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WO/1999/058208A1
The bat of the present invention has a barrel (21) with a thinner outer shell in compressive and/or adhesive engagement with an insert laminate (40) comprised of one or more pieces of a thin metallic (preferably titanium) sheet (or foil)...  
WO/1999/052606A2
A golf club includes an electroactive assembly attached to the club and electrically tuned to capture energy from one or more vibrational modes with high efficiency. More generally, a sports implement includes an electroactive element, s...  
WO/1999/051310A2
A baseball bat includes an electroactive assembly attached near the handle and electrically tuned to capture energy from several modes with high efficiency. More generally, a sports implement includes an electroactive element, such as a ...  
WO/1999/048951A2
A composition for reducing vibrations, including both damping structure borne vibrations and reducing radiated airborne noise. The composition is either a mixture of at least two different granular materials, or is a granular material ha...  
WO/1999/047214A1
A removable grip (1) to fit over an existing grip of a handheld sporting article of the kind substantially encircled by the hand or hands of a user. The grip (1) includes well defined indentations (13 to 21) to dictate the exact position...  
WO/1999/046015A1
A lacrosse-type stick provided with a frame including a top portion and two side portions. A netting (50) is attached to the frame and a lip portion (60) is attached to one of the side portions. The purpose of this lip portion is to dire...  
WO/1999/044697A1
A golf club (10) comprised of a shaft (14), a club head (12), and a sleeve (26) disposed between the two. The sleeve (26) covers an end of the shaft (14) that is inserted into a close-fitting cylindrical bore (22) of the club head (12) a...  
WO/1999/043492A1
An aggregate (12) comprised of granules selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, silica and sand, wherein said granules are applied to the handle (11) of hand-held equipment (10) and tools to enhance a perso...  
WO/1999/042798A1
The pressure sensor assembly has at least one pressure sensor at its distal end, the pressure sensor having electrodes which are connected through spaced leads to output terminals at a proximal end of the assembly. The handle has a circu...  
WO/1999/042185A1
An inline floor hockey playing surface including a substantially horizontal planar main playing surface (10) provided with a goal or net close to either end of the playing surface and opposite thereto. A ramped half-pipe surface surround...  
WO/1999/038580A1
Disclosed herein is a method of analyzing a plurality of types of golf balls for selecting the type of ball suited for use with a particular type of golf club. According to the method, a plurality of different types of golf balls are str...  
WO/1999/036132A1
A metal golf club head (1), wherein the rigidity of an intermediate sensitivity region (5), a heel side region excluding the portion thereof which is in the vicinity of a face center (3), is set lower than that of a low sensitivity regio...  
WO/1999/032198A1
A hockey stick (8) has a configured and adjustable grip (10). The configured grip has a triangular cross section with three sides (30) and three edges (32). The grip is oriented with respect to a striking portion of the stick. The grip a...  
WO/1999/027853A1
The present invention is a capacitive force sensor which has a force sensing detector (20) formed from a plurality of conducting plates (30, 32, 34), dielectric layers (22, 24), a variable feedback providing circuit (46), insulating plat...  
WO/1999/026701A1
Damped ball bats having a vibration damper positioned within the interior. The damper comprises viscoelastic foam, and is free of constraining layers. The damper has a loss factor of greater than about 0.2 at least somewhere in the frequ...  
WO/1999/025432A2
A piece of sports equipment incorporating a granular material for vibration damping. Vibrations incurred during the use of the equipment for a sporting activity can be reduced or virtually eliminated by the strategic disposal of granular...  
WO/1999/021626A1
A recreational board such as a snowboard incorporates strain transducers to damp a plate resonance of the board. The strain transducers are preferably located around a peripheral region to capture strain energy affecting control edges, f...  
WO/1999/020358A1
A golf club head (10) having increased energy transfer and vibration dampening properties has various selected segments formed of a shape memory alloy (15). The shape memory alloy (15) preferably has superelastic (reversible strain) prop...  
WO/1999/020357A1
The invention provides sports implements with a shape memory alloy insert (35) located in a region of the implement that is subject to greatest force due to impact of the implement with a projectile. For composite structures, the shape m...  
WO/1999/017846A1
The present invention is a hockey stick blade (32) having a rigid straight reinforcing insert (36) along the lower elbowed running edge thereof to reinforce the blade and reduce the wear rate of same. The hockey blade (32) has a conventi...  
WO/1999/017845A1
A method of manufacturing a player's stick for use, e.g., in ice hockey, bandy, field hockey or rollerblade hockey, wherein a core material consisting of wood or foam is enveloped by a shell of plastic, characterised in that the shell co...  
WO/1999/015244A1
A new style table tennis bat has several concave portions for receiving the fingers of a player and an assistant handle. The invention changes the conventional types of hand grip, assists and compensates for body's joint activity so as t...  
WO/1999/014997A2
The present invention relates generally to grips for sports equipment such as golf clubs, tennis racquets, baseball bats and the like and relates to swelling solvents and the use of swelling solvents to expand a generally tubular or cyli...  
WO/1999/011332A2
A lightweight, high stiffness tennis racket includes a frame having a handle portion with butt end, head portion, and strings supported by the head portion. The racket is formed from a composite material including carbon fibers, titanium...  
WO/1999/006124A1
A long life softball bat comprising a bat (10) and a plurality of positional reference marks (22) is disclosed and claimed. The positional reference marks (22) provide a frame of reference which enables a user of the bat (10) to distribu...  
WO/1999/006495A1
The invention concerns an object with improved grip, whereof at least one part designed to be in contact with the hand is coated with an effective amount of a polymer further comprising a main chain, lateral perfluoroalkyl groups and lat...  
WO/1998/055182A2
The invention relates to the art of the sports equipment and, more specifically, to the sticks for playing ice hockey. The stick comprises the handle (1) and the blade (2) joined together by the elastic member (3), the ends of which are ...  
WO/1998/051378A1
A golf club (20) is disclosed having a shaft (22) fixedly connected to a grip (26) and a head (12). The shaft (22) is comprised of a tube (34) with a rod (36) extending through the tube (34). The rod (36) is fixedly attached to the head ...  
WO/1998/050116A1
A hockey stick (10) is provided with an offset or bend (24) angular to the plane of the face of the blade (14) and positioned to begin substantially at the location where the transition from the heel (20) of the stick (10) to the shaft (...  
WO/1998/048979A2
A finger supporting structure F comprises a grip portion and a finger supporter T formed thereto. Said grip portion is of an elongated bar shape and having adequate length and thickness for a hand to grasp. Said grip portion is either al...  
WO/1998/048698A1
A squeezable exerciser comprising in combination body structure having surfaces to be squeezed relatively toward one another by application of force exerted by a user, and means associated with the body structure to produce a reference s...  
WO/1998/047574A1
The invention concerns a tennis racket comprising at least an oscillating element (11) mounted on said racket in a housing (15) so as to oscillate freely under the effect of vibrations caused by the impact of the ball. Each oscillating e...  
WO/1998/046373A1
Apparatus for and method of cleaning golf clubs (including grips and clubs using an ultrasonic golf club cleaning machine (100) including four bays (7) to allow a complete foursome to clean the clubs simultaneously while they are waiting...  
WO/1998/044999A1
A bat has a grip portion (10) and an elongate, rotationally symmetric playing surface (12). The playing surface continuously increases in diameter towards its outer end (16), and the outer end is the widest part of the bat. The surface c...  
WO/1998/044997A1
A putter head (10) having a main body (16) with a front face (18) which carries a resilient ball-striking pad (22). The pad (22) is comprised of a fibrous material having a resiliency so that impact forces when the head (10) strikes a ba...  
WO/1998/042415A1
A bat or racquet having a handle (10), striking area (15) and a catching area between the handle and the striking area, the catching area being in the form of an air-damped or friction-damped pouch or net (20) for absorbing the kinetic e...  
WO/1998/041292A1
There are provided methods of making hockey sticks, the methods including (a) forming a laminate (10) comprising a plurality of layers each of which comprises composite material comprising fibers and resin; (b) bringing a metallic tip (1...  
WO/1998/040132A1
There is disclosed a protective blade wrap (10) for wrapping the blade of a hockey stick. The wrap comprises an adhesive unitary sheet material which has a front panel (14) and rear panel (16) and a releasable backing sheet (20). The fro...  
WO/1998/035730A1
A ball catching tool with an enhanced thumb-protective function. A thumb accommodating part (11) is formed in the shape of a bag which fits the thickness of the thumb and wholly surrounds the thumb. In another mode, a hole through which ...  
WO/1998/034689A1
A sports implement, such as a ski includes a strain transducer material, such as layer containing a piezoceramic, mechanically coupled over a region of its body, and a circuit attached to or switched across the material to couple strain ...  
WO/1998/028049A1
A sports racquet includes grommet members (40, 42, 44) anchoring the strings (18, 20) in at least the central regions of the string bed which include grommet pegs (52) which have grommet holes (54) that, in cross section, are elongated i...  
WO/1998/028052A1
A club blade for an inner bandy club where the club blade (2) is comprised of an essentially rigid construction material. In a central part (6) of its planar area, comprising 25-75 % of the planar area of the club, the club blade (2) inc...  
WO/1998/019753A1
In a hockey stick handle (2) having a pair of opposed narrow sides, a pair of opposed broad sides, a rear end (3), a forward end portion (4), and a longitudinal axis passing through said ends, the forward end portion being configured for...  
WO/1998/017442A1
An impact instrument (200) for delivering an impulse to an object. The impact instrument (200) may include an impact surface (202) for contacting the object and an elongated member (204) extending from the impact surface (202) that termi...  
WO/1998/013147A1
A metallic or other deformable surface is coated with a highly cross-linked polymer having a hardness greater than 80 (Shore D, ASTM D2240) and a coefficient of elasticity of at least 120 % without breaking, the coating is cured, and an ...  
WO/1998/010842A1
Field hockey stick comprising head, shaft and handle, wherein the shaft has a ball-striking face on the same side of the stick as a ball-striking face of the head, characterised in that the plane of the ball-striking face of the shaft is...  
WO/1998/008577A1
The invention relates to a stick, in particular for street hockey, comprising a handle and a striking surface at an angle and a distance from it. The aim of the present invention is to provide a completely new type of stick. To do this t...  
WO/1998/003230A1
A racket or paddle handle (10) for use in all racket or paddle sports that is intended to cool the user's hand and reduce the shock that occurs when a racket or paddle impacts on a ball, the handle having a handgrip comprised of a centra...  
WO/1998/001189A1
The invention relates to a hockey stick blade having an abrasion resistant coating, to a hockey stick comprising such a blade and to a process for coating a hockey stick blade. The coating is made from polyurethane or a mixture of polyur...  
WO/1997/048455A1
The present invention provides novel damped golf clubs and ball bats having at least one non-tubular constrained layer damper (8, 84) attached to the golf club shaft (26) or bat (92), respectively.  

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