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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7192369 | Mesh pocket for lacrosse stick A pocket for a lacrosse head (10) includes a mesh portion (20) attached to the lacrosse head (10). The mesh portion (20) has a plurality of holes (22) therein. Furthermore, the mesh portion (20) has less than nine holes (... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6910978 | Game racket A game racket has a frame having a head portion and a handle portion extending from the head portion. A head cover covers inner and outer frame surfaces of the head portion. At least one elastic panel extends across the inner frame surface of the head portion and is... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6626774 | Stringless sports racquet A stringless sports racquet made from a used stringed racquet comprises a handle, a head frame, a flexible scoop provided on a back side of the head frame for catching, tossing, and scooping up a ball, and a flexible crosspiece provided across a back side... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6506132 | Lacrosse head pocket A lacrosse head pocket for a lacrosse head having a scoop and opposing sidewalls. The pocket includes a pocket member comprising one or more thin, flexible portions. The pocket member is connected to the scoop and at least a portion of the sidewalls.... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6471564 | Splattle paddle The splattle paddle comprises a main housing with a handle secured thereto. A stretchable, flexible material is secured at an outer edge to the main housing. A button is secured centrally of the main housing to which one end of a linear stretchable cord i... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6402646 | Sports and game racket utilizing a preassembled woven stringing surface The present invention relates to the design and manufacture of sport rackets, and in particular to those of tennis rackets. The improvements herein also apply to rackets used as toys and for games. Particular focus is on the design of the string surface o... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6004233 | Adaptive physical education device An adaptive physical education device has a spring-back assembly with a U shaped frame that is positioned over first and second vertical posts. The spring-back assembly has a webbing attached by springs to a webbing frame, which is pivotally attached to t... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5810682 | Hockey stick blade pad A pad for use with a hockey stick having a handle and a blade includes a generally flat pad element capable of covering at least a portion of a side surface of the blade. An adhesive layer securely affixes the pad element to the blade. The pad element is ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5326097 | Racket for play and sports A racket including a pair of frames each having a head portion and a handle portion formed integral with each other, an annular space formed between the head portions, and an envelope engaged on a ring which is engaged in the annular space formed by the h... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5294114 | Game paddle and combination A game paddle and a game combination wherein the paddle reacts with an impacting aerial object to cause the same to rebound along an axis generally approximating the axis of impact.... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5294115 | Game hoop apparatus A game hoop apparatus includes a hoop member which is formed of a lightweight material. A resilient membrane is attached to the hoop member at selected locations by loop portions which are formed as part of the resilient membrane. A pair of spaced apart h... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5253874 | Adhesive filament and membrane racquet A racquet intended to be used to propel and catch a VELCRO-covered ball for recreational sports. The racquet includes a rim surrounding a convex plate, the outer surface of the plate being a catching surface covered with a pad of adhesive filament materia... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5217222 | Toy racket with sound resonating membrane There is disclosed a racket having a perimeter frame with a tympanum stretched across the frame and formed of a flexible film tautly stretched within the frame, thereby forming a sound-reverberating and resonating ball impact surface, and a handle which e... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5188359 | Drum beat sounding racket Articles of play comprising a racket having a handle portion and a hitting portion integrally formed together, the hitting portion including a hollow annular frame body and a hitting surface which is firmly secured in and highly tensioned by the hollow an... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5160147 | Toy ball game set A ball game set comprised of a racket, and a ball covered with a layer of fastening fabrics, the racket being comprised of a ring-shaped frame covered with a membrane at one side and a layer of fastening fabrics at an opposite side, the ring-shaped frame ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5139258 | Paddle ball racquet A paddle ball racquet for a slow paced table tennis game is herein disclosed. The racquet is modified to eliminate the advantage of the power player by imparting flex or articulation between the racquet handle and the paddle surface. The design parameters... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4635936 | Inflatable racket A racket for playing ball games especially with foam balls. An ankh (without the cross) shaped inner inflatable portion is covered by an outer racket shaped envelope. The toroidal portion of the ankh stretches the outer envelope to develop a rigid racket.... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4330124 | Tamburello Disclosed is a tamburello (1) used like a paddle or racket in striking a ball and comprising a drum (2) having a membrane (3) tautly stretched across one open end of the drum (2) and secured thereto by a rim (4). The rim (4) has a wedge shaped depending w... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4168064 | Thumb drum-paddle There is disclosed a hand held percussion toy comprising a pair of substantially parallel surfaces, each surface having a perimeter edge, the pair of substantially parallel surfaces being joined together by a third surface connected between the perimeter ... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4131278 | Game racket with semi-resilient impact surfaces and an offset handle A game racket for a game generally similar to tennis but not employing a net, the racket consisting of a main body formed by a rigid ring with thin plate-like but resilient panels peripherally sealingly secured on opposite sides of the ring, defining a se... | 12/26/1978 |
