Class 473/579 - Shuttlecock (e.g., badminton shuttlecock, etc.)

Subclass of Class 473 - Games using tangible projectile
Definition: Subject matter wherein the elongated missile comprises (a)
No. of patents: 32
Last issue date: 04/03/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8147359	Shuttlecock A shuttlecock preferably includes a tail, a shuttle housing and an impact head. The tail includes at least three tail sections which are attached to each other and retained by a tail base. The shuttle housing preferably includes a first housing half, a second housin...	04/03/2012
8105185	Shuttlecock A shuttlecock including a cap and a skirt part whereto an air passage hole is formed, wherein a rib is provided to the skirt part, adjacent to a rear end of the air passage hole in a generatrix direction of the skirt part, the rib having a shape wherein air pressure...	01/31/2012
7258635	Shuttlecock The invention relates to a shuttlecock comprising a conical crown (2) and a base (3) for hitting. In order to modify the flying characteristics, a preferably toroidal ring (4) which is made of an elastic material is mounted on the shuttlecock (	08/21/2007
7089864	Low lethality projectile An anti-personnel projectile launched from a weapon shell required at impact to have a low lethality consequence, in which the projectile is fitted in the shell in a shape characterized by a blunt end in the direction of flight and maintained in this shape by opposi...	08/15/2006
6890274	Shuttlecock A shuttlecock having a cap and a flared skirt, the latter having an inner and outer part made of artificial material and incorporating in the outer part, a plurality of stems and ribs connecting the stems and flaps projecting from the edges of said ribs at a substan...	05/10/2005
6780130	Lighted shuttlecock A lighted shuttlecock for allowing a game a badminton to be played in low light conditions. The lighted shuttlecock includes a body member comprising a feather crown portion and a tip portion. The tip portion is selectively coupled to the feather crown portion. The ...	08/24/2004
6709353	Racquet sport game and shuttlecock for use therewith A shuttlecock to be struck by a racquet has a shaped base and a number of separate flexible tail portions secured to the base. The base also has a piston element therein, so as to form a shuttlecock that has a varying movement or erratic flight performance when stru...	03/23/2004
6682448	Play device A play device designed to be struck by various parts of the human anatomy, or with rackets or paddles, depending on the size of the play device. The tail portion of the play device, consists of a curved bell shaped structure, constructed from a suitable m...	01/27/2004
6431938	Inflatable balloon assembly An inflatable balloon assembly comprises a balloon having a balloon inlet (1) and an inflatable portion (8), an inflating tube (3, 4) and a compressing device which has a small hole (5) through which the balloon inlet (1) is forcibly drawn thus forming a ...	08/13/2002
6315687	Adjustable shuttlecock An adjustable shuttlecock including means for attaching and detaching an interchangeable tail and a head including an interchangeable weight portion and an interchangeable springing mechanism. The springing mechanism and tail may be designed in such a way...	11/13/2001
6227991	Shuttlecock A shuttlecock (1) comprising at least a cap (5, 10, 15) and a flared skirt (32, 25, 26), the flared skirt (32, 25, 26) incorporating an inflated device which may be a balloon (17, 22) or an expanded light moulded cone (13) with multiple connected cells ma...	05/08/2001
5924943	Adjustably weighted shuttlecock A shuttlecock having a base and a flight portion, the base having a semi-spherical bottom and an upwardly extending side wall, with at least one length of tape having lengths substantially equal to a multiple of the circumference of the upwardly extending...	07/20/1999
5860879	Throw and catch toy A badminton shuttlecock-type article of manufacture used primarily as a throwing toy against a wall having a novel "flip" during rebounding caused by a rubber ball front, in which distortion of the rubber ball upon impact against the wall is confined to t...	01/19/1999
5853340	Shuttlecocks A shuttlecock comprises a nose and a frusto-conical skirt fixed thereto. The skirt is formed of an inner layer and an outer layer of plastics sheet material generally lying against one another. The outer layer is formed with a plurality of spaced elongate...	12/29/1998
5562290	Shuttlecock with luminescent means A shuttlecock including a feathers unit having a front coupling neck, and a light-permeable base snuggly receiving the front coupling neck of the feathers unit and defining a water-tight space, an alkaline solution filled in the water-tight space, and a f...	10/08/1996
5522599	Shuttlecock A shuttlecock includes a wing member having six types of strands whose lower ends are secured to a carrier strip, and a weight member adhered to the carrier strip whereby upon striking the shuttlecock by the palm of the hand or the foot, the weight member...	06/04/1996
5421587	Shuttlecock An improved shuttlecock for use in a badminton game is provided with a cork cap and a cone-shaped skirt which is provided with a plurality of evenly spaced stems. The stems diverges from a top end having a collar tube having more than one securing flange ...	06/06/1995
5265886	Shuttlecock A shuttlecock comprises a tail constructed from a plurality of feathers whose shafts are bound together, a head affixed to the feathers at their quills, and a spring formed from a stack of annular spring plates. Each plate surrounds the feather shafts abo...	11/30/1993
5058883	Tethered shuttlecock An exercise and amusement device having a cord with one end attached to a handle by a stopper and clip and the other end attached to a shuttlecock by a plastic clip which engages the shuttlecock. The tethered shuttlecock provides exercise and amusement to...	10/22/1991
5016891	Projectile-target game apparatus A game target useable with a palm held projectile tossed at a target. The projectiles being light weight provide safe use by almost all ages. Also, younger players can be skilled enough to compete with adults. The target is mounted to tube sections which ...	05/21/1991
4995619	Shuttlecock A shuttlecock for hitting or kicking by a hand, foot or racket comprising a hollow elastic body, a head connected with the body and a tail connected with the head. The body can shrink to press the air in its hollow interior through a curved through hole i...	02/26/1991
4776596	Golf ball having braking wing A plastic golf ball including conventional dimples and a shuttlecock braking device. The ball may be hit into a target basket or onto a target mat marked with concentric circles....	10/11/1988
4770423	Projectile for use in games A projectile adapted to be struck by a racquet or manually thrown in a game comprises a body portion and a relatively movable extendable/retractable vane portion mounted thereon. At the commencement of flight along a trajectory, the vanes in the vane port...	09/13/1988
4538818	Shuttlecock The invention provides a large shuttlecock which can be used with a variety of bats or racquets for a game resembling badminton or a game combining the pleasure of badminton and tennis in that the spherical head portion has a size comparable to a standard...	09/03/1985
4519613	Badminton shuttlecock The striking cap of a badminton shuttlecock is formed as a hollow, truncated sphere having a hole in its outer end and having several holes through its spherical wall to reduce the influence of wind on the flight path of the shuttlecock. The shape of the ...	05/28/1985
4509761	Model shuttlecock This invention relates to a new model plastic shuttlecock which composed of a round tail skirt without undulation and a mid-skirt zone with some reinforcing circles and stems of pyramidal section, which offers appropriate strength of its tail skirt. And t...	04/09/1985
4305589	Shuttlecocks The invention relates to moulded plastics shuttlecocks and aims to provide a moulded shuttlecock that resembles a Feather shuttlecock in appearance and simulates feather shuttlecock flight properties more closely than conventional moulded shuttlecocks. Th...	12/15/1981
4262909	Game apparatus A game apparatus having a projectile or thrown element and one or more receiver elements. The projectile element comprises a soft, preferably weighted nose portion received within the open end of a projectile body which is formed from a thin plastic mater...	04/21/1981
4233774	Spinning top A spinning top comprises a casing in which is located a gear including a vertical shaft extending downwardly from the casing, the uppermost portion of the said shaft being a Z-profiled bar, the sidewardly extending arms of which are frictional contact wit...	11/18/1980
4101128	Practice tennis device A practice tennis device, whose weight is preferably equal to the weight of a regulation tennis ball, that includes a section of a tennis ball or a sectioned tennis ball with a flight cone means equal in weight to the removed section of the tennis ball. T...	07/18/1978
4082281	Shuttle article for games Shuttle article for games comprising a circular plastic base member having a detachable rubber portion on its bottom, a neck portion on its upper surface, and a cone- or tear-shaped plastic chute flaring from the neck portion to an outer diameter at least...	04/04/1978
3993310	Shuttlecocks A shuttlecock skirt has an array of diverging stems, whose ends are at the convergent end of the skirt, joined together in an end-ring. The outer end of the end-ring is closed to form a member of `U` -- shaped transverse cross-section. This member is prov...	11/23/1976

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Class 473/579 - Shuttlecock (e.g., badminton shuttlecock, etc.)