25th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 14 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170173354 | ORAL TREATMENT DEVICE - An oral treatment device that emits light onto surfaces of a user's teeth. In one aspect, the oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece. The mouthpiece comprises a lamp support structure comprising a lamp support surface and is formed of a first material. A flexible lamp is mounted to the lamp support surface so that a light emitting surface of the flexible lamp assumes a concave curvature, thereby forming a lamp assembly. A guard component is overmolded to the lamp assembly. The guard component is formed of an elastomeric material having a hardness that is less than a hardness of the first material. In one embodiment, the oral treatment device may be a teeth whitening device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173355 | ORAL TREATMENT DEVICE - An oral treatment device that emits light onto surfaces of a user's teeth. In one aspect, the oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece comprising: a lamp support surface; and a lamp. When the lamp is mounted to the lamp support surface, a first contact surface of the lamp contacts a first contact surface of a first electrical contact element of the lamp support surface; and (2) a second contact surface of the lamp contacts a second contact surface of a second electrical contact element of the lamp support surface. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173356 | ORAL TREATMENT DEVICE - An oral treatment device that emits light onto surfaces of a user's teeth. In one aspect, the oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece. The mouthpiece may comprise a lamp support structure comprising a lamp support surface; first and second lamps, each of the first and second lamps comprising a plurality of light emitters that generate light which is emitted from a rear surface of the lamp; each of the first and second lamps mounted to the lamp support surface, thereby forming a lamp assembly, each of the first and second lamps operably coupled to a control circuit having a power source; and a lamp retaining component coupled to the lamp support structure, a lower portion of the first lamp and an upper portion of the second lamp retained between the lamp retaining component and the lamp support surface of the lamp support structure. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173357 | ORAL TREATMENT DEVICE - An oral treatment device that emits light onto a user's teeth. The oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece comprising: a lamp comprising: a flexible sheet body having a front surface and a rear surface; and a plurality of light emitting diodes embedded within the flexible sheet body that generate light which is emitted from the rear surface of the flexible sheet body. The flexible sheet body comprises: a flexible lens plate formed of a biocompatible material. The plurality of light emitting diodes are printed to the front surface of the flexible lens plate, the rear surface of the flexible lens plate forming the rear surface of the flexible sheet body. The rear surface of the flexible sheet body of the lamp having a concave curvature and being exposed so as to form a light emitting surface of the mouthpiece. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173358 | ORAL TREATMENT DEVICE - An oral treatment device that emits light onto surfaces of a user's teeth. In one aspect, the oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece. The mouthpiece comprises: a first light emitting surface configured to emit light onto a user's maxillary teeth, the first light emitting surface having a concave curvature; a second light emitting surface configured to emit light onto a user's mandibular teeth, the second light emitting surface having a concave curvature; the first and second light emitting surface located on opposite sides of a horizontal reference plane; the first light emitting surface inclined so that a first acute angle is formed between with the first light emitting surface and the horizontal reference plane; and the second light emitting surface inclined so that a second acute angle is formed between with the second light emitting surface and the horizontal reference plane. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173359 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOOTH REGULATION WITH HEAVY FORCES - Methods are provided for regulating tooth movement and for maintaining or improving tissue health using heavy forces. Such methods comprise allowing a heavy force to be exerted on one or more teeth of a patient in need thereof; and administering an effective amount of light to the maxillary or mandibular alveolar bone of the patient, wherein the light is administered before, during, or after the heavy force is exerted. The light can have a wavelength in the range of about 585 nm to about 665 nm, or about 815 nm to about 895 nm. An apparatus useful for providing light therapy is also provided. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING DERMATOLOGICAL IMPERFECTIONS - A system and method for treating skin comprise a heat generating device that increases a temperature of the target therapeutic region of tissue for a period of time to a temperature that is less than an injuring temperature and induces an expression of heat shock proteins (HSPs) at the target therapeutic region of tissue; and an apparatus that outputs an application of a topical to the target therapeutic region of tissue at or about the same time as the output of the optical energy from the heat generating device, wherein the topical application combined with expressed HSPs produce an accelerated collagen generation and formation. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING A CONDITION IN A SUBJECT - The present invention relates to an artificial light system for modulating circadian rhythms, increasing vigilance and influencing light-associated psychological conditions such as seasonal affective disorder. The system of the invention comprises a source of a green and/or red light and a source of blue light both light sources being controlled by a computer to provide predetermined light conditions. More specifically, the computer is programmed to provide pulses of blue light and continuous or pulsed red light, to enhance the efficacy of blue light, reduce blue-light hazard and avoid stroboscopic effect. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173362 | INTERNAL BODY CAVITY THERAPEUTIC APPLICATORS AND METHODS FOR USING THEM - An apparatus for providing treatment to at least one tissue includes a distal balloon, a proximal balloon, and at least one intermediate balloon positioned between the distal balloon and the proximal balloon and inflatable independently from the distal and proximal balloons. A source lumen is positioned within at least the intermediate balloon receives a radiation source to treat target tissue adjacent the intermediate balloon. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173363 | CLOSE-PROXIMITY RANGE SHIFTING DEVICE FOR PROTON RADIOSURGERY - A range shifting device configured to be placed close to a portion of a body of a patient during radiation beam treatment. The radiation beam treatment can include stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). The range shifting device can be incorporated into an existing SRS localization system during SRS treatment. The range shifting device is configured to be placed close to the head of a patient during SRS treatment. The range shifting device is comprised of range shifting material. The range shifting device can be a range shifting helmet. The range shifting helmet can include a hollow frame including a plurality of apertures in which inserts made of range shifting material can be inserted. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173364 | NANOPARTICLE-MEDIATED ABLATION OF GLIOBLASTOMA AND OF OTHER MALIGNANCIES - We disclose methods of treating cranial neoplasm using nanoparticles that are administered to the patient's brain. Our nanoparticles are novel, designed and synthesized explicitly to ensure their preferential accumulation in all parts of most brains that have remained with latent glioblastoma cells immediately after any primary neurosurgical debulking, and little or no accumulation in other parts of the brain. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173365 | EFFICIENT TREATMENT PLAN TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS - A planning image memory ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170173366 | TREATMENT BEAM CONTROL - The present invention relates to a data processing method for determining control data for controlling beam positions which beam positions describe positions which a treatment beam has or would have if emitted by a beam source, the treatment beam being for treating a treatment body part of a patient, said method constituted to be performed by a computer and comprising the steps of: .cndot. providing treatment data which comprise data on a position of the treatment body part; .cndot. providing condition data which describe: constraints on the beam positions and/or constraints on positional changes of the beam positions, wherein said constraints allow for at least a part of the beam positions to lie not in a common plane; .cndot. providing an arrangement of the beam positions on the basis of the treatment data which arrangement fulfils the condition data; .cndot. determining control data for controlling a change of a relative position of the beam source relative to the treatment body part for changing the beam positions and for controlling an emission of the treatment beam from the beam source, the determined control data being constituted to change the beam positions to follow the provided arrangement of the beam positions and to cause continuous emission of the treatment beam during a continuous change of the beam positions while the beam positions follow at least a part of the arrangement. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173367 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALORIMETRY PROBE - Radiotherapy is one of the most effective treatments for cancer and its success depends critically on accurate targeting and delivery of the correct radiation dose. Accurate dosimetry is therefore essential to maintain and improve patient survival rates. However, size and long wait times currently limit water and graphite based calorimeters to standards laboratories leaving field-based dosimetry to ionization chamber measurements which depend upon a reference field-specified calibration factor. It would therefore be beneficial to provide radiotherapy equipment operators a direct approach of clinical reference dosimetry wherein the dosimeter provides increased independence on dose, dose rate, radiation energy, and energy type, etc. It would be further beneficial for such novel clinical dosimeters to be compact, function as secondary standards used routinely for measurements and allow radiotherapy doses to be measured directly and in an absolute manner. According to embodiments of the invention novel compact graphite probe calorimeters are provided. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173368 | Integrated Umbilical Delivery System for Gas, Data, Communications Acquisition /Documentation, Accessory Power and Safety for Users in Adverse Environments - An umbilical system for sourcing and delivering within a flexible protective covering, a plurality of different breathing gasses, safety tether, a plurality of ancillary lines for remotely distributable, documentable, multidirectional, multi-format data/communications acquisition and delivery, personal/situational awareness and ancillary power sources for tool, accessory or device enervation, to a plurality of Users in an adverse environment. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173369 | HOSE DEVICE FOR A BREATHING APPARATUS - An embodiment relates to a hose device for a breathing apparatus, characterized by at least one electric line ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170173370 | Inner Lining Fabric With Moisture Management Properties - A fabric having moisture management properties is disclosed. The fabric can also be made to be fire resistant. The fabric is particularly well suited for being used as an inner lining in protective garments. The fabric contains first yarns and second yarns. The first yarns extend in a first direction and the second yarns extend in the second direction. The yarns are woven together such that the first yarns form a pattern of shapes. The pattern of shapes concentrate the FR cellulose fibers and provide channels for carrying away moisture and improving the moisture management properties of the fabric. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173371 | Respirator Seals - Conventional gas mask seals or gaskets are merely rubber flaps integral to and extending from the main body or shell of a gas mask that are conformed to the face of a wearer by tightening straps. The described gas masks comprise a separate gas mask seal and a gas mask shell. Some of the gas mask seals are individualized or customized to more tightly fit and conform to the face of the individual wearer and to provide greater comfort and protection. The gas mask seals may be made from three-dimensional image files developed directly from the wearer's facial features. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173372 | IMPREGNATED FILTER MATERIAL - A method for manufacturing an impregnated filter material includes preparing at least one impregnating solution comprising sulphate and phosphate; providing a filter material; and impregnating the filter material with at least one impregnating solution, at least once. In this manner, it is possible to manufacture an impregnated filter material for the removal of noxious substances and/or toxins, which includes sulphate and phosphate. The noxious substances and/or toxins can thereby be present in the form of gases and/or vapours. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173373 | Oxygen-Reducing Installation And Method For Operating An Oxygen-Reducing Installation - An oxygen-reducing installation and method include a compressed gas storage having a container for storing a compressed gas, which can be an oxygen-reduced gas mixture or an inert gas, and having a fluid connection to an enclosed area via a line system to feed at least a portion of the compressed gas to the enclosed area. A gas separation system provides an oxygen-reduced gas mixture and includes an outlet for delivery of the oxygen-reduced gas mixture produced in the gas separation system to the compressed gas storage and/or to the enclosed area as required. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173374 | IN-RACK FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM - A fire protection sprinkler system is provided for the protection of commodities including Class I-IV hazards, Group A cartoned and exposed plastics (expanded and unexpanded), flammable liquids, tires, roll paper, and aerosols, stored in a plurality of adjoining racks having a longitudinal flue space between the racks. The system includes at least one fluid supply conduit in fluid communication with a source of a fire protection fluid. The system also includes at least one solid horizontal barrier covering each rack and the longitudinal flue space at a predetermined vertical spacing. The system further includes one or more rack-level fire protection sprinklers in fluid communication with the fluid supply. The sprinklers are disposed in the vertical flue space between adjacent horizontal barriers, and each sprinkler is spaced vertically from the commodities stored between adjacent horizontal barriers. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173375 | CONTROLLED DISCHARGE GAS VENT - A fire protection system includes a dry pipe system and a controlled discharge gas vent. The dry pipe system and controlled discharge gas vent operate using a breathing cycle to displace oxygen and/or water vapor from within the piping network of the dry pipe system. The controlled gas discharge vent allows displacement of pressurized air with nitrogen, for example, using manual or automated processes that can employ one or more sensors. Corrosion resulting from oxygen, water, and/or microbial growth is reduced or nearly eliminated. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173376 | Trampoline - A trampoline comprises a mat, a frame, and a plurality of support rods connecting between the frame and the mat to hold the mat in tension above the frame, the support rods extending or bowing outwards from the frame and curving upwards from the frame towards the mat. Each of the support rods may have an associated shorter secondary support rod. The support rods may have a rectangular cross-section. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173377 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING - A TRAINING MACHINE - A method and apparatus for physical exercises and, in particular, for training the movements “jump” and “squat” from spot for training. The method and apparatus can have the “jump” and “squat” motions follow into a continuous alternating sequence as a response to a passing via a training spot in the same continuous alternating sequence of a lower obstacle, obligating the performance of “jump”, and of the upper obstacle obligating the performance of “squat”. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173378 | CHALLENGE COURSE WITH RETURN TRACK - An apparatus and system whereby a user can move by guidance of a return track on a challenger course. The return track may extend away from the challenge course and overhang its main frame so the user can experience an element outside of the main frame. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173379 | EXERCISE DEVICE - An exercise device that includes a frame, a user interface; a connection cable and a plurality of components that provide resistance to the cable and user interface. These components include a programmable, driven carriage capable of vertical movement between first and second positions and including one or more pulleys mounted thereon, wherein the cable extending away from the first end and user interface passes around the one or more pulleys on the carriage, a slider mechanism moveable between first and second positions and including one or more pulleys mounted thereon, and a pneumatic resistance device that is secured to the frame and that is operatively associated with the slider mechanism to provide resistance to slider mechanism movement between the first and second positions. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173380 | EXERCISE DEVICE - An exercise device that includes a frame, a user interface; a connection cable and a plurality of components that provide resistance to the cable and user interface. These components include a programmable, driven carriage capable of vertical movement between first and second positions and including one or more pulleys mounted thereon, wherein the cable extending away from the first end and user interface passes around the one or more pulleys on the carriage, a slider mechanism moveable between first and second positions and including one or more pulleys mounted thereon, and a pneumatic resistance device that is secured to the frame and that is operatively associated with the slider mechanism to provide resistance to slider mechanism movement between the first and second positions. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173381 | EXERCISE APPARATUS - An exercise apparatus comprising a foot support movable by the user on the frame back and forth through any one of a plurality of complete, reproducible and different arc segments of a master arcuate path, the foot support being interconnected to an arc segment selection device that is manually actuatable to enable the user to manually select any one of the plurality of different arc segments, the foot support being interconnected to an arm having a handle manually graspable by the user to reduce or increase power or energy required by the user to move the foot support. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173382 | PUSH-UP DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - A push-up device and method of use has been disclosed that employs the use of a spherical member that makes contact with the ground surface and supports the weight of a user when the user grasps the handle members of the push-up device and/or rests thereon. The user may balance his or her body on the push-up device while exercising. The push-up device is operable to permit the push-up device to move or translate in various directions or angles when the user is resting thereon by rotating the spherical member omni-directionally. As such, not only may a user stimulate chest and/or other upper-body muscles, but the user may also stimulate abdominals or other lower-body muscles, permitting the user to stimulate a more variety of his or her muscles through balancing himself or herself on the push-up device through the curved surface of the spherical member. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173383 | PORTABLE ABS EXERCISE DEVICE - An exercise device includes a base frame having a first baseboard member, a second baseboard member, and a base pad disposed in between. The first baseboard member includes a first locking member disposed on a first headend of the first baseboard member, and the second baseboard member includes a second locking member disposed on a second headend of the second baseboard member. The exercise device further includes a pole frame having a top crossbar, a bottom crossbar, a first side pole, and a second side pole. The first lock member of the first baseboard member is inserted into a cross section of the first side pole and the second lock member of the second baseboard member is inserted into a cross section of the second side pole, such that the pole frame is interlocked with the base frame substantially perpendicularly. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173384 | Abdominal twist exercise device - An abdominal twist exercise device includes a device frame, front and rear rotational axles, a main handle bar, a rotation converter, an adjustable gear, a disengaging lever, a weight, a weight bar, a support rail, a safety handle bar, rotation counters, and a user platform, such that when the main handle bar rotates to one side, the user platform rotates to an opposing side. A rotation converter can include a front chain sprocket, an intermediate rotational axle, an intermediate chain sprocket, a roller chain, an intermediate gear, a rear gear; or a front belt sprocket, a rear belt sprocket, and a twisted belt, connecting the sprockets. Optionally, the front and rear axles can be telescoping. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173385 | Impact and Sound Analysis for Golf Equipment - Golf performance and equipment characteristics may be determined by analyzing the impact between a golf ball and an impacting surface. In some examples, the impacting surface may be a golf club face. The impact between the golf ball and the surface may be measured based on sound and/or motion sensors (e.g., gyroscopes, accelerometers, etc.). Based on motion and/or sound data, various equipment-related information including golf ball compression, club head speed and impact location may be derived. Such information and/or other types of data may be conveyed to a user to help improve performance, aid in selecting golf equipment and/or to insure quality of golfing products. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173386 | VIRTUAL EXERCISER DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a device which detects repetitive movement of a user's body part. The device has a sensor which detects G forces along at least two axes when the user repeatedly moves the body part; a memory, which stores reference data corresponding to ideal reference data; a processor/computing unit, which communicates with the sensor and the memory, and receives data associated with the G forces. The processing/computing unit compares the ideal reference data with the data associated with the detected G forces. A feedback component is connected to the processor/computing unit to provide the user with a signal when a target has been achieved. Also disclosed is a method of computing data received by the device and an exerciser device that simulates the movement of a hula hoop. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173387 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING PLAY EVENTS AND OUTPUTTING EVENTS BASED ON REAL-TIME DATA FOR PROXIMITY, MOVEMENT OF OBJECTS, AND AUDIO DATA - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for determining events and outputting events based on real-time data for location and movement of objects and audio data. In one embodiment, a method is provided for a method of determining play events that at least includes receiving audio data, wherein the audio data is received from at least one of a memory or a sensor; determining an event probability based on comparing the audio data to an audio profile; and generating an event based on the event probability satisfying a predetermined threshold. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173388 | SENSING PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A PROJECTILE ON SPORTS EQUIPMENT - A sports training aid is configured to help improve a player's skills in the game of lacrosse. The sports training aid can embody a lacrosse stick with a head and shaft. In one implementation, the lacrosse stick includes one or more sensors that change state. A controller couples with the sensors to administer one or more training modes. Each training mode can cause the controller to associate the change in state of the sensors in response to movement of the head. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173389 | SENSOR NETWORK FOR TRICK CLASSIFICATION - Systems and techniques for a sensor network for trick classification are described herein. A first data stream may be received from a first sensor array affixed to a first free-moving body of a sporting device. A second data stream may be received from a second sensor array affixed to a second free-moving body of the sporting device. A trick region of a predetermined length of the first data stream corresponding with an occurrence of a trick may be determined using data from the first data stream. The trick may be classified using a first set of data from the first data stream corresponding with the trick region and a second set of data from the second data stream. The second set of data may be obtained by aligning the trick region of the first data stream with the second data stream | 2017-06-22 |
20170173390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXERCISE MONITORING COMBINING EXERCISE MONITORING AND VISUAL DATA WITH WIRELESS WEARABLE DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for a wireless exercise monitoring system for interactively monitoring an aspect of exercise, sports, or fitness utilizing a wearable device, such as a watch, eyewear, or smart apparel. The device is equipped with, or connected to, a digital camera. Sensors integrated with, or wirelessly connected to, the wearable internet device record physiological data during exercise and data measuring the amount of exercise performed. The data and visual images from the camera are transmitted to one or more interne servers, and may be shared with other mobile interne devices. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173391 | ADAPTIVE CALIBRATION FOR SENSOR-EQUIPPED ATHLETIC GARMENTS - An exercise feedback system calibrates sensors of an athletic garment worn by an athlete while performing exercises. The sensors can record physiological data such as muscle activation. The system instructs the athlete to perform a calibration workout. The system generates a calibration value based on physiological data from the calibration workout and/or user information. The calibration value indicates, for example, the predicted maximum amplitude for the muscle activation of a particular muscle group (for example, glutes, hamstrings, or quadriceps) of the athlete. The system can update the calibration value over time as the system receives additional physiological data from subsequent exercises performed by the athlete. The system may determine a confidence level of the calibration value and may update the calibration value if the confidence level becomes too low. The system provides biofeedback to the athlete generated based on the calibration value. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173392 | EXERCISE TRACKER - An exercise tracker includes a force sensor programmed to output a force signal representing a force applied to a cable associated with a piece of exercise equipment. The exercise tracker further includes a processing device programmed to receive the force signal and determine, from the force signal, exercise data including an amount of weight lifted. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173393 | Athleticism Rating and Performance Measuring System - A universal athleticism rating system and related athletic performance measuring systems for accurately detecting and recording athletic performance are disclosed. The athleticism rating system evaluates individual athletes against a common, standardized, set of athletic performance tests. Each athlete performs the athletic tests and his or her scores in the individual tests are entered into a standardized calculation to produce a single athletic performance score. The related performance measuring system is preferably a timing system that ensures quick, easy, and accurate collection of athletic event timing related data without the need for the athlete to wear any special detection devices or the like. In a preferred embodiment, the performance measuring system integrates with the rating system to provide seamless athletic data collection and rating of athletes. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173394 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING USER-SPECIFIC WORKOUTS - Technologies for generating user-specific workout plans and tracking a user's progress are disclosed. The user-specific workout plan may be based on a user's goal and the particular workout facility to be used by the user. During performance of the user-specific workout by the user, the user is provided with workout data regarding the user's performance Such workout data may be based on sensor data generated by sensors of the exercise machine used by the user and/or other sensors carried or worn by the user. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173395 | Remote Configuration and Operation of Fitness Studios from a Central Server - A method for configuring and operating one or more fitness studios each comprising a plurality of exercise stations at which users perform associated exercise routines, each station having an associated display, the method comprising, for each fitness studio, periodically retrieving, by a server from a database, fitness information for the studio in question for a specified period, from a multi-period fitness library; communicating, by the server to a studio computer, the retrieved fitness information over a communications network; periodically receiving, by the studio computer, the retrieved fitness information; configuring the exercise stations dependent upon the received fitness information; and communicating, by the studio computer to the exercise station displays, dependent upon the received fitness information, station directions to users exercising at the stations for performing an exercise. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173396 | WEIGHT LOADING SYSTEM FOR FITNESS EQUIPMENTS - A weight loading system for fitness equipments includes a fitness equipment support, a rally rope, a motor, a motor driving and a motor control unit. The motor is a permanent magnet brushless DC motor with an external rotor structure, and the motor includes a stator mounted onto the fitness equipment support and an external rotor sheathed on the stator and rotatable with respect to the stator, and the rally rope is wound around the external rotor of the motor, and an end of the rally rope is coupled to the external rotor of the motor, and the other end of the rally rope is coupled to the power driving mechanism of the fitness equipment; the power driving mechanism is provided for driving the external rotor of the motor through the rally rope to rotate and generate a rally, and the motor control unit controls the motor to rotate in an opposite direction through the motor driving module, so as to produce a load force opposite to the rally. The weight loading system for fitness equipments structure is simple, lightweight, and achieves the effect of a stepless weight control. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173397 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN IMPROVED HAND FIN - In the sports of bodysurfing and swimming, hand fins are worn for increased speed, stability, and maneuverability. Each hand fin has an internal compartment for the hand fin to be reliably held and controlled by the user. An upwardly angled, rounded peripheral lip provides lift and prevents pearling when water is flowing at the hand fin from any direction. A concave bottom and rocker creates lift and maneuverability. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173398 | GOLF BALL - An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball travelling a great flight distance on driver shots, exhibiting an excellent spin performance on approach shots under a dry condition and a wet condition, and showing an excellent shot feeling and durability. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body having a spherical core, an intermediate layer and a cover, and a paint film composed of two or more layers, wherein a 10% elastic modulus difference (M | 2017-06-22 |
20170173399 | GOLF BALL - The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of one or more layer encasing the core, wherein the cover has an outermost layer molded of a thermoplastic material selected from the group consisting of polyurethane, polyurea and mixtures thereof and, letting the absorbance peak heights near a wave number of 1512 cm | 2017-06-22 |
20170173400 | TWO-PIECE GOLF BALL - A golf ball | 2017-06-22 |
20170173401 | GOLF BALL - A golf ball | 2017-06-22 |
20170173402 | GOLF BALL - A golf ball | 2017-06-22 |
20170173403 | Biodegradable Materials and Methods of Making the Same - Biodegradable materials and methods of their manufacture. Certain embodiments of the biodegradable materials include a crustacean shell material, at least one of gelatin, glycerin, and sorbitol, and water, wherein the biodegradable material is characterized in that, when it is exposed to water for an extended period of time, the material at least partially decomposes. Particular embodiments may comprise additional components including sorbitol and glycerin in the case of biodegradable golf ball embodiments, for example. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173404 | GOLF BALL - The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of one or more layer encasing the core, wherein, letting HU-A and HU-B be respectively the Martens hardnesses measured at positions 100 μm and 200 μm inward from a surface of an outermost layer of the cover and toward a center of the core, and letting HU-C be the Martens hardness measured at a position 100 μm from an inner side of the outermost cover layer and toward the surface, HU-A or HU-B is harder than HU-C. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173405 | INFLATABLE GAME BALL PANEL CONSTRUCTION - An inflatable game ball includes a cover formed from a plurality of panel segments attached along peripheral edges. Each panel segment an outer panel portion, having a first shape and a first size, and an inner panel portion, having the first shape and a second size, smaller than the first size. The outer panel portion is joined with the inner panel portion, such that peripheral edges of the outer panel portion are aligned, and parallel, with peripheral edges of the inner panel portion. An inflatable bladder is disposed within the cover and movable between deflated and fully-inflated conditions. When the inflatable bladder is deflated, an interior surface of the outer panel portions is separated from a top surface of the inner panel portions by a first distance. When the inflatable bladder is fully-inflated, the interior surface is in contact with the top surface of the inner panel portions. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173406 | Game Assembly - A game assembly includes a cube that may be manipulated thereby facilitating the cube to be selectively launched at a goal during game play. The cube has a plurality of intersecting sides. The cube may travel in an unpredictable direction when the cube is struck during game play thereby enhancing difficulty of the game play. The cube comprises an inner core and an outer surface. The inner core is comprised of a resiliently compressible material such that the cube may bounce. The outer surface is comprised of a deformable material. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173407 | RACKET AND GROMMET - A racket including: a grip; an annular frame provided with a plurality of through holes extending through from an inner peripheral face to an outer peripheral face; a shaft connecting the grip and the frame; and a grommet to be attached to the outer peripheral face of the frame, the grommet including: a plurality of tube sections to be inserted into each of the plurality of through holes provided to the frame; and a base section that connects the plurality of tube sections to one another, the tube sections each including a communicating hole that communicates a base section side opening on the base section side with a tip end side opening on the side to be inserted through the through hole, the tip end side openings of at least some number of the tube sections, of the plurality of tube sections through which a string to be strung in a direction along a longitudinal direction of the racket is inserted, being wider than the base section side openings in a direction in which the plurality of tube sections is arranged. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173408 | GOLF CLUB | 2017-06-22 |
20170173409 | BALANCED SET OF IRON TYPE GOLF CLUBS - A set of golf clubs with a plurality of at least two combinations of different lengths of a minimum of three golf clubs in each combination having progressive lofts that are matched to provide identical swing characteristics requiring unique loft and club length progressions to provide consistent yardage spacing between irons within a combination and between combinations. Each club in a combination is further defined by the shaft having an equal length; an identical swing weight, an identical grip weight and an identical head weight. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173410 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | 2017-06-22 |
20170173411 | IRON TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD - Iron-type golf club heads are disclosed having a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and a striking face. The iron-type golf club heads include a flexible boundary structure (“FBS”) that is provided at one or more locations on the club head. The flexible boundary structure may comprise, in several embodiments, a slot, a channel, a gap, a thinned or weakened region, or other structure that enhances the capability of an adjacent or related portion of the golf club head to flex or deflect and to thereby provide a desired improvement in the performance of the golf club head. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173412 | Iron-Type Golf Clubs And Golf Club Heads - An iron-type golf club head includes a ball striking face and a rear weight member that are engaged through one or more resilient members with a connection structure that creates a mass-damping effect at impact with a golf ball. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173413 | GOLF CLUB WITH MOVABLE WEIGHT - A golf club head having an exterior surface opposite the hollow golf club interior, the body having a center of gravity, wherein the body comprises an elongate weight receptacle, a weight retainer located in the weight receptacle, wherein the weight receptacle comprises a plurality of weight mounts, wherein the weight retainer is configured to slide along the weight receptacle between each of the plurality of weight mounts when the weight retainer is unlocked, and wherein the weight retainer is configured to reside in any of the plurality of weight mounts when the weight retainer is locked, and wherein the weight receptacle comprises a weight receptacle installation feature configured to receive the weight retainer, wherein the weight receptacle installation feature is located between two of the plurality of weight mounts, wherein the two of the plurality of weight mounts are located adjacent one another. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173414 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - Provided is a golf club head including a head body that has a hollow structure, a rib, and a welding bead. The head body has a first region. The rib stands upright from an inner surface of the first region. The welding bead fixes the first region and the rib to each other. An opening is formed in side faces of the rib. The welding bead extends from a first position on the inner surface of the first region, passes through the opening, and reaches a second position on the inner surface of the first region. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173415 | GOLF CLUB HEADS AND METHODS TO MANUFACTURE GOLF CLUB HEADS - Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a method may include providing a body portion and a plurality of weight portions. The plurality of weight portions may include a first set of weight portions and a second set of weight portions. Each weight portion of the first set of weight portions may be associated with a first mass, and each weight portion of the second set of weight portions may be associated with a second mass that is less than the first mass. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173416 | GOLF CLUB HEADS AND METHODS TO MANUFACTURE GOLF CLUB HEADS - Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a method may include providing a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and a front portion. The golf club head may include an interior cavity. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173417 | Golf Club Head With Structural Columns - A golf club head having multiple structural columns is disclosed herein. A body comprises a face section, a sole section, and a crown or return section, and defines a hollow interior. Each of the structural columns extends from the crown or return section to the sole section within the hollow interior to reduce stresses placed on the face section during impact with a golf ball. The structural columns are all located within 1 inch of a rear surface of the face section measured along a plane normal to the center of the face, and are spaced a distance of 0.500 to 2.00 inch from one another within the hollow interior. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173418 | Golf Club Head Having Optimized Ball Speed to CT Relationship - A golf club head comprising a body, a variable face thickness pattern, and a plurality of solid metal stiffening rods, and which satisfies the equation V | 2017-06-22 |
20170173419 | GOLF CLUB HAVING REMOVABLE WEIGHT - A golf club head, including a hosel, a striking face, a sole extending aftward from a lower edge of the ball striking face, a crown extending aftward from an upper edge of the ball striking face, a skirt extending between the sole and the crown, a plurality of weight mounts disposed on at least one of the sole, the crown, and the skirt, and a weight retainer configured to engage the weight mounts, wherein each of the plurality of weight mounts comprise a locking feature, wherein the weight retainer comprises an engagement feature configured to engage the locking feature, wherein the engagement feature and the locking feature are configured to releasably lock the weight retainer to the golf club head in less than one full rotation of the weight retainer relative to the golf club head around an axis of rotation. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173420 | GOLF CLUB WITH MOVABLE WEIGHT - A golf club head including an elongate weight receptacle; a weight retainer located in the weight receptacle; wherein the weight receptacle includes a plurality of weight mounts; wherein the weight retainer is configured to slide along the weight receptacle between each of the plurality of weight mounts when the weight retainer is unlocked, and wherein the weight retainer is configured to reside in any of the plurality of weight mounts when the weight retainer is locked; wherein the weight retainer includes a rotating portion and a non-rotating portion, the rotating portion rotatably affixed to the non-rotating portion; wherein 90 degrees of rotation of the rotating portion in a first direction relative to the non-rotating portion locks the weight retainer, and wherein 90 degrees of rotation of the rotating portion in a second direction relative to the non-rotating portion unlocks the weight retainer. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173421 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - The golf club head includes a crown portion, a face portion, a sole portion, at least one recessed portion formed in one of the crown portion and the sole portion, at least one weight member configured to be attached to the recessed portion. The weight member has an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface. The recessed portion is provided with a bottom surface correspond to the lower surface of the weight member, a first side wall surface that is continuous with the bottom surface and corresponds to the side surface of the weight member, and a second side wall surface that is continuous with the first side wall surface and constitutes an opening periphery of the recessed portion, and the second side wall surface is formed along the first side wall surface at a larger outer diameter than the first side wall surface. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173422 | Golf Club Head With Adjustable Center of Gravity - A golf club head comprising multiple means of adjusting the location of the center of gravity, and the bias, is disclosed herein. In a preferred embodiment, the golf club head comprises a non-metal medallion comprising a channel that is affixed to one of the crown and the sole, a slidable weight sized to fit within the channel, and a cover that attaches to the medallion and locks the slidable weight within the channel at a location selected by a user. The cover preferably includes at least one cutout so that the slidable weight is at least partially visible to the user when it is locked within the channel. The cover also includes additional cutouts that receive protrusions extending from the medallion to more securely attach the cover to the medallion. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173423 | ADJUSTABLE GOLF TEE - A telescoping golf ball tee with an internal locking mechanism is provided. The internal locking mechanism permits the golf ball tee neck to adjust to a desired height while still supporting the weight of a golf ball. Upon impact, a bowl-like member at the base of the golf ball tee neck is forced into a cavity in the golf ball tee base which, in turn, applies force to the golf ball tee neck which prevents the neck from escaping the base. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173424 | Net and Frame Assemblies for Net and Wall Games - An easily assembled and disassembled frame for a net game includes a rigid multi-part frame with a cross-member that is non-sagging. Sections of the multi-part frame have an elliptical profile. A net stabilizer includes a tensioning member coupled at one end to a retention member of the frame, and having the other end of the tensioning member inserted into a center sleeve of the net, and, a center sleeve with a securing member for fastening securely at one end to the cross-member. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173425 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A GOAL POST WITH AUDIENCE DECIBEL LEVEL CONTROLLED SPACING ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE UPRIGHTS - A goalpost for football games and the like has a pair of parallel uprights that may be moved toward and away from one another by a motor driven mechanism. A control system for driving the motor has an input signal. based on the sound level produced by spectators at a game and/or the number of Internet messages generated by TV spectators. The spectators produce a crowd roar or Internet messages when a kick through the uprights is to occur. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173426 | Portable Basketball Hoop System - A portable basketball hoop system includes a door and a mounting unit that is removably suspended from the door. The mounting unit has a slidably adjustable length. A basketball goal is provided. The basketball goal has a backboard and a hoop. The backboard is coupled to the mounting unit and the hoop may have a ball thrown therethrough. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173427 | Method for playing a football-based bean bag tossing game - Cornhole games have been a mainstay during tailgating events at football games across the United States. However, the traditional cornhole game offers little challenge as the board has but one target opening and scoring is limited. Further, the traditional cornhole game has no real connection to the game of football; it does not present a representation of the field of play and does not apply the rules of football. The purpose of this invention is to create a method of play for a bean bag tossing game that is based on the game of football and incorporates the rules and strategies of the game of football. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173428 | Method for playing a baseball-based bean bag tossing game - Tailgating, or having party prior to a sporting event, most often a football game, is an American pastime. In recent years, tailgating has expanded to other sports, including baseball. For many years, cornhole games have been a mainstay during tailgating events at football games across the United States. However, the traditional cornhole game offers little challenge as the board has but one target opening and scoring is limited. Further, the traditional cornhole game has no real connection to the game of baseball; it does not present a representation of the field of play and does not apply the rules of baseball. The purpose of this invention is to create a method of play for a bean bag tossing game that is based on the game of baseball and incorporates the rules and strategies of the game of baseball. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173429 | CONTOURED TERRAIN-CONFORMING STANCE GUIDE WITH FOOT OPENING - A generally U- or oval shaped flexible plastic stance guide lies flat on terrain, regardless of terrain contour, and defines a central opening for placement of a foot on the terrain. Gently sloped leading and trailing edges with an arcuate or planar median between the leading and trailing edges provide a palpable low-profile periphery around the opening. Parallel and perpendicular guide markings facilitate positioning and orienting the guide and a foot for a particular task. The bottom may be textured with spikes to enhance frictional engagement. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173430 | ATHLETIC TRAINING NET - An athletic training net for receiving projectiles. The training net has a storage sleeve affixed to an upper end, wherein the storage sleeve includes a plurality of upper grommets at an upper end and a plurality of lower grommets at a lower end. The training net further includes a plurality of hook and strap fasteners, with each comprising of a strap secured to a structural member of a garage door and a hook for catching the plurality of upper and lower grommets. The training net has a training configuration and a storage configuration. In the training configuration, the hooks are received by the plurality of upper grommets and the net is vertically suspended form the garage door. In the storage configuration, the plurality of upper grommets remains suspended from the hooks, the net is enfolded in the storage sleeve, and the plurality of lower grommets is secured by the hooks. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173431 | Dual Bracket Mechanism Mounted Sports Goal Practice Backstop System - A sports goal practice backstop for removable attachment to a sports goal, sans any kind of tools, including a backstop net mechanism with a multiplicity of sections, a right and left bracket assembly including a corner bracket mechanism with a clamp knob and a pivot hinge member, a right and left support structures that are removably attached to the pivot hinge members and a counterweight mechanism which counterbalances the weight of the backstop net mechanism. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173432 | SHOOTING APPARATUS - A small scale dynamic activity which comprises the use of a method, a hand-operated apparatus, a shooting apparatus, and a playing surface platform, presented as a preferred embodiment in the format of a small scale adaptation of the sport of hockey. A hand-operated apparatus is used as goalie equipment with a method of defending a goal from forthcoming small pucks. A shooting apparatus allows rotating a paddle member to control and propel such small pucks. A playing surface platform complements the use of the method along with these two apparatuses within shielded boundaries. The hand-operated apparatus can be positioned in a pose representative of goalie equipments and of bending of limbs. Furthermore, the present invention can be composed of different arrangements for alternative embodiments such as new types of games or to allow small scale adaptation of a physical activity. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173433 | CONVERTIBLE GAME SYSTEM - A convertible game system configured to be used by a player at home who wishes to practice skills from multiple sports on an apparatus that does not require extensive space requirements. The game system has a frame, with a hopper section and a mounting section, a ball return, and a rotational component. The rotational component is mounted to the frame at the mounting section by a locking bearing system. For use, a player unlocks the locking bearing system, rotates the rotational component to display the desired game face, then re-locks the locking bearing system before beginning game play. The rotational component can have as few as 3 faces, and as many as 8 faces. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173434 | HOCKEY PUCK REBOUNDING DEVICE - A hockey training device is provided. The training device includes a substantially flat sheet with a smooth upper surface. The present invention includes a plurality of elastic band suspended to the upper surface. A first vertical post and a second vertical post may be attached to the flat sheet so that the elastic band is secured about the first and second vertical posts. The elastic band includes a front surface facing towards a center portion of the flat sheet. Therefore, a puck may be passed towards the elastic band and the elastic band rebounds the puck towards the user. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173435 | BALL REBOUNDING SYSTEM - A ball rebounder has inelastic netting that is pulled taught and held in place within a frame using tension rods, inelastic fasteners, and a tensioning mechanism between the frame and the tension rods. The tension rods are connected to the cells of the netting and positioned in the interior space. The tensioning mechanism pulls the tension rods toward the corresponding sides of the frame, drawing the net taught within the frame. With the netting pulled taught, the fasteners hold the tension rods in place next to the sides of the frame. The frame can be rigid or may have flexibility and act like a spring, but there are no intermediate springs between the tension rods and the frame or between the tension rod and the netting. The invention can be used in producing new rebounders and in retrofitting existing rebounder frames. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173436 | ADJUSTABLE PUTTING GREEN SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Systems and methods to practice putting are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a framework, actuators mounted to the framework, a control system, a computing device, and an artificial green. The control system is coupled to the actuators and controls actuation of the actuators. The computing device includes a display for viewing mapped green profiles and is configured to communicate with the control system. The artificial green includes a putting surface with a cup defined therein, wherein the artificial green is positioned over the actuators. With this arrangement, a user can select a putting region, after which, the computing device can translate and transfer the mapped data of the putting region to the controllers to actuate the actuators to, therefore, adjust the putting surface of the artificial green to correspond to the mapped green profile of an actual green. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173437 | COMPOSITE TRAMPOLINE ENCLOSURE SYSTEM - A composite trampoline enclosure system has a trampoline with a trampoline frame and a trampoline bed. The trampoline enclosure is mounted to the trampoline. The trampoline enclosure further includes an enclosure pole formed as a tubular post, and an endcap. The endcap fits over the tubular post. A flexible top line is made of polyethylene or polypropylene. The flexible top line connects to the endcap. The flexible top line supports the trampoline enclosure netting. An extended coil spring is whipped in a helical orientation around an external circumferential periphery of the flexible top line. The trampoline enclosure netting is extended around the trampoline bed. The trampoline enclosure netting is supported by the trampoline pole. The extended coil spring is preferably made of spring steel. The flexible top line is preferably made of a high density polyethylene tube. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173438 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AND CORRECTING THE FINISH TIME OF AN ATHLETE IN A RACE - The measuring system makes it possible to correct a finish time for an athlete in a running race. The system comprises a personalised transponder module placed on an upper part of the athlete's body and a base station. The transponder module comprises a signal receiver unit, a data, measurement or command processing unit, and a data and/or measurement and/or command signal transmission unit, and a motion sensor for providing measurement signals to the processing unit. The motion sensor may be a gyroscope connected to the processing unit in the transponder unit and configured to determine an angle of inclination of the athlete's body with respect to a vertical or horizontal direction upon crossing the finish line for correction of the race finish time. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173439 | Football Training, Animation Techniques, and Statistical Analysis - A training system may provide audible and visual instruction to American football players for executing one or more coordinated movements along the line of scrimmage. The movements comprise positioning an offensive line in a first legal configuration prior to a snap, wherein a first player is lined up to snap the ball, then shifting to position the offensive line in a second legal configuration, wherein a different player is lined up to snap the ball. In some implementations, a further shift to a third legal configuration is executed before the ball is snapped, where the third configuration might or might not have the first player lined up to snap the ball. In others, only part of the offensive line shifts. The features of this system and method may be embodied in execution of the movements, training materials, training devices, computer simulations, computer gaming simulations, and statistical analysis. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173440 | Mouth Protector Material - This uniquely constructed mouth protector material is designed to minimize damage and protection deficiencies associated with conventional athletic mouthpieces includes elastomer impregnated carbon fiber and resilient thermoplastics for encompassing the teeth. Each mouth protector material includes a thickness of elastomer infused carbon fiber overlain by and fused to pliable thermoplastics instantly disintegrating, deflecting and dissipating destructive forces directed to the head and mouth of a wearer so as to minimize damage. The device is designed to protect both the upper or lower teeth and brain by instantaneous absorption, reflection and disintegration of blows to the head and mouth of a wearer thereby optimizing protection. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173441 | SPORTS GLOVE - A sports glove, such as a lacrosse glove or a hockey glove, for a player or other wearer. The sports glove comprises a palm portion for overlying a palm of the wearer's hand, a back portion for protecting a back of the wearer's hand, a plurality of finger portions for protecting fingers of the wearer's hand, and a thumb portion for protecting a thumb of the wearer's hand. The thumb portion further comprises a cavity to receive the wearer's thumb, a protective frame disposed within the cavity and comprising a plurality of sections pivotable relative to one another in response to the wearer's thumb flexing and a pivot between adjacent ones of the sections of the protective frame and unexposed to the wearer's thumb when the wearer's thumb is received in the cavity of the thumb portion. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173442 | Protective Sports Accessory - A protective sports accessory for protecting a hand of a user when striking includes a wrist wrap configured for strapping around a wrist of the user. A finger grip is configured for gripping with fingers when the hand is formed into a fist. A tensioning member interconnects the wrist wrap and the finger grip, the wrist wrap, the finger grip and the tensioning member being configured for setting up tension in the tensioning member when the hand is formed into the fist. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173443 | SKI BINDING - Ski binding ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170173444 | Collapsible Ski Caddy - A collapsible ski caddy which both transports skis and poles in a caddy configuration and is easily transportable itself in a collapsed configuration. The collapsible ski caddy generally includes a frame having a first telescopic member and a second telescopic member in parallel relationship. A base and one or more connectors link the telescopic members in a spaced-apart configuration. The base may itself be collapsible and includes a pair of wheels. The connectors include hinged locking members for removably securing skis against the frame. The connectors may also include pole retainers for removably securing poles against the frame. The present invention is easily interchangeable between a caddy configuration for transporting the skis and poles and a collapsed configuration for transporting the present invention itself. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173445 | Skateboard, Extension for a Skateboard, and System Thereof - A skateboard has one or two standing surface extensions. The extension or extensions are mounted oil the skateboard and dismounted therefrom by means of a tongue-groove principle to equip a skateboard having a pintail with a kicktail at the front and at the rear or optionally only at the front/rear or at the front and the rear. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173446 | CUE SHAFT TIP INSERT - A tip insert for a cue shaft having a cavity at the tip has a tip disc to support a tip for striking a ball and an inwardly extending section for bonding to the inside surface of the cavity. The inwardly extending section includes one or more centering flanges and a bonding surface, the centering flanges interfacing with the inner surface of the cavity and enabling a substantially consistence bond distance between the bonding surface and the inner surface of the cavity. The tip insert can be machine from a single piece of material comprising glass fiber-reinforced epoxy laminate sheets, where the individual sheets of the material are oriented perpendicular to the longitude axis of the tip insert to increase the durability and performance of the tip insert when transferring the force from the tip striking a ball. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173447 | DELIVERY SHOE WITH MASKING CAPABILITY FOR CARD BACKS - A method of using a dealer shoe that is configured to provide access to and removal of playing cards from within the dealer shoe includes: | 2017-06-22 |
20170173448 | DELIVERY SHOE WITH MASKING CAPABILITY FOR CARD BACKS - A method of using a dealer shoe that is configured to provide access to and removal of playing cards from within the dealer shoe includes: | 2017-06-22 |
20170173449 | METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A CARD DECK LIBRARY AND MASTER IMAGES FOR A DECK OF CARDS, AND A RELATED CARD PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method of automatically generating a calibration file for a card handling device comprises automatically generating a calibration file stored in memory of a main control system for a card handling device. Automatically generating the calibration file comprises identifying at least one parameter associated with a rank area around a rank of at least a portion of the card, identifying at least one parameter associated with a suit area around a suit of the at least a portion of the card, and storing the at least one parameter associated with the rank area and the at least one parameter associated with the suit area in the calibration file. Additionally, a method of automatically generating deck libraries for one or more decks of cards comprises automatically generating a plurality of master images for the cards of the first deck type using the parameters from the calibration file. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173450 | BOARD GAME WITH STACKABLE TOKENS - Multi-player board games are described that include a playing board that comprises a collection of playing spaces and home spaces, groups of stackable tokens, and playing dice, Also described are methods of playing the games in which players roll the dice to determine how many spaces they may move their respective token(s). Players strategically stack or split their tokens and try to return to their home space in order to collect tokens from other players. The winner is determined by which player has the greatest number of tokens. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173451 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED REAL AND VIRTUAL GAME PLAY FOR MULTIPLE REMOTELY-CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT - Gaming systems and methods facilitate integrated real and virtual game play among multiple remote control objects, including multiple remotely-controlled aircraft, within a locally-defined, three-dimensional game space using gaming “apps” (i.e., applications) running on one or more mobile devices, such as tablets or smartphones, and/or a central game controller. The systems and methods permit game play among multiple remotely-controlled aircraft within the game space. Game play may be controlled and/or displayed by a gaming app running on one or more mobile devices and/or a central game controller that keeps track of multiple craft locations and orientations with reference to a locally-defined coordinate frame of reference associated with the game space. The gaming app running on one or more mobile devices and/or central game controller also determine game play among the various craft and objects within the game space in accordance with the rules and parameters for the game being played. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A USER TO OVERCOME DEPRESSION - A method and system are provided for enabling a user to overcome depression. The method includes enabling the user to engage in a first activity and a second activity. The two activities are performed in virtual environment. The first activity is directed to rewire a first defective wiring of the brain. The first defective wiring results in an individual failing to disengage from negative self referential thoughts. The second activity is directed to rewire a second defective wiring of the brain. The second defective wiring results in negative memories being stronger than positive memories and the number of negative memories outweighing the number of positive memories. The symptom of the first and the second defective wirings is depression. | 2017-06-22 |
20170173453 | Game Controller With Lights Visible Inside and Outside the Game Controller - A system and method of tracking a user input device such as a game controller includes emitting light from multiple light sources in the user input device. The multiple light sources having a known spacing relative to each other on the user input device and at least some of the multiple light sources are capable of emitting light through a inside surface and an outside surface of the user input device. The multiple light sources can define a plane of the user input device that can be used to track the movement, location and orientation of the user input device. The user device is tracked using image data from a camera. The image data is communicated to a computer where the image data is processed to identify the movement, location and orientation of the user input device. | 2017-06-22 |