121 |
Device for walking or running in place |
US10266248 |
2002-10-08 |
US07150704B2 |
2006-12-19 |
Albert Schaeffer |
A device for walking or running in place, especially for virtual spaces in which two transport elements crossing each other at a right angle are provided, which together form a walkable central surface, on which a user walks forward, whereas, under him, the transport elements move at the same speed. It is essential that the transport elements consist of rows of square plates or tiles, which can be moved in rows in the X and Y directions, where at all times a row of tiles is removed by a transfer device and then shifted by 90° or 180°. |
122 |
Recreation room and method for controlling the atmosphere in the room |
US10535352 |
2003-12-02 |
US20060199518A1 |
2006-09-07 |
Volker Spiegel; Ulrich Fuchs |
The invention concerns a method of adjusting a room air in a first room wherein the room air is supplemented continuously or at recurring intervals of time by nitrogen or a nitrogen-bearing, carbon dioxide-poor gas mixture in such a way that the proportion of oxygen in the room air is less than 20.9% by volume and the proportion of carbon dioxide of the room air is less than 1% by volume, wherein at the same time at least a slight overpressure in relation to an outside atmosphere surrounding the room is set in the room. |
123 |
Baseball-like game device and method of playing |
US10441290 |
2003-05-15 |
US07093834B1 |
2006-08-22 |
Clark H. Gilley |
A baseball-like game device and a method of playing the device are disclosed. The device includes a bat; a cork having a truncated conical shape; a “single” marker strip; a “double” marker strip; a “triple” marker strip; and a “home run” marker strip. The method includes the steps of attempting, choosing, designating, grasping, gripping, laying, obtaining, picking, placing, reposing, selecting, setting, standing, stepping, and throwing. |
124 |
Gymnasium floor covering storage and cleaning rack |
US11010287 |
2004-12-14 |
US20060125197A1 |
2006-06-15 |
John Kostigian |
The present invention relates to a floor covering storage and dispensing rack including a frame equipped with extendable members having castors. Floor lock anchors are also provided on the frame. Upper frame members of the rack support rollers in spaced relation and a crank or motor is provided to rotate the rollers to wind floor covering onto the rollers for storage. An elongated cleaning head consisting of a pair of brushes is provided on a frame member. Floor covering passes over at least one brush when the floor covering is retrieved or dispensed to remove dirt prior to storage or reuse. |
125 |
Adjustable hand grip for exercise machine |
US10939543 |
2004-09-13 |
US20050277520A1 |
2005-12-15 |
Richard Van Waes |
An adjustable hand grip assembly is provided for treadmills that provides variable height positioning of vertical grips immediately forward of the exerciser's lower chest wall. |
126 |
Folding table tennis table |
US10790778 |
2004-03-03 |
US20050197215A1 |
2005-09-08 |
Pierre Cornilleau |
A folding table tennis table comprising a support, two table tops that are movable relative to the support between a horizontal position and a vertical position, each table top co-operating with the support to form a structure of configuration that is reversibly deformable between an unfolded state corresponding to the horizontal position of the table top and a folded state corresponding to the vertical position of the table top, which structure includes retractable locking means to lock it in at least one of said two states. According to a characteristic of the invention, the deformable structure includes abutment means that engage when its configuration comes close to a configuration corresponding to a locked state, thereby opposing reversibility in said configuration. |
127 |
Scoring system for a ball activity area |
US10702677 |
2003-11-06 |
US20050101417A1 |
2005-05-12 |
Scott Hamons; Trenny Feimster; Timothy Craig; Jonathan Brooks |
A scoring system for a ball activity area is provided. The ball activity area includes a plurality of activity stations, each of which has one or more hoops or tubes through which balls can be thrown. The hoops and tubes are provided with sensors which determine when a ball passes through the hoop or tube, or contacts the hoop. The sensors are in communication with a controller which receives the signals from the sensors. When the controller receives a signal from a sensor, it adds a predetermined number points to a counter, and displays the point total on a score board. The points awarded for different activity stations can be varied depending on the difficulty of passing a ball through the hoop or tube in an activity station. |
128 |
Adjustable rock climbing device |
US10439224 |
2003-05-16 |
US20040229732A1 |
2004-11-18 |
Cheng-Liang
Wang; Chi-Hsien
Wang; Lung-Kun
Hsieh |
A rock climbing device includes two rails each have a slot and a front shaft is positioned between the two rails by engaging with a positioning device in the slots. A rear shaft is fixed connected between the two rails. Two pairs of bars are pivotably connected to a top shaft at one end thereof and the other end of the bars are respectively connected to the front shaft and the, rear shaft. A circular surface member is movably mounted to the front shaft, the rear shaft and the top frame. A plurality of grasp members are removably connected to the surface member and a driving device circulates the surface member. |
129 |
Telescopic putter mounted to headband |
US10456257 |
2003-06-09 |
US06814671B1 |
2004-11-09 |
Edward E. Davis |
A telescopic putter mounted to a headband is a novelty game that mimics the game of golf. It is played indoors with a lightweight plastic ball and a cup resting on the floor. The game follows the general rules of putt-putt golf, except for the rule that the player must not touch the club with their hands when swinging. Instead the club is attached to the player's head with the use of a headband. Thus, the player must bend over the ball, place their hands on their knees and swing the club by turning their head from side to side. The club has an adjustable length shaft that telescopes in and out to accommodate players of varying heights. |
130 |
Putting device |
US10063747 |
2002-05-09 |
US20030211899A1 |
2003-11-13 |
Douglas
Roland
Fleming |
A putting device that includes a target, legs and bumpers. The target is a sheet of clear material which has a target pattern applied to the sheet. The sheet has a front edge, rear edge, and right side edge and a left side edge, all of which forms an outside edge of the sheet. The sheet includes a top face and a bottom face defined by the outside edge. The target pattern can be a series of concentric circles. There is a rear leg and two side legs to hold the sheet above floor level. A groove is cut into each leg to allow the outside edge of the sheet to fit firmly into the groove of each leg. There is a rear bumper and two side bumpers. The rear bumper is mounted to the rear leg and the side bumpers are mounted to the side legs. |
131 |
Golf putting training aid |
US10292133 |
2002-11-12 |
US20030054896A1 |
2003-03-20 |
Robert
D.
Weidlich |
A putting training system for practicing putting outdoors on a putting green or indoors on a carpeted surface comprised of a circular toroid putting target which by design has the ability to distinguish between a correctly or incorrectly struck putt with the rule that all putts should be struck with enough force to leave the golf ball approximately seventeen inches past the hole if the hole was not there. The training aid target is visually realistic, 360 degree, three dimensional depiction of a real hole on a putting green. This is accomplished by distinguishing the color of the outer half of the target from the inner half of the target. |
132 |
Retractable sports net |
US09617413 |
2000-07-17 |
US06482112B1 |
2002-11-19 |
Greg E Betz |
An apparatus for the practice of any sport involving a ball that is propelled in the air includes a planar section of netting that is surrounded by an elastic cord. The netting is attached to the elastic cord by a plurality of rings that are attached to the netting and which also encircle the elastic cord. A ceiling plate is attached to the ceiling and it includes a locking mechanism that secures a draw cord in any desired position. The draw cord is used to raise or lower a base tray portion of the apparatus from an upper position proximate the ceiling plate to a lower position of rest upon a floor or ground surface. When the base tray portion is raised it gathers the netting as it is raised until it makes contact with a pair of end caps that are attached to the ceiling plate at opposite ends thereof. In the raised position, the apparatus forms a neat closed assembly that contains the netting. The base tray portion includes a pair of planar end members that are each attached to a center planar member by hinges. The pair of end members are, therefore, adapted to rest flat upon the ground when lowered and to elevate at an angle with respect to the ground when raised. When the end members are flat upon the ground the netting is unfurled and the apparatus is adapted for use to attenuate the kinetic energy of the ball. |
133 |
Putting stroke teaching aid apparatus |
US78780 |
1998-05-14 |
US6048273A |
2000-04-11 |
Clint D. Clement |
A putting stroke teaching aid apparatus includes a pair of standards that are separated from one another along a target line, a reel supported on one of the standards and a cord supported on the reel and movable between a retracted position wound on the reel and an extended position unwound from the reel. The reel is spring loaded to exert a retracting force on the cord such that slack in the cord is taken up by the reel when the cord is extended and secured in place in a pair of slots formed in the standards so that the cord can be aligned directly over the target line by adjusting the positions of the standards on the putting surface. At least one of the standards can be formed with a central cutout aligned vertically with the cord when the cord is supported on the standards, and a plurality of slots can be provided on each standard so that the cord can be supported parallel to the putting surface at different heights. |
134 |
Game ball goal assembly |
US576449 |
1995-12-21 |
US5655776A |
1997-08-12 |
Julius O. Kaulfuerst |
A goal assembly is disclosed for receiving and retaining a game ball, such as a soccer ball. The goal assembly has a base for placement on a playing surface and is ramped downwardly toward the playing surface for receiving an incoming rolling game ball thereover. The goal assembly also has a side assembly flexibly attached to the base and extending upwardly. The side assembly has a target opening at an upper end of the side assembly and allows the incoming rolling game ball to compress one side of the upwardly extending side assembly and cause the remaining portion of the side assembly to contract in a direction opposite of the incoming game ball, thereby trapping the game ball within the goal assembly. The goal assembly is particularly desirable in pairs for playing various games. In the preferred embodiment, the goal assembly is sized for receiving a soccer ball, and is very useful as a soccer practice goal. However, the goal assembly can readily be sized for other game balls, such as for play with golf balls. |
135 |
Golf putting and chipping practice device |
US139537 |
1993-10-20 |
US5310187A |
1994-05-10 |
Kenneth Yamaguchi; Michael Yamaguchi; Monica Ambrose |
A self supporting golf target device for use in practicing putting and chipping. The target device presents a golf target hole to the golfer with no impediment to a ball entering the hole through a 360.degree. angle. The device has three sidewalls meeting at one arcuately shaped end, each arcuately shaped end forming 1/3 of the target hole. |
136 |
Portable golf putting apparatus |
US304219 |
1989-01-31 |
US4896886A |
1990-01-30 |
Russell H. Colley |
A portable golf putting apparatus includes a simulated grass carpet that can be rolled up in compact sections without interference from any cups. The carpet is unrolled and sections joined together with flat seams that do not interfere with smooth rolling of the ball. Cups are installed at selected locations on the carpet surface. The cups simulate holes in the green by their action but they do not actually descend below the carpet. Each cup includes a central post that attaches to the carpet. An inverted cup housing is held on the post suspended over the carpet surface. Hanging from the perimeter of the housing are many pivotted elements that extend down to a point where they will be contacted by a ball entering the cup area. They pivot inward with the ball but prevent the ball from rolling out, thereby simulating the ball dropping into a real cup. |
137 |
Game ball entrapment device |
US963822 |
1978-11-27 |
US4359225A |
1982-11-16 |
Blanche N. Baldorossi; Raymond F. Baldorossi |
A ball entrapment device particularly designed for use in a golfing game such as "Softgolf", which game involves the use of a lightweight ball some five inches in diameter for example, whose weight to size relationship is such that the ball will not travel very far, even when hit by an appropriately oversized golfclub, using the same forceful swing that a golfer uses in playing regulation golf. Our ball trap utilizes a plurality of individual tines, which are placed at evenly spaced intervals about the interior of a ring-shaped supporting member. These tines are angled inwardly, and are flexibly mounted so as to deflect downwardly under the weight of an approaching ball, such that the ball can readily enter the trap. These fingers are quite resilient, such that they quickly regain their original angled relationship to the supporting surface. After the ball has passed through the center of the trap, it encounters other tines on the far side of the trap, the tips of which tines typically encounter a mid portion of the ball. Because the tine membes have column strength, they do not bend, but rather serve as an effective means for stopping the ball such that it does not leave the trap. If the ball tends to rebound, it then encounters the tips of the tines over which it had originally passed, which prevent the ball from leaving the trap in the direction from which it had come. Other features of our trap include vane like members that tend to turn the ball into the trap, even when it is approaching in a direction not precisely aligned with the center of the trap. |
138 |
Putting stroke practice device |
US937167 |
1978-08-28 |
US4230319A |
1980-10-28 |
Max E. Lindner |
A device for practicing putting strokes includes flexible side walls which enclosingly define the putter's swing area and the intended travel path of a struck golf ball so that a faulty putting swing may be detected when the struck ball deviates from the intended path. The side walls extend between a spaced pair of vertical support surfaces and are adjustably demountably interlaced in slots therein so that the spacing between the supports and the spacing between the side walls may be altered. The flexible side walls may be formed by a single elongated flexible strap. Weighted stabilizer blocks may be attached to the outwardly facing surfaces of the side walls. The practice device may also be configured to provide for anchoring of the supports to suitable fixed objects. |
139 |
Practice putting device |
US3512783D |
1968-04-25 |
US3512783A |
1970-05-19 |
ANDERSON ROBERT F |
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140 |
Game apparatus for entrapping a ball |
US54563966 |
1966-04-27 |
US3338579A |
1967-08-29 |
MCKAIN WILLIAM H |
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