each of the first, second and... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945886 | Bat with composite handle A bat has an elongate tubular striking member of a first material, and an elongate handle member of a second material. The handle may be of composite material laid up in selected layers and orientation to produce selected weight distribution, strength, and stiffness... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945913 | Cushioned pivoting deck A treadmill (10) includes a frame on which are mounted transverse forward and rearward roller assemblies (14, 16). An endless belt (18) is trained about the forward and rearward roller assemblies. A deck (20) is positioned between the upp... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939271 | Crosstraining exercise device An exercise device includes a pair of foot engaging links (30a, 30b). The rearward ends of the foot links are supported for arcuate motion about a pivot axis (26), and the forward ends of the foot links travel back and forth along ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935975 | Racquet with channeled handle for receiving racquet string A sports racquet extending along a longitudinal axis. The racquet includes a head portion and a handle portion. The head portion defines a string bed area. The handle portion has a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end of the handle portion is coupled to the... | 08/30/2005 |
| D509030 | Batting helmet | 08/30/2005 |
| 6906503 | Power supply controller for exercise equipment drive motor A combined power supply and driver control module includes rectifier circuitry, switching circuitry, and driver circuitry for providing output power to a load. Rectified output from an input power source is used to produce a DC power. The switching circuitry receive... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902495 | Golf club vibration dampening and sound attenuation system A golf club vibration dampening and sound attenuation system including an elongated shaft, a club head, a resilient insert assembly, a dampener, and a grip. The shaft has a distal shaft end and a proximal shaft end. The club head is coupled to the distal shaft end, ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899639 | Two piece balanced golf ball A golf ball includes a core and a cover layer. The core is formed of a first composition and the cover is formed of a second composition. The specific gravity values of each of the first and second compositions are generally equal to each other. The first and second... | 05/31/2005 |
| D503759 | Set of markings for a game ball | 04/05/2005 |
| D503442 | Throat portion of a sports racquet | 03/29/2005 |
| 6865752 | Adjustable sports helmet An adjustable sports helmet configured for protecting a user's head. The helmet includes a shell, a padding assembly and an adjustment assembly. The shell has an inner surface and an outer surface. The padding assembly is coupled to the inner surface of the shell. T... | 03/15/2005 |
| D502521 | Sole plate of a golf club head | 03/01/2005 |
| 6860822 | Putter having an insert of variable thickness A putter head including a toe portion, a heel portion, a generally vertically extending wall and an insert. The wall has a front strike face, a rear surface, an upper layer, and a lower layer. The upper layer, the lower layer and the rear surface each extend from th... | 03/01/2005 |
| D502517 | Head portion of a sports racquet | 03/01/2005 |
| 6840874 | Game racquet with separate head and handle portions for reducing vibration A game racquet includes separate head and handle portions which are separated by shock and/or vibration absorbing material. Both the head portion and the handle portion are bonded to the absorbing material and are thereby connected to each other. ... | 01/11/2005 |
| D500899 | Batting helmet | 01/11/2005 |
| 6811502 | Racquet with elongated peripheral main string segments and enlarged sweet spot A sports racquet including a frame, a yoke and a string bed. The frame includes a head portion, a handle portion, and a throat portion positioned between the head and handle portions. The head portion includes an upper region, and first and second side regions. The ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6793594 | Sports practice net A free standing net system incorporates a full sized floor for easy ball collection and a built in training target secured to a rear wall of a netted enclosure which is functional for multi-sport use. The netting of the enclosure is 1000 denier polyester, treated fo... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6767300 | Game ball lacing A game ball including a casing and a lacing. The casing has a laced region. The lacing is coupled to the laced region of the casing. The lacing has an exposed surface comprised of an outer material that is compressible, resilient, and tactile. The outer material has... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6766531 | Ball glove with reinforced finger stalls and a wrist panel with spaced-apart padding A ball glove including front and back glove portions, first, second and third elongate reinforcing members, and a webbing. The front glove portion is coupled to the back glove portion to define a hand cavity and to form first, second, third and fourth finger stalls ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6761654 | Game ball lacing A game ball including a casing and a lacing. The casing has a laced region. The lacing is coupled to the laced region of the casing. The lacing has an exposed surface comprised of an outer material that is compressible, resilient, and tactile. The outer material has... | 07/13/2004 |
| D491316 | Batting helmet | 06/08/2004 |
| 6743127 | Bat with composite handle A bat has an elongate tubular striking member of a first material, and an elongate handle member of a second material. The handle may be of composite material laid up in selected layers and orientation to produce selected weight distribution, strength, and stiffness... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6733404 | Insert for a bat having an improved seam orientation A bat includes a substantially tubular frame, a substantially tubular body and at least one sheet. The frame extends along a longitudinal axis. The frame has a handle portion and a primary hitting portion. The body is coaxially aligned with the hitting portion of th... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6711745 | Slip-on ball glove A ball glove including front and back portions, at least one notch, and at least one elastic strip. The front and back portions have front and back lower edges, respectively. The back portion is coupled to the front portion to form a hand cavity. The front and back ... | 03/30/2004 |