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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105184 | System and method of using shear thickening materials in sports products A sports product may include a support member and an impact region configured to impact an object. The impact region may be coupled to the support member. The sports product may also include a shear thickening material in at least one of the support member or the im... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7967706 | Racket for ball games A racket for ball games may include a frame which is formed by a frame profile or a hollow profile and has a racket head and a handle portion connected thereto preferably via a heart region. Two indentations that are symmetrical relative to the longitudinal axis of ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7946937 | Silicone based article for use with sports equipment and other products In one embodiment of the present invention, an article that generally consists of a silicone material in combination with a fastening member, such as an adhesive backing, is provided and configured for easy application to a surface, including those associated with a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7927239 | Substantially fluid tight game racket including a spring suspension module A game racket frame is provided including at least one substantially fluid tight portion. The racket includes a handle and a head frame with strings laced through and held in tension to form a stringed hitting surface. Alternatively, the game racket of the present i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7371197 | Safety racket A safety racket includes a head frame, a handle, a connecting portion, several nail members and a string. The head frame has a plurality of through holes. The connecting portion connects between the head frame and the handle. The nail members each have a head and at... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371198 | Racket frame A racket frame has a head hoop, a connecting segment, a handle and two prestressing devices. The head hoop has a bottom end and a string. The connecting segment is connected with the head hoop and has a yoke, two shafts and a throat. The yoke is formed on the bottom... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7331253 | Device for carrying and fastening a robot A device for carrying and fastening a robot (4), in particular a delta robot, is designed in a gallows shape. It has a foot (1), a column (2) adjoining the foot (1), and at least one cantilever arm (3), fastened to this column (... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322894 | Apparatus and method for tennis swing training A racket grip training apparatus providing user chosen static positioning of a tennis racket in the hand at angles to the forearm that are determinable and repeatable. The device further provides components to set the face angle of the racket engaged to the device a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7297080 | Game racquet with separate head and handle portions for reducing vibration A game racquet includes head portion and a handle portion. The head and handle portions include one or both of a fiber-reinforced thermoset material and a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material. The handle portion is coupled to the head portion by shock and/or vibr... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7264098 | Harmonic damper for handheld instruments A damper for reducing vibrations in a handheld device, tool and/or instrument may comprise a resilient member and a weight. The resilient member may mounted to any portion of a device having a surface suitable for engaging and retaining the resilient member therein,... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264579 | Device and method for strengthening the elbow A device and method for preventing the damage underlying lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) or medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow), or both lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) and medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow), or for treating the damage underlying late... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7229369 | Ball sport racquet especially tennis racquet In a ball sport racquet, for example, a tennis racquet, made up of a main or racquet head frame, a throat with a throat bridge and side bridges diverging to the throat bridge and extending into a shaft, and strings fastened on the main frame and on the throat bridge... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225594 | Stud system and methods related thereto The present invention relates to a stud system where each respective stud (2) includes flanges (4, 4a) which are directly attached to each other and which constitute an essentially monolithic entity. Said flanges are formed of a wane edge wood m... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217203 | Tennis racket A tennis racket having a racket frame defining a ball-hitting face, wherein if the upper part of the ball-hitting face is set as a 0-degree position, a string protection member is mounted on at least one portion of a head part of the racket frame in a range from a c... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7201680 | Racket frame A racket frame including a grip part, a shaft part, a throat part, and a head part formed hollowly with a fiber reinforced resin and having a weight not less than 100 g nor more than 270 g. The racket frame is provided with a dynamic damper comprising a mass member ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201679 | Sectional vibration damping, flexible bat A vibration damping baseball bat includes a barrel portion and a handle portion. The barrel portion and the handle portion are interconnected in an aligned and spaced-apart relation. The mechanism by which the barrel and handle portions are interconnected dampens vi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192058 | Illuminated ski pole discs A ski pole disc is provided for attachment to a ski pole. The ski pole disc includes a body extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the ski pole and having a hole in a central portion thereof to receive the ski pole. An electronic circuit is position... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7160286 | Racket with self-powered piezoelectric damping system According to one embodiment of the invention, a sports racket includes a racket frame comprising a head portion, handle portion and a throat portion joining the head portion to the handle portion. The racket frame also comprises a self-powered piezoelectric damping ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140984 | Racket for ball games and production process The present invention relates to an improved racket for ball games, in particular a tennis racket, squash racket, badminton racket, racquet ball racket or paddle tennis racket comprising a frame consisting of a racket head and a handle portion connected thereto and ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137912 | Tennis racket In a tennis racket having a racket frame composed of a fiber reinforced resin, the moment of inertia Ic of the tennis racket in a center direction thereof is set to not less than 13000 g·cm2 nor more than 17000 g·cm2, the moment of inertia Ig... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131640 | Isolator mount for shock and vibration An isolator mount for the active dissipation of shocks and vibrations is presented. The invention includes at least one energy dissipating element disposed between deflectable elements so as to provide soft damping for small disturbance excitations, yet remaining su... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131920 | Racket frame A racket frame including a first laminate composed of a plurality of first prepregs consisting of fiber reinforced resin and a second prepreg, consisting of fiber reinforced resin, which is layered on the first laminate. The first laminate has a loss factor (=tan δ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122142 | Method for combining a metal racket frame with a grip A method for combining a metal racket frame with a hollow grip includes the following steps: prepare a metal racket frame and a hollow grip in advance, fit two free ends of the metal racket frame in the upper end of the hollow of the hollow grip and then place the f... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108617 | Racket for ball games The present invention relates to a racket, in particular a tennis racket or squash racket having a particularly suitable dampening behavior. For this purpose, the ball game racket of the present invention comprises a racket head, a heart region and a handle portion ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104905 | Ball game racket A ball game racket, especially a tennis racket, has a racket head formed by a tension frame with stringing, and a handle unit formed by a handle shaft or a racket neck joining the tension frame for example via a heart piece. Between a frame profile and the support p... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7081055 | Method for making rackets with shock absorbing members A racket includes a head and a shaft, a throat is connected between the head and the shaft. Shock absorbing members are installed to desired positions of the racket so as to reduce impact transferred to the player's hand. Two throat extensions extend from the head a... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081056 | Sports racket having a uniform string structure A sports racket, for tennis and the like sports, has an elongated handle attached to a head having a racket face, which is spanned by a uniform string structure. The head has four sides, forming a non-elliptical shape, in which the opposite sides are substantially p... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077767 | Racket for ball games and production process The present invention relates to a racket for ball games, in particular a tennis racket, squash racket, badminton racket, racquet ball racket or paddle tennis racket comprising a frame consisting of a racket head and a handle portion connected thereto and being form... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074142 | Racket frame A tennis racket frame (10), including a sleeve composed of a fiber reinforced resin, having a weight not less than 180 g nor more than 270 g, when strings are not mounted in a ball-hitting face thereof surrounded with a head part thereof. Supposing that the s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070525 | Racket for ball games The present invention relates to a racket, in particular a tennis racket or squash racket exhibiting a particularly suitable stiffness and/or strength behavior. For this purpose, the ball game racket of the present invention comprises a racket head, a heart region a... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059981 | Racket frame A racket frame (10) including a laminate having not less than two fiber reinforced resinous layers layered one upon another and one or more modified fiber reinforced resinous layers (20) each containing a modified resinous composition, as a matrix resi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044869 | Racket for ball games and production process The present invention relates to an improved racket for ball games, in particular a tennis racket, squash racket, badminton racket, racquet ball racket or paddle tennis racket, comprising a frame consisting of a racket head and a handle portion connected thereto and... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7014579 | Shock absorbing device for racket Provided is an elastomeric shock absorbing device mountable in a racket such as tennis racket. The device comprises a cylindrical first cushioning member including two annular flanges in its top and bottom respectively, an intermediate annular recess, a spherical ch... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6974397 | Racket with self-powered piezoelectric damping system According to one embodiment of the invention, a sports racket includes a racket frame comprising a head portion, handle portion and a throat portion joining the head portion to the handle portion. The racket frame also comprises a self-powered piezoelectric damping ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971964 | Compound spring element for a game racket A compound spring element for a game racket frame is provided. A resilient casing forms the spring element, with its profile having a first side portion and a second side portion defining at least one space between them. The at least one space contains at least one ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969328 | Sequential vibration preventer and vibration control structure for ball hitting implement A sequential vibration preventer for a ball hitting implement in which impact vibration that is generated when a ball is hit is transmitted to the human body from the impact generation source via the ball hitting implement. The sequential vibration preventer is deta... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966855 | Racket with capability of vibration absorption A racket includes a frame having a rim and a connection portion at an end of the rim, a handle fixed at a distal end of the connection portion, an elastic member attached on a predetermined portion of the frame, and a cover layer wrapped around the frame and the ela... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964624 | Bumper guard for a sports racquet A bumper guard for attachment to a sports racquet. The sports racquet includes a frame having a head portion with an outer peripheral surface and a plurality of grommet holes formed into the head portion for supporting a string bed. The bumper guard includes an elon... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6953405 | Vibration damping field hockey stick A field hockey stick including a head, a shaft adjoining the head, and a vibration damper. The shaft has a first end proximate the head and a second end opposite the first end. The vibration damper is disposed in the second end of the shaft and includes a core and a... | 10/11/2005 |
| 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 |
