Class   473	GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE
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BILLIARDS OR POOL

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. (1 indent ) Practice device or device to aid in aiming cue or cue ball during shots (e.g., to assist in bank shots, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Adapted to be played on floor, ground, or court

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. (1 indent ) Table or gameboard

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.. (2 indent ) With mechanical ball projector

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.. (2 indent ) Convertible between billiard and pool (i.e., between pocketed and nonpocketed)

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... (3 indent ) Using pocket blocking device positionable only in vicinity of pocket (e.g., pocket plug, rail piece, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Using interchangeable, shiftable, reversible, or removable cushion rails

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... (3 indent ) Invertible playing surface

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.. (2 indent ) Convertible to another type of furniture or to different type of game playing surface

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... (3 indent ) Rail vertically raised or lowered relative to bed

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... (3 indent ) Vertically movable playing surface

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... (3 indent ) Detachable or hinged rail

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... (3 indent ) Convertible to different type of game playing surface

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.. (2 indent ) Readily foldable or collapsible

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.. (2 indent ) Rotatable playing surface

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.. (2 indent ) Having pocket or other target with ball actuated indicator

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.. (2 indent ) Playing surface having unconventional peripheral configuration defined by the carom rails

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.. (2 indent ) Attachment or accessory providing plural pockets or other targets located at only one end of playing surface

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.. (2 indent ) Playing surface having unconventional number, entrance opening, or arrangement of pockets or having additional or shiftable carom or bumper means thereon

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.. (2 indent ) Table attached ball rack

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... (3 indent ) With conveying chutes interconnecting pockets with ball rack

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.... (4 indent ) With means to distinguish or identify each ball pocketed

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.... (4 indent ) Coin controlled

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.... (4 indent ) With means to separate or segregate store balls pocketed by each player or team

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.... (4 indent ) Ball rack also constitutes or includes spotting rack

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.. (2 indent ) With means to prevent unauthorized use of table or to limit playing time or number of games played

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.. (2 indent ) Pocket structure

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.. (2 indent ) Playing surface structure (i.e., bed structure)

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... (3 indent ) Device for securing playing surface covering (e.g., for securing billiard table cloth, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Rail structure

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... (3 indent ) Cushioned portion thereof

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.. (2 indent ) Frame or leg structure

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.. (2 indent ) Dust cover therefor

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. (1 indent ) Cue chalker

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.. (2 indent ) Chalk holder

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... (3 indent ) With means for automatically applying chalk

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... (3 indent ) Flexibly tethered

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... (3 indent ) Secured to generally fixed support

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. (1 indent ) Ball spotting rack

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.. (2 indent ) With ball carrying or storage means

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. (1 indent ) Cue rest

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.. (2 indent ) Hand attached or engaged by hand in vicinity of cue supporting portion

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. (1 indent ) Cue

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.. (2 indent ) Mechanically operated

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.. (2 indent ) Disparate attachment therefor or convertible to or combined with disparate device

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.. (2 indent ) With user adjustable or changeable weight

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.. (2 indent ) Axially telescopic

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.. (2 indent ) Tip or tip fastener therefor

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... (3 indent ) Clamp or press

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... (3 indent ) Striking portion formed of material other than leather

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. (1 indent ) Ball

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.. (2 indent ) Having characteristic enabling ball to be mechanically separated from other balls

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BOWLING

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. (1 indent ) Practice or assist device

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.. (2 indent ) For handicapped person

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.. (2 indent ) Selective pin setter

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.. (2 indent ) Ball path indicator

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.. (2 indent ) Bowler worn or carried

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... (3 indent ) Including means for positive engagement with ball

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... (3 indent ) Finger support or guide

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... (3 indent ) Wrist support or guide

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... (3 indent ) Arm or elbow support or guide

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. (1 indent ) Handling of pin or pin representation

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.. (2 indent ) Including electrical cycle sequence control

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.. (2 indent ) Including means for conserving energy

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.. (2 indent ) With indicator

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... (3 indent ) Tethered or pivotal pin

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... (3 indent ) Pinfall

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.... (4 indent ) Score

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....• (5 indent ) Including electromechanical calculating means

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... (3 indent ) Foul

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.. (2 indent ) Pin setter

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... (3 indent ) Rollable, translatable, or simulative target

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... (3 indent ) Pivotal pin

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.... (4 indent ) Pivot substantially at base of pin

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.... (4 indent ) With spring detent

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... (3 indent ) Tethered pin

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.... (4 indent ) Tethered at base of pin

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....• (5 indent ) Including reset lever or crank

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.... (4 indent ) Including means to remove dead wood

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....• (5 indent ) Pin biased away from bed

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... (3 indent ) Manually loadable

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.... (4 indent ) Including means to upright pin

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... (3 indent ) Magnetic force acts on pin

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... (3 indent ) For alternative pin sets

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... (3 indent ) Including means to lift live wood

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.... (4 indent ) With compensation for pin offset

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... (3 indent ) Including distributor

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.... (4 indent ) Including means to convey pin to distributor

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....• (5 indent ) Including elevator

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.. (2 indent ) With compensation for pin offset

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.. (2 indent ) Pit cushion or actuator therefor

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.. (2 indent ) Pin guide or conveyor

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... (3 indent ) Distributor

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.... (4 indent ) Pivotable chute or conveyor

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... (3 indent ) Elevator

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.... (4 indent ) With ball separator

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... (3 indent ) And ball handling

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... (3 indent ) Sweep

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.. (2 indent ) Pin sensor

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.. (2 indent ) Pin spot

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... (3 indent ) Including means for positive pin alignment

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.... (4 indent ) Retractable peg

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.... (4 indent ) Socket-type

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. (1 indent ) Ball handling or diverting means

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.. (2 indent ) Mechanical projector

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.. (2 indent ) Tethered ball

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.. (2 indent ) Means to change or curve ball path

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.. (2 indent ) Ball return

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... (3 indent ) Ball lift or elevator

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... (3 indent ) Mechanical means for ball retarding or arresting

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.. (2 indent ) Gutter structure

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.. (2 indent ) Backstop, division board, or adjunct therefor

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. (1 indent ) Alley or board structure

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.. (2 indent ) Portable game board, table, or alley

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.. (2 indent ) With nonwooden alley surface or lining

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. (1 indent ) Pin

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.. (2 indent ) Composite structure (e.g., distinct layers, components, joint, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) With reinforcing filament, fiber, or fabric

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... (3 indent ) With metal shell or skin

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... (3 indent ) With wooden component

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.... (4 indent ) Laminated or attached wooden components

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.... (4 indent ) With end or bottom reinforcing preform

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. (1 indent ) Ball

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.. (2 indent ) With weight block

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.. (2 indent ) With specific grip means

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... (3 indent ) Thumb or finger hole grip

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.... (4 indent ) Size or depth adjusting means

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.... (4 indent ) Removable insert or bushing

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GOLF

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. (1 indent ) Ball feeding means and tee

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.. (2 indent ) Adjustable tee height

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.. (2 indent ) Condition responsive feeding means (e.g. automatic)

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... (3 indent ) Pneumatic

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... (3 indent ) Electrical

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.. (2 indent ) Pivotal arm ball feed

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. (1 indent ) Projectile tethered to swingable implement

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. (1 indent ) Anchored (e.g., tethered, etc.) projectile

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.. (2 indent ) With electrical sensor or electrical indicator

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... (3 indent ) Pictorial flight path image display

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.. (2 indent ) Spool for tether

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.. (2 indent ) With force or direction indicator and tether

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... (3 indent ) Linear spring indicator

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.. (2 indent ) Force or direction indicator associated with projectile moving around a horizontal axis

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.. (2 indent ) Force or direction indicator associated with projectile moving around a vertical axis

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.. (2 indent ) Spherical projectile attached to tether

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.. (2 indent ) Plural projectiles

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.. (2 indent ) Projectile moves around vertical axis

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. (1 indent ) Projectile addressing surface and target, or distance marker (e.g., course, putting green with cup, driving range, miniature golf course, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Electrical sensor or electrical indicator responsive to swingable implement or projectile

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... (3 indent ) Sensor is projectile responsive (e.g., free-flight detection means, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Projectile in receiver indicator

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.... (4 indent ) Target impact responsive

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.... (4 indent ) Including sensor responsive to projectile on addressing surface or in flight (e.g., tee-target time detection, etc.)

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....• (5 indent ) Pictorial flight path image display

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.. (2 indent ) Non-earth fairway

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... (3 indent ) And obstacle (e.g., miniature golf course windmill, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Target is surface positioned aperture

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.... (4 indent ) Selectively contourable (e.g., slope simulating surface, etc.)

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....• (5 indent ) Motor actuation

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.... (4 indent ) Collapsible (e.g., for storage, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Projectile return

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... (3 indent ) Projectile rebounds off target

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.. (2 indent ) Particular projectile (e.g., reduced flight ball, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Projectile return

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.. (2 indent ) Fairways extending radially from centrally located addressing surface or target

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.. (2 indent ) Plural addressing surfaces (e.g., driving range, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Having sequential play (e.g., regulation earth course, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Upstanding target (e.g., wicket, bucket, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Putting green

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.. (2 indent ) Upstanding target

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. (1 indent ) Target or obstacle (e.g., putting hole, hole marker, sand trap, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Target on putting surface

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... (3 indent ) Receiver is cup in earth (e.g., regulation hole in green, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Having cup marker (e.g., flag pin, etc.) or with sensor responsive to projectile

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....• (5 indent ) And projectile removal

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....•. (6 indent ) Electrical actuation (e.g., solenoid, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Cup diameter restriction means (e.g., filler plug, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Receiver or projectile responsive indicator

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.... (4 indent ) Selectively adjustable approach surface

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.... (4 indent ) Projectile return

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....• (5 indent ) Electrical actuation

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....• (5 indent ) Gravity

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.... (4 indent ) Plural receivers

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.... (4 indent ) Displaceable by projectile impact

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....• (5 indent ) Resilient or pivotal portion arranged in a circle to retain projectile

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....•. (6 indent ) Top of projectile engaged

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....• (5 indent ) Pivotal element

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.. (2 indent ) Projectile responsive sensor (e.g., target impact indicator, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) And projectile return

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... (3 indent ) Electrical sensor

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... (3 indent ) Projectile adheres to target

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.. (2 indent ) Having projectile return

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.. (2 indent ) Projectile receiving aperture (e.g., goal opening, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Aperture forming surface forms plane parallel to support surface

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.. (2 indent ) Net

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. (1 indent ) Moving projectile responsive sensor or indicator

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.. (2 indent ) Electrical

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.. (2 indent ) Indicator integral with projectile

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. (1 indent ) Hand on grip positioning aid or grip indicator

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.. (2 indent ) With electrical sensor or electrical indicator

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.. (2 indent ) Integral handle having finger conforming configurations

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.. (2 indent ) Angularly related integral grip portions

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.. (2 indent ) Worn on hand (e.g., glove, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Removably attachable to swingable implement

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. (1 indent ) Practice device attachable to body

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.. (2 indent ) Attachable to head, neck, or mouth

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... (3 indent ) Electrical

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... (3 indent ) Sighting element (e.g., eyeglasses, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) With displaceable indicator responsive to head movement

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.. (2 indent ) Attachable to arm, hand, or wrist

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... (3 indent ) Wrist

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... (3 indent ) Spans elbow

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.. (2 indent ) Attachable to hips, torso, or waist

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... (3 indent ) Waist encircling belt anchored to static structure

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.. (2 indent ) Attachable to foot

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. (1 indent ) Foot positioning aid and indicator associated with swingable implement

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. (1 indent ) Practice swingable implement or indicator associated with swingable implement

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.. (2 indent ) With lighting (e.g., laser, etc.) means attachable to or integral with implement

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.. (2 indent ) With electrical sensor or electrical indicator

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... (3 indent ) Sensor positioned apart from implement to interact with a separate cooperating sensor means attachable to or integral with implement

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... (3 indent ) Integral with or attachable to swingable implement

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.... (4 indent ) Audible indicator

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... (3 indent ) Sensor integral with projectile addressing surface

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.. (2 indent ) Device attachable to or integral with swingable implement

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... (3 indent ) Nonhandle element engagable with body

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... (3 indent ) Air resistance device (e.g., airfoil, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Anchored (e.g., tethered, etc.) swingable implement

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... (3 indent ) Wheel

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... (3 indent ) Adjustable swingable implement, or swing or position indicator

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.... (4 indent ) Alterable shaft provides swing force indication

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.... (4 indent ) Swing speed indicator

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....• (5 indent ) Audible

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.... (4 indent ) Projectile retained by head of swingable implement during swing

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.... (4 indent ) Projection on face of swingable implement head provides reduced striking area

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.... (4 indent ) Indication is a mark made by implement swing

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.... (4 indent ) Adjustable implement or static position indicator (e.g., with respect to the golfer, projectile, target, etc.)

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....• (5 indent ) Adjustable shaft length

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....• (5 indent ) Reflective element

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....• (5 indent ) Bubble leveler

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....• (5 indent ) Integral with or attachable to swingable implement head

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....•. (6 indent ) Self-standing implement

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....•. (6 indent ) Selectively adjustable positioning means

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....•.. (7 indent ) Adjustable loft angle

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....•... (8 indent ) And adjustable lie angle

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....•... (8 indent ) Longitudinal bore in head receives elongated member about which head pivots

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....•.. (7 indent ) Adjustable lie

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....•. (6 indent ) Surface on head simulates ball

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....•. (6 indent ) Having transparent or translucent element

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....•. (6 indent ) Used for putting

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....•.. (7 indent ) Horizontally spaced linear indicia perpendicular to projectile striking face

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....•... (8 indent ) And vertically spaced apart indicia

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....•.. (7 indent ) Vertically spaced apart indicia

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....•.. (7 indent ) T-shaped head

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... (3 indent ) Particularly weighted practice implement

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.. (2 indent ) Swingable implement swing path indicator

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... (3 indent ) Head or shaft continuously engaged during swing

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.... (4 indent ) Closed loop

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.... (4 indent ) Swingable implement head engaged

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... (3 indent ) Barrier which monitors swingable implement head movement

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.... (4 indent ) Barrier is projectile addressing surface

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.... (4 indent ) Self-righting

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.... (4 indent ) Plural barriers, vertically spaced apart

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.... (4 indent ) Plural barriers, horizontally spaced apart

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. (1 indent ) Body movement or position indicator (e.g., stance aids, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Reflective device

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.. (2 indent ) Sighting device directing golfer`s visual focus toward a point to restrain head movement

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.. (2 indent ) Responsive to weight shift

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.. (2 indent ) Foot positioning aid

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... (3 indent ) Having separate body engagable member

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... (3 indent ) Selectively adjustable with pivotal members

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... (3 indent ) Selectively adjustable with linearly slidable member (e.g., telescopically extendible)

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.. (2 indent ) Engaged with head or neck

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... (3 indent ) And separate body engagable member

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.. (2 indent ) Engaged with arm or shoulder

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.. (2 indent ) Engaged with hips, torso, or waist

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. (1 indent ) Practice projectile addressing surface (e.g., driving mat, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Selectively adjustable (e.g., tiltable etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Practice projectile

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.. (2 indent ) Having air resistance device

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. (1 indent ) Club or club support

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.. (2 indent ) And scorekeeping device

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.. (2 indent ) And tee

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.. (2 indent ) And ball position marker

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.. (2 indent ) And turf repair tool or ball retriever

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.. (2 indent ) Club set

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... (3 indent ) Interchangeable handle, striking face, or shaft

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... (3 indent ) Particular correlated shaft flexural characteristic

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... (3 indent ) Particular correlated head characteristic

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.... (4 indent ) Mass distribution

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.. (2 indent ) Head, shaft, and handle having particular combined center of gravity

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.. (2 indent ) Player faces target (e.g., croquet style putter, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Hands spaced apart on handle

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.. (2 indent ) Rotatable handle

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.. (2 indent ) Longitudinally adjustable handle or shaft

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.. (2 indent ) Particularly weighted handle

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.. (2 indent ) Grip or handle having particular nonwinding attachment to shaft (e.g., quick detachable, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Reattachable

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.. (2 indent ) Grip

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... (3 indent ) Spiral winding

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.... (4 indent ) Having recess or projection

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... (3 indent ) Having longitudinal recess or projection

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.. (2 indent ) One piece head and shaft

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.. (2 indent ) Head and shaft connection

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... (3 indent ) Threaded shaft

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... (3 indent ) Detachable and reattachable

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... (3 indent ) Sleeve or winding engaged over outside of joint, hosel, and shaft

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... (3 indent ) Joint formed with sleeve engaging shaft and hosel

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.... (4 indent ) Resilient sleeve engaging hosel and outer shaft wall

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... (3 indent ) Shaft contacts sole

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... (3 indent ) Having core (e.g., weight, etc.) positioned in head engaging shaft end

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... (3 indent ) Putter

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... (3 indent ) Particular relationship between shaft longitudinal axis and head orientation

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... (3 indent ) Noncircular shaft end wall engages hosel

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.. (2 indent ) Shaft

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... (3 indent ) Reduced air resistance

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... (3 indent ) Including nonmetallic material or vibratory wave modifying feature

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.... (4 indent ) Filament (e.g., fiber, etc.) or sheet wrapped about shaft longitudinal axis

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....• (5 indent ) Including metal

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.... (4 indent ) And metal

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.... (4 indent ) Sections connected along longitudinally extending seam

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... (3 indent ) Shaft tapered in steps

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.. (2 indent ) Head

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... (3 indent ) Plural striking faces

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... (3 indent ) Liquid interior

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... (3 indent ) Reduced air resistance

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... (3 indent ) Reduced ground resistance

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... (3 indent ) Striking face surface deforms upon impact (e.g., resilient, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Curved, grooved, or roughened striking face

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.... (4 indent ) Plural grooves

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... (3 indent ) Vibratory wave (e.g, shock wave, etc.) modifying feature

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... (3 indent ) With element displaceable with respect to another head element during swing

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... (3 indent ) Selectively adjustable weighting element

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.... (4 indent ) Embedded in head

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....• (5 indent ) Elongated horizontal bore

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....•. (6 indent ) Perpendicular to projectile striking face

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....• (5 indent ) In vertical bore access by sole

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....• (5 indent ) In vertical bore access through top

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... (3 indent ) Putter

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.... (4 indent ) Toe and heel weighting

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... (3 indent ) Striking face insert

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... (3 indent ) Wood composition

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.... (4 indent ) Having particular sole plate

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... (3 indent ) Hollow body

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.... (4 indent ) With internal support rib or injected material

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... (3 indent ) Embedded fiber composition

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.... (4 indent ) Including metal

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... (3 indent ) Particular material composition or mass distribution

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.... (4 indent ) Recess or cavity behind striking face

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. (1 indent ) Ball

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.. (2 indent ) Buoyant

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.. (2 indent ) Having locator means

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.. (2 indent ) Liquid interior

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.. (2 indent ) Hollow pockets between spherical core and cover

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.. (2 indent ) Wound interior

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... (3 indent ) Surrounding non-wound spherical core

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.... (4 indent ) Hollow core

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.... (4 indent ) Metal core or winding

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....• (5 indent ) Wound wire

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.... (4 indent ) Plural diverse layers between core and cover

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....• (5 indent ) Diverse tension in wound layers

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....• (5 indent ) Nonwound layer

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....•. (6 indent ) Plural diverse nonwound layers

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.... (4 indent ) Having particular cover

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.... (4 indent ) Wound wide band

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.. (2 indent ) Interior includes injected or compressed material

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... (3 indent ) Injected material

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.... (4 indent ) Injected gas

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... (3 indent ) Diverse layer between shperical core and cover

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.. (2 indent ) Particular unitary or layered construction

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... (3 indent ) Containing metal

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.... (4 indent ) Diverse layer between spherical core and cover

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... (3 indent ) Diverse layer between spherical core and cover

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.... (4 indent ) Hollow core

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.... (4 indent ) Plural diverse layers

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... (3 indent ) Diverse cover and interior

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.. (2 indent ) Particular cover (e.g., size, material, dimple pattern, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Icosahedral dimple pattern

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... (3 indent ) Cuboctahedral dimple pattern

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... (3 indent ) Dodecahedral dimple pattern

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... (3 indent ) Octahedral dimple pattern

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... (3 indent ) Particular dimple detail

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.... (4 indent ) Depth or width

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... (3 indent ) Containing metal

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. (1 indent ) Tee setting device

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. (1 indent ) Tee

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.. (2 indent ) Folded flat stock material

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... (3 indent ) Separable from pack containing plural tees

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.. (2 indent ) Plural

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... (3 indent ) Separable or separately movable

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.. (2 indent ) Projectile supporting surface horizontally offset from vertical insertable shank

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... (3 indent ) Tether

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.. (2 indent ) Restrained by auxiliary weight

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.. (2 indent ) Wire

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.. (2 indent ) Relatively movable sections

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... (3 indent ) Pivotal about distinct horizontal axis

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... (3 indent ) Elevation guide

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.. (2 indent ) Particular biodegradable or frangible material

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.. (2 indent ) Elevation guide for insertable shank

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.. (2 indent ) Plural diverse materials

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.. (2 indent ) Shank extends below level of projectile addressing surface

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... (3 indent ) At acute angle with surface

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. (1 indent ) Green slope indicator

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. (1 indent ) Accesory device located on projectile addressing surface (e.g., tee block, direction indicator, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Ball position marker

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. (1 indent ) Club selection, ball direction, or distance indicating aid

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. (1 indent ) Player manipulated turf repair tool

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. (1 indent ) Method

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CROQUET; GAME ELEMENT OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR

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. (1 indent ) Arch type of goal or target, per se (i.e., croquet wicket)

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. (1 indent ) Player-carried, nonmechanical projector, per se (e.g., a mallet, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Ball, per se

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HOPSCOTCH

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PLAYING FIELD OR COURT GAME; GAME ELEMENT OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE, PER SE

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. (1 indent ) Having game element combined with or convertible to game element or practice or training device for different type of projectile game

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. (1 indent ) Means removably supporting projectile in position to be struck and thereby projected by player (e.g., batting tee, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Projectile suspended or is supported by column of fluid

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.. (2 indent ) Having means engaging top of projectile (e.g., kicking trainer or tee, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) For projectile intended to be projected by kicking (e.g., kicking trainer or tee, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Batting backstop or cage

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. (1 indent ) Practice or training device

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.. (2 indent ) Tethered projectile

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... (3 indent ) Tether attached to means adapted to be held by, carried by, or attached to person

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.... (4 indent ) Person held, carried, or attached means is nonmechanical projector

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... (3 indent ) Projectile tethered between opposed tether sections

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... (3 indent ) Projectile continuously driven in closed orbit prior to being struck

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... (3 indent ) Projectile slidable along a line

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... (3 indent ) Tether pivotally attached for orbital revolution

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... (3 indent ) Projectile suspended by tether

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.. (2 indent ) Having projectile return means

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... (3 indent ) Return chute

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.... (4 indent ) With or for basketball-type goal

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... (3 indent ) Deflector

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.... (4 indent ) Planar

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... (3 indent ) Using moving arm or rotating wheel

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.. (2 indent ) Weight externally mounted by user to manually held and swung projector for warmup or exercise

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.. (2 indent ) For football or rugby

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... (3 indent ) Projectile target or stop

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... (3 indent ) Running grid or resistance course

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... (3 indent ) Blocking, tackling, or charging device

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.... (4 indent ) Suspended or suspendible dummy

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....• (5 indent ) Suspension movable in horizontal plane

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.... (4 indent ) Self-erecting or person-supported dummy

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.... (4 indent ) Dummy mounted on support enabling traverse over ground or floor during training (e.g., charging sled, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) For game using apertured or pocketed goal or target (e.g., for hockey, soccer, polo, lacrosse, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) For game using elevated, horizontally disposed goal or target (e.g., for basketball, etc.)

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.... (4 indent ) Hoop-opening reducer or means for improving arch of ball shot toward goal or target

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.... (4 indent ) Rebound or tipping trainer

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.... (4 indent ) Player worn or carried

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.. (2 indent ) For game in which play involves base running (e.g., for baseball, cricket, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Foot positioner (e.g., stance, stride device, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Bat swing analyzer or guide

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... (3 indent ) Pitcher`s target

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.... (4 indent ) With electrically operated or actuated indicator

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.... (4 indent ) Having subdivided strike zone

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... (3 indent ) Practice bat

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... (3 indent ) Player worn or carried

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.. (2 indent ) For game using field or court having dividing means thereon for separating opponents (e.g., for tennis, volleyball, table tennis, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Projectile collector for field or court (e.g., trough, ball sweeper, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Racket or paddle swing analyzer or guide

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... (3 indent ) Projectile target

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... (3 indent ) Practice racket or paddle

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... (3 indent ) Player worn or carried

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. (1 indent ) Having at least two different types of game elements used in same game

466

.. (2 indent ) For game in which court or field is body of water (e.g., water polo, water volleyball, etc.)

467

.. (2 indent ) Having boundary detector (e.g., ball-out-of-bounds detector for tennis court, etc.)

468

.. (2 indent ) For game in which play involves base running (e.g., baseball, cricket, etc)

469

.. (2 indent ) Having field or court dividing barrier with apertured goal or target therein or thereon

470

.. (2 indent ) For game using goal or target for projectile (e.g., football, rugby, etc.)

471

... (3 indent ) For game in which goal or target is peripherally located aperture or pocket (e.g., hockey, soccer, lacrosse, polo, etc.)

472

.... (4 indent ) For game in which peripheral goal or target is elevated and horizontally disposed (e.g., basketball, etc.)

473

.. (2 indent ) For game using field or court having dividing means thereon for separating opponents (e.g., a net used for volleyball, etc.)

474

... (3 indent ) For game also using projectors carried by players (e.g., tennis, badminton, etc.)

475

.... (4 indent ) Table tennis

476

. (1 indent ) Goal or target structure for projectile; element thereof

477

.. (2 indent ) For football or rugby (e.g., goal post, etc.)

478

.. (2 indent ) Apertured or pocketed goal or target (e.g., for hockey, soccer, polo, lacrosse, etc.)

479

... (3 indent ) Goal or target is elevated and horizontally disposed (e.g., for basketball, etc.)

480

.... (4 indent ) With goal indicator

481

.... (4 indent ) Backboard or support structure therefor

482

....• (5 indent ) Suspended

483

....• (5 indent ) With height adjustment feature

484

....•. (6 indent ) Having parallelogram linkage

485

.... (4 indent ) Hoop or the net, pocket, or support structure therefor

486

....• (5 indent ) Breakaway hoop

487

....• (5 indent ) Having means for mounting over edge of support

488

....• (5 indent ) Quick mount hoop

489

....• (5 indent ) Removable net-mounting subassembly

490

. (1 indent ) Means for dividing field or court into compartments; element thereof or accessory therefor (e.g., a net, marking strip, marked line, etc.)

491

.. (2 indent ) Net attachable to game table

492

.. (2 indent ) Net post

493

... (3 indent ) With net-tightening means

494

.. (2 indent ) Net, with net, or for net

495

... (3 indent ) Net center stay

496

. (1 indent ) Table-tennis table

497

. (1 indent ) Pitching rubber or mound

498

. (1 indent ) Cricket wicket

499

. (1 indent ) Base for game in which play involves base running (e.g., for baseball, etc.)

500

.. (2 indent ) With indicator

501

.. (2 indent ) Breakaway

502

. (1 indent ) Flag belt (e.g., for use in football game without tackling, etc.)

503

. (1 indent ) Projectile catcher other than combined projector-catcher device

504

. (1 indent ) Cover for playing field or court (e.g., for baseball field, etc.)

505

PLAYER-HELD DEVICE FOR BOTH PROJECTING AND CATCHING AERIAL PROJECTILE; PART THEREOF OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR (I.E., COMBINED PROJECTOR-CATCHER DEVICE)

506

. (1 indent ) With tethered projectile

507

.. (2 indent ) Having pocketed catcher

508

... (3 indent ) Having elastic tether

509

. (1 indent ) Having projectile conducting means between separate entrance and exit (e.g., continuous orbit, etc.)

510

. (1 indent ) Both projector and catcher are pocketed

511

.. (2 indent ) With mechanical projection

512

.. (2 indent ) Pocket-to-pocket type

513

.. (2 indent ) Having pocket with laterally facing opening (e.g., lacrosse stick, jai alai cesta, etc.)

514

. (1 indent ) Having impaling, hooking, or ensnaring type catcher

515

. (1 indent ) Having pocketed catcher connected to but spaced apart from projector

516

PLAYER HELD AND POWERED, NONMECHANICAL PROJECTOR, PER SE, FOR PROJECTING AERIAL PROJECTILE BY STRIKING; PART THEREOF OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR

517

. (1 indent ) Having projectile retrieving means

518

. (1 indent ) Body attachable

519

. (1 indent ) With user shiftable, adjustable, or interchangeable weight for use during play or with freely shiftable mass for increasing impact force

520

. (1 indent ) With sound-deadening, vibration-damping, or shock-absorbing feature other than projectile- or hand-contact surface or with rebound reducing feature

521

.. (2 indent ) For racket or paddle

522

... (3 indent ) Contacts string

523

... (3 indent ) In, under, or contacting grip

524

. (1 indent ) Racket or paddle; accessory therefor (e.g., a tennis racket, tennis racket press, etc.)

525

.. (2 indent ) Having striking faces attached to the ends of intermediate handle

526

.. (2 indent ) Having handle at an angle to, offset from, or nonradially oriented relative to plane of striking member

527

.. (2 indent ) Paddle

528

... (3 indent ) Projectile striking surface is flexible sheet secured to peripheral frame

529

... (3 indent ) Having resilient blade facing

530

... (3 indent ) Blade having means to enhance friction upon impacted projectile (e.g., to enhance English upon projectile, etc.)

531

.. (2 indent ) Folding or detachable shaft

532

.. (2 indent ) Having replaceable string frame

533

.. (2 indent ) Double strung (i.e., having striking faces formed from two spaced-apart, planar sets of strings)

534

.. (2 indent ) With adjustable string-tensioning means

535

.. (2 indent ) Fiber reinforced plastic frame

536

... (3 indent ) Plural fiber compositions

537

.. (2 indent ) Having dimensional characteristic or other parameter specified by a number, numeric variable, or mathematical formula (e.g., location of center of gravity, elastic modulus of a string, weight of racket, etc.)

538

... (3 indent ) Of handle or grip

539

.. (2 indent ) Elongated string-hole liner (e.g., grommet, bushing, etc.)

540

.. (2 indent ) Having string mounting feature other than mere through-holes lying in string plane

541

... (3 indent ) Extending radially inward from inner frame edge

542

... (3 indent ) Having nonplanar string-hole pattern or arrangement in frame

543

.. (2 indent ) Prefabricated string assembly, means to prevent relative movement or wear at crossover points of strings, or having one or more strings with specified characteristic or arrangement

544

.. (2 indent ) Nonmetallic frame having metallic reinforcement or frame composed of metal-plastic composite

545

.. (2 indent ) Metallic frame

546

.. (2 indent ) Throat wedge, bridge, or reinforcement

547

.. (2 indent ) Having laminated frame

548

.. (2 indent ) String guard, frame bumper or guard, or specified shaft to head connection

549

.. (2 indent ) Handle or grip structure

550

... (3 indent ) Dispensing, cooled, or externally ventilated

551

... (3 indent ) Having hand or finger conforming contour, through-hole for finger, portion overlying back of hand, projecting hand stop or positioner spaced from butt, wrist strap, or nonstandard transverse cross-section

552

... (3 indent ) Grip or handle longitudinally or rotationally adjustable relative to head or shaft or changeable in length

553

.. (2 indent ) Accessory for use with racket or paddle (e.g., used with or for tennis racket, etc.)

554

... (3 indent ) Press

555

... (3 indent ) Racket frame holder or support for use while stringing

556

.... (4 indent ) With stringing or string-stretching device

557

... (3 indent ) Stringing or string-stretching device

558

. (1 indent ) Mallet

559

. (1 indent ) Club

560

.. (2 indent ) Having elongated blade (e.g., hockey stick, etc.)

561

... (3 indent ) Fiber reinforced

562

... (3 indent ) Stick to blade joint construction

563

... (3 indent ) Blade construction or accessory

564

. (1 indent ) Bat (e.g., baseball bat, etc.)

565

.. (2 indent ) Having elongated blade (e.g., cricket bat, etc.)

566

.. (2 indent ) Of metallic-shell structure

567

.. (2 indent ) Of plastic composition

568

.. (2 indent ) Grip

569

PROJECTILE, PER SE; PART THEREOF OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR

570

. (1 indent ) With light-emitting, electrical, magnetic, or rotatable inertial means or having boundary-detector activating means

571

. (1 indent ) With sound-producing means

572

. (1 indent ) Having suction cup

573

. (1 indent ) Having bristled, hooked, or looped surface for adherence to complementarily surfaced means

574

. (1 indent ) Having means for nonpenetrating adherence to complementarily surfaced means (e.g., tacky surface, etc.)

575

. (1 indent ) Having attached or means for attaching thereto tether, elongated flaccid streamer, or the like

576

.. (2 indent ) Attached tether, streamer, or the like has means adapted to be held by, carried by, or attached to person

577

. (1 indent ) Scattershot, material dispensing upon impact, openable to expose interior chamber, or having parts adapted to move away from, or be separated from, one another upon impact

578

. (1 indent ) Arrow, dart, or shuttlecock; part thereof

579

.. (2 indent ) Shuttlecock (e.g., badminton shuttlecock, etc.)

580

... (3 indent ) Having independent feathers or vanes

581

.. (2 indent ) Having fluid-conducting means

582

.. (2 indent ) Head structure

583

... (3 indent ) Broadhead

584

.... (4 indent ) Having interchangeable blade

585

... (3 indent ) And vane structure (i.e., flight guiding or stabilizing means)

586

.. (2 indent ) Vane structure (i.e., flight guiding or stabilizing means)

587

. (1 indent ) Curling stone

588

. (1 indent ) Disk- or ring-shaped (e.g., ice hockey puck, etc.)

589

.. (2 indent ) Ring-shaped (e.g., deck-tennis quoit, etc.)

590

. (1 indent ) Boomerang

591

. (1 indent ) Horseshoe

592

. (1 indent ) Tipcat

593

. (1 indent ) Having self-contained means for inflating, pressurizing, reinflating, or repressurizing projectile with fluid or comprising reinflating or repressurizing method

594

. (1 indent ) Having loose internal element, containing or adapted to contain liquid, or comprising spherically configured ball having variable or eccentric center of gravity

595

. (1 indent ) Having means other than ellipsoidal spheroid shape (e.g., football shaped, etc.) to produce erratic or unpredictable rebounding or rolling thereof

596

. (1 indent ) Having handle or surface configuration for enhancing user`s handgrip thereon

597

.. (2 indent ) Grip-enhancing means comprises closure or seam of casing or cover or comprises simulation of such closure or seam (e.g., lacing of football casing, etc.)

598

. (1 indent ) Comprising casing or cover having stitched seam or laced closure; blank for such casing or cover (e.g., casing of baseball, etc.)

599

.. (2 indent ) For distensible bladder (e.g., casing of football, etc.)

600

. (1 indent ) Having solid core within outer cover; core or cover therefor (e.g., baseball, etc)

601

.. (2 indent ) And having intermediate layer between core and cover or having core or cover composed of plural layers

602

... (3 indent ) Having plural intermediate layers, at least one being of material diverse from material of core, cover, or another intermediate layer; or having core or cover composed of three or more layers, at least two being of diverse materials

603

. (1 indent ) Having fluid-retaining bladder removable from within enclosing cover or casing (e.g., football, etc.)

604

. (1 indent ) Having hollow core or bladder enclosed within cover (e.g., basketball, soccer-ball, tennis ball, etc.)

605

.. (2 indent ) And having intermediate layer composed of wrapping of strands or strips between cover and core or bladder

606

.. (2 indent ) Cover is composed of feltlike, napped, or cloth material (e.g., tennis ball, etc.)

607

. (1 indent ) Comprising cover for core; blank or closure therefor

608

.. (2 indent ) Closure therefor

609

. (1 indent ) Having hollow, fluid-impervious shell, core, or bladder

610

.. (2 indent ) With sealable opening, valve, or inflation tube for insertion of fluid (e.g., beach ball, etc.)

611

. (1 indent ) Comprising opening, valve, or inflation tube for insertion of fluid

612

. (1 indent ) Having visible skeletal structure

613

. (1 indent ) Having fluid-dynamic means other than stitched seam or textured surface to alter, stabilize, or retard passage of projectile through the fluid (e.g., spiral fluting to impart spin, etc.)

614

. (1 indent ) Having projections extending outwardly from external surface or consisting of a mass of radially oriented filaments

615

. (1 indent ) Player held or worn means for enhancing movement of projected projectile (e.g., a handheld, ball-curving assist means, etc.)

	FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS

FOR000

CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS

Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collections listed below. These Collections contain ONLY foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived.

FOR100

BASKETBALL (273/1.5R)

FOR101

. (1 indent ) Basketball training devices (273/1.5A)

FOR102

BASEBALL (273/25)

FOR103

. (1 indent ) Practice devices (273/26R)

FOR104

.. (2 indent ) Target or backstop (273/26A)

FOR105

.. (2 indent ) Bats (273/26B)

FOR106

.. (2 indent ) Player worn (273/26C)

FOR107

.. (2 indent ) Ball pitching devices (273/26D)

FOR108

.. (2 indent ) Tethered (273/26E)

FOR109

.. (2 indent ) Tethered balls slidable along a line (273/26EA)

FOR110

. (1 indent ) Field covers (273/27)

FOR111

. (1 indent ) Ball curvers (273/28)

FOR112

TENNIS (273/29R)

FOR113

. (1 indent ) Table (273/30)

FOR114

. (1 indent ) Court marking strips (273/31)

FOR115

. (1 indent ) Practice (273/29A)

FOR116

. (1 indent ) Nets (273/29B)

FOR117

.. (2 indent ) Net center stay (273/29BA)

FOR118

.. (2 indent ) Net post (273/29BB)

FOR119

... (3 indent ) Net tightening (273/29BC)

FOR120

.... (4 indent ) Reel (273/29BD)

FOR121

.... (4 indent ) Lever (273/29BE)

FOR122

.... (4 indent ) Screw (273/29BF)

FOR123

.... (4 indent ) Rotating post (273/29BG)

FOR124

FOOTBALL (273/55R)

FOR125

. (1 indent ) Tackling dummies (273/55A)

FOR126

. (1 indent ) Kicking tees and kicking trainers (273/55B)

FOR127

. (1 indent ) Flag belts (273/55C)

FOR128

. (1 indent ) Goal post structure (273/55D)

FOR129

CROQUET (273/56)

FOR130

. (1 indent ) Tables and boards (273/57)

FOR131

HOPSCOTCH (273/57.1)

FOR132

HOCKEY

FOR133

FENCING (273/57.3)

FOR134

BALLS (273/58R)

FOR135

. (1 indent ) Baseball (273/60R)

FOR136

.. (2 indent ) Covers (273/60A)

FOR137

.. (2 indent ) No windings (273/60B)

FOR138

. (1 indent ) Tennis (273/61R)

FOR139

.. (2 indent ) Ping-pong balls (273/61A)

FOR140

.. (2 indent ) Fabrics, per se (273/61B)

FOR141

.. (2 indent ) Rubber formulations (273/61C)

FOR142

.. (2 indent ) Methods of pressurizing (273/61D)

FOR143

. (1 indent ) Football and basketball (273/65R)

FOR144

.. (2 indent ) Closure (273/65A)

FOR145

.. (2 indent ) Bladders (273/65B)

FOR146

.. (2 indent ) Valves: composite (273/65C)

FOR147

.. (2 indent ) Valves: rubber (273/65D)

FOR148

.. (2 indent ) Casings (273/64E)

FOR149

... (3 indent ) Nonball art (273/65EA)

FOR150

... (3 indent ) Windings (273/65EB)

FOR151

... (3 indent ) Weighted (273/65EC)

FOR152

... (3 indent ) Ball making methods (273/65ED)

FOR153

... (3 indent ) One-piece construction (273/65EE)

FOR154

... (3 indent ) Spiraling and electrical (273/65EF)

FOR155

... (3 indent ) Gripping structure (273/65EG)

FOR156

.. (2 indent ) Closure means (273/65F)

FOR157

. (1 indent ) Solid and covered (273/58A)

FOR158

. (1 indent ) Hollow: single layer (273/58B)

FOR159

. (1 indent ) Plural layer (273/58BA)

FOR160

. (1 indent ) Tethered (273/58C)

FOR161

. (1 indent ) Skeleton (273/58D)

FOR162

. (1 indent ) Sounding (273/58E)

FOR163

. (1 indent ) Loose internal elements (273/58F)

FOR164

. (1 indent ) Including electrical components (273/58G)

FOR165

. (1 indent ) Liquid containing (273/58H)

FOR166

. (1 indent ) rubber formulation (273/58J)

FOR167

. (1 indent ) Surface projections (273/58K)

FOR168

BAT, MALLET, RACKET, OR BILLY (273/67R)

FOR169

. (1 indent ) Baseball (273/72R)

FOR170

.. (2 indent ) Metal shell (273/72A)

FOR171

. (1 indent ) Tennis (273/73R)

FOR172

.. (2 indent ) Presses and cases (273/74)

FOR173

.. (2 indent ) Handle grips (273/75)

FOR174

.. (2 indent ) Table (273/76)

FOR175

.. (2 indent ) Stringing devices (273/73A)

FOR176

.. (2 indent ) Stretching devices (273/73B)

FOR177

.. (2 indent ) Bow structure (273/73C)

FOR178

.. (2 indent ) String fastener or guides (273/73D)

FOR179

.. (2 indent ) Adjustable tension (273/73E)

FOR180

.. (2 indent ) Laminated nonmetallic (273/73F)

FOR181

.. (2 indent ) Throat structure (273/73G)

FOR182

.. (2 indent ) Metal (273/73H)

FOR183

.. (2 indent ) Handle structure, per se (273/73J)

FOR184

.. (2 indent ) Metal reinforced (273/73K)

FOR185

.. (2 indent ) Replaceable string frame (273/73L)

FOR186

. (1 indent ) Croquet (273/83)

FOR187

. (1 indent ) Police clubs (273/84R)

FOR188

.. (2 indent ) Electric shock (273/84ES)

FOR189

. (1 indent ) Hockey sticks (273/67A)

FOR190

. (1 indent ) Hand or foot attached (273/67B)

FOR191

. (1 indent ) Polo mallet (273/67C)

FOR192

. (1 indent ) Cricket bat (273/67D)

FOR193

.. (2 indent ) Handle structure (273/67DA)

FOR194

.. (2 indent ) Grips, guards, and weights (273/67DB)

FOR195

.. (2 indent ) Blade facings (273/67DC)

FOR196

. (1 indent ) Combined projector and catcher (273/318)

FOR197

.. (2 indent ) Tethered projectile (273/319)

FOR198

... (3 indent ) Pocketed catcher (273/320)

FOR199

.... (4 indent ) Elastic tether (273/321)

FOR200

.. (2 indent ) Separate entrance and exit (e.g., continuous orbit, etc.) (273/322)

FOR201

.. (2 indent ) Pocketed projector and catcher (273/323)

FOR202

... (3 indent ) Mechanical projection (273/324)

FOR203

... (3 indent ) Pocket-to-pocket (273/325)

FOR204

... (3 indent ) Transversely extending pocket (e.g., lacrosse stick) (273/326)

FOR205

.. (2 indent ) Impaling, hooking, or ensnaring type catcher (273/327)

FOR206

.. (2 indent ) Pocketed catcher-separate projector (273/328)

FOR207

. (1 indent ) Tipcoat game, projectile therefor, or accessory (273/341)

FOR208

. (1 indent ) Projectile or target having suction cup (273/344)

FOR209

. (1 indent ) Projectile or target having magnetized material for adherence therebetween (273/345)

FOR210

. (1 indent ) Projectile or target having complementary bristled, micro-hooked, or looped material for adherence therebetween (273/346)

FOR211

. (1 indent ) Projectile or target having complementary means for nonpenetrating adherence therebetween (e.g., tacky surface, etc.) (273/347)

FOR212

. (1 indent ) Playing field or court game; or accessory therefor (e.g., volleyball, soccer, etc.) (473/411)

FOR213

. (1 indent ) Tethered projectile (273/413)

FOR214

.. (2 indent ) Tethered to means engageable with human body part (e.g., hand-held means or means attachable to human body part) (273/414)

FOR215

. (1 indent ) Scattershot projectile or beanbag projectile (273/415)

FOR216

. (1 indent ) Arrow, dart, shuttlecock, or element thereof (273/416)

FOR217

.. (2 indent ) Shuttlecock (273/417)

FOR218

.. (2 indent ) Material dispensing upon impact or having fluid conducting means (273/418)

FOR219

.. (2 indent ) Head structure (273/419)

FOR220

... (3 indent ) And vane structure (i.e., flight guiding or stabilizing means) (273/420)

FOR221

... (3 indent ) Broadhead (273/421)

FOR222

.... (4 indent ) Interchangeable blade (273/422)

FOR223

.. (2 indent ) Vane structure (i.e., flight guiding or stabilizing means) (273/423)

FOR224

. (1 indent ) Disc or ring projectile (273/424)

FOR225

.. (2 indent ) Ring (273/425)

FOR226

. (1 indent ) Boomerang projectile (273/426)

FOR227

. (1 indent ) Horseshoe projectile (273/427)

FOR228

. (1 indent ) Nonspherical projectile (273/428)

FOR229

. (1 indent ) Projectile (273/128R)

FOR230

.. (2 indent ) Curling stones (273/128CS)

FOR231

.. (2 indent ) Rollable (273/128A)

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