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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120071282 | Lighted Projectile A projectile illuminated by a chemiluminescent light source is capable of producing a stroboscopic effect when set in motion. The projectile body is a solid body preferably made of a soft, pliable material such as NERF®, in the shape of a sports ball, and the light pro... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120040785 | Night Light Balls Improvements in a football and beach ball to allow the balls to be used at night. The illumination from the “EL” lights gives the ball an exciting kaleidoscope of color as it spirals, adding a new and exciting twist to an old game in addition to adding safety to nig... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035006 | ARROWHEAD WITH LASER An arrow, arrowhead and method of shooting an arrowhead are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a plurality of blades extend outwardly from the body of an arrowhead and a sharpened tip extends forwardly. A front laser diode is disposed in the arrowhead and is arranged... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120024279 | AIR-POWERED TOY GUN AND PLIABLE PROJECTILES FOR SHOOTING THEREFROM An air-powered toy gun is described. The toy gun includes a housing with a barrel. A cartridge slot is formed in the housing to accept a projectile cartridge and align a bullet chamber of the cartridge with the barrel. An air cylinder is attached with the housing. A dua... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110312453 | Illuminated Nock Assembly The illuminated nock assembly of the present invention attaches to the shaft of an arrow to assist in tracking the trajectory of the arrow in flight and in locating the arrow after flight. The illuminated nock assembly includes a housing having two separate parts, light... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110287878 | Acquiring and Providing Player Information by Means of a Multiple Sensor System A device (120) for acquiring and providing information which can be associated with a football player, said device comprising: an acceleration sensor (129) for detecting accelerations acting on the devices; a memory unit (121) for storing measured a... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110275462 | BALL FOR BALL GAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A golf ball including a spherical body, first regions, and second regions. The spherical body includes a core layer and a cover layer made from a synthetic resin covering the core layer. Dimples are formed in a surface of the cover layer. First regions that are electric... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110250996 | Tracking System For Use With An Arrow A tracking system for use with an arrow having a shaft and arrowhead includes a housing having first and second separable portions that define an interior area. A transmitter is operatively coupled to one of the portions and positioned in the interior area when coupled ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110244981 | REMOTE CONTROLLED ILLUMINATED GOLF BALL An illuminatable ball includes a sealed outer translucent shell, an inner core portion surrounded by the outer shell and a self-contained lighting device contained at least in part within the inner core portion. The lighting device includes an energy source, at least on... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110237367 | BALL AND ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM Implementation including an outputter (11) following a control to output a signal, a microphone (10) for acquisition of sound from inside a ball (1a), a determiner (121) working in accordance with a level of sound acquired through the ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110214616 | SOLAR-POWERED BALL A solar-powered ball is described. The solar-powered ball includes a member positioned in an interior of the solar-powered ball. The member comprises a solar panel that powers motion-activated lights. The solar-powered ball provides a pet toy. The solar-powered ball fur... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110212799 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARCHERY EQUIPMENT An apparatus is configured for inclusion in an arrow. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a sensor configured to provide data concerning one or more flight characteristics of the arrow in flight and a communication link coupled to the sensor, the communication lin... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110212798 | SEGMENTED BALL WITH LIGHTED ELEMENTS Embodiments of the instant invention include lighted bounceable toys for play and amusement. Such toys or structures can be made in an infinite number of graceful and useful configurations. Exemplary bounceable ball toys include a light assembly having a power source an... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110201464 | MINIATURE LOCATOR DEVICE FOR USE WITH HUNTING ARROWS A hunting arrow for tracking target animals is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a chamber. The arrow may also include a transmitter housing that is installable into the chamber. A pair of bores extending through the transmitter housing and chamber may be c... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110177894 | Antennabilia The present Specialized Invention provides embodiments of different shapes, sizes hollow or solid construction with logo's incorporated on the two sides of the inventions lit by any source of light not only limited to LEDs. Powered by solar, battery or a very large scal... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110172039 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC ARCHERY DEVICES According to one aspect, an apparatus is configured to couple to an arrow-mounted electronic device where the apparatus includes a housing, a receptacle included in the housing and at least one electrical contact configured to couple to a contact included in the arrow-m... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110136603 | sOccket Our invention hybridizes ‘ball sports,’ including soccer, baseball, tennis, and etc., and devices converting mechanical energy (through impact or shaking) to produce power while playing or participating in sports. Modifications include embedding sensors into a ball ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110130230 | BALL FOR USE IN PLAY AND/OR TRAINING Device for ball to enable utilization of information regarding ball influencing occurrences either in the form of hits by body parts or by a ball influencing tool, such as a bat, tennis racket or the like to establish an analysis on how the ball influencing occurrences ... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110118062 | AMERICAN-STYLE FOOTBALL INCLUDING IMPROVED BLADDER CONSTRUCTION FOR MOUNTING OF ELECTRONICS An American style football including an inflatable bladder, a cover surrounding the bladder, and an electronic circuit. The bladder includes first and second side walls defining an expandable cavity and a cross-member configured to extend through the expandable cavity. ... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110077112 | ELECTRONICS MODULE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR USE WITH SPORTS OBJECTS A method and apparatus for suspending core electronics in a sports object is disclosed. The suspension is accomplished in such a manner as to protect the electronics from impact during normal play of the sports object. In one embodiment, a web like membrane is used to s... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110053716 | GOLF DISC A golf disc assembly includes a disc configured for flying upon being cast into the air and a sonic finding unit which is attached to the disc and which emits a sonic locating signal after the sonic finding unit conducts a delay of a predetermined amount of time.... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100317470 | LIGHTED GAMING BAG A gaming bag including at least one outer wall defining a cavity, at least one light emitting source positioned adjacent the at least one outer wall, a filling material disposed within the cavity, and wherein the at least one light emitting source provides illumination.... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100285909 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING INTERDICTION DEVICE A reusable interdiction apparatus that makes use of a housing of dimensions making the housing suitable to be carried and thrown by an individual. A light source is disposed within the housing and adapted to project an optical signal through a portion of the housing. A ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100248871 | DETACHABLE TRACKABLE ARROW NOCK A detachable, trackable arrow nock, comprising a proximal end for detachably coupling to a hollow distal end of an arrow shaft, a distal end for receiving a bow string, a plurality of fins for engaging the hide of an animal to prevent the nock from penetrating the hide,... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100227705 | Wireless-Charged Acousto-Optic Gulf Ball A golf ball is easily found with lighting and buzzing. A battery in the golf ball is charged with a current from its induction coil through electromagnetic induction. On charging, the circuit in the golf ball can stop functioning. Thus, life-time of the battery is prolo... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100222163 | GOAL DETECTOR FOR DETECTION OF AN OBJECT PASSING A GOAL PLANE A system is disclosed for detection of whether a movable object, such as a sports object, e.g. a football or an ice hockey puck, has passed goal plane. It is known to encircle the goal plane with conductors (1, 2, 3, 4) to produce an electromagnetic field to exci... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100184563 | Athletic Performance Monitoring Systems and Methods in a Team Sports Environment Systems and methods for sensing and monitoring various athletic performance metrics, e.g., during the course of a game, a practice, a training session, training drills, and the like, are described. These systems and methods can provide useful metrics for players and coa... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100184541 | BOUNCING BALL AMUSEMENT DEVICE HAVING REDUCED TRANSPARENCY A ball amusement device including an outer shell of transparent or semi-transparent plastic or elastomer or plastomer having good bounce characteristics, and at least one liquid within the shell. The outer shell may be configured to reduce the transparency to light thro... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100130314 | OVAL BALL, ESPECIALLY RUGBY BALL OR FOOTBALL An oval ball, in particular rugby ball or football with a casing and with at least one electronic component or module with a transmitter unit, which is arranged in the casing and is held in a defined position, wherein the at least one electronic module is fastened on or... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100130315 | Bladder for a Ball A bladder for an inflatable ball, in particular a soccer ball, has electrical wiring wherein the wiring is at least partially arranged along a bladder wall to interconnect two electrical or electronic devices.... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100069181 | LIGHT-EMITTING BALL A light-emitting ball includes an inflatable ball bladder, a transparent skin layer that encloses the ball bladder, and an electrically operable display module, such as a flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) display module, that is disposed between the ball blad... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100035710 | Lighted Projectile A projectile illuminated by a chemiluminescent light source is capable of producing a stroboscopic effect when set in motion. The projectile body is a solid body preferably made of a soft, pliable material such as NERF®, in the shape of a sports ball, and the light pro... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100035709 | Method for Employing a Tracking Device with an Arrow A two part arrow employing a tracking device used to track wounded game animals. When the hunting broadhead engages a game animal, a separating slide mechanism that encircles the anterior arrow segment slides toward the rear of the arrow catching the lever component of ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090325739 | INTELLIGENT BASKETBALL A device for providing information concerning position and movement of a ball, in particular a basketball, to a user is provided. The device includes a ball having an opening therein. A sensor board is positioned within the opening in the ball. The sensor board carries ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090312127 | AMUSEMENT DEVICE An amusement device includes an outer shell of transparent or semi-transparent plastic or elastomer having good bounce characteristics, and a liquid, preferably water, and light-up device therewithin, the liquid being outside said light-up device. Glitter is also desira... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090191990 | Lighted sports projectile A sports projectile illuminated with a chemiluminescent light stick capable of producing a stroboscopic effect. The body is made of a soft, pliable material such as NERF® and the light stick(s) is carried through bores in the body. There are no ancillary components, on... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090111620 | Powerod arrow An arrow with gripping claws around the head and a build-in high voltage electronic discharge apparatus for subduing and incapacitating humans and animals. When the plunger hits the target the said claws grab the target and deliver a high voltage charge that immobilizin... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090098959 | PROGRAMMABLE LIGHTED ARCHERY NOCK The present invention generally relates to a lighted archery nock. The lighted archery nock generally includes an accelerometer, a replaceable battery, a light, a housing, and a microprocessor that controls illumination of the light. The microprocessor can control the t... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090098958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A TRACKING SYSTEM A tracking system and associated methods for locating animals, such as wounded/downed game animals or non-game animals such as research animals, and/or projectiles configured to be shot at an animal are disclosed. The system includes a transmitter and one or more radio ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090098960 | BATTERY HOLDER FOR A LIGHTED ARCHERY NOCK The present invention generally relates to a lighted archery nock. The lighted archery nock generally includes an accelerometer, a replaceable battery, a light, a housing, and a microprocessor that controls illumination of the light. The microprocessor can control the t... | 04/16/2009 |
