Abstract

A trainer for practicing a proper cricket bat swing is shaped like a conventional cricket bat. A cavity with parallel side walls and toe and shoulder end walls extends through the trainer from its face to its swell. A weight freely reciprocates on a shaft aligned on the longitudinal axis of the cavity. The toe end of the cavity blocks sliding of the weight at the “sweet spot” of the trainer. When the trainer is swung in cricket bat fashion, the weight slides distally from the shoulder end wall and strikes the toe end wall of the cavity, providing audible indication of whether the contact of a conventional cricket bat with a bowled cricket ball would have occurred before, at or after the optimal ball-striking moment.

IPC Classes  ?

• A63B 59/55 - Substantially rod-shaped bats for hitting a ball in the air, e.g. for baseball with non-circular cross-section
• A63B 69/00 - Training appliances or apparatus for special sports

Abstract

A roller assembly for smoothing an expanse of granular media such as golf bunker sand, snow, horse race track dirt, or other media. The assembly has one or more rollers having a longitudinal axis. Each roller includes wires spaced from the axis to define a roller surface. Each wire is resiliently flexible to distort inwardly in response to force of contact on, and to recover during release of force from, the granular media as the roller rotates about the axis on the granular media. A shaft extends along the axis of the roller assembly between the arms of a yoke with a handle extending therefrom. As the roller surface traverses the media, at least some of the media is flung outwardly of the roller, smoothing the expanse. The roller assembly may be manually operated or may be towed behind a towing apparatus.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01B 29/04 - Rollers with non-smooth surface formed of rotatably- mounted rings or discs or with projections or ribs on the roller bodyLand packers
• A01B 29/06 - Rollers with special additional arrangements
• A01B 49/02 - Combined machines with two or more soil-working tools of different kind
• A63B 57/50 - Golfing accessories specially adapted for course maintenance
• A63K 3/00 - Equipment or accessories for racing or riding sports
• E01C 19/23 - Rollers thereforSuch rollers usable also for compacting soil

Goods & Services

Golfing equipment, namely, golf putters

Abstract

A roller assembly for smoothing an expanse of granular media such as golf bunker sand, snow, horse race track dirt, or other media. The assembly has one or more rollers having a longitudinal axis. Each roller includes wires spaced from the axis to define a roller surface. Each wire is resiliently flexible to distort inwardly in response to force of contact on, and to recover during release of force from, the granular media as the roller rotates about the axis on the granular media. A shaft extends along the axis of the roller assembly between the arms of a yoke with a handle extending therefrom. As the roller surface traverses the media, at least some of the media is flung outwardly of the roller, smoothing the expanse. The roller assembly may be manually operated or may be towed behind a towing apparatus.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01B 29/04 - Rollers with non-smooth surface formed of rotatably- mounted rings or discs or with projections or ribs on the roller bodyLand packers
• A01B 29/06 - Rollers with special additional arrangements
• A01B 49/02 - Combined machines with two or more soil-working tools of different kind
• E01C 19/23 - Rollers thereforSuch rollers usable also for compacting soil
• A63K 3/00 - Equipment or accessories for racing or riding sports
• A63B 57/50 - Golfing accessories specially adapted for course maintenance

Abstract

A roller assembly for smoothing an expanse of granular media such as golf bunker sand, snow, horse race track dirt, or other media. The assembly has one or more rollers having a longitudinal axis. Each roller includes wires spaced from the axis to define a roller surface. Each wire is resiliently flexible to distort inwardly in response to force of contact on, and to recover during release of force from., the granular media as the roller rotates about the axis on the granular media. A shaft extends along the axis of the roller assembly between the arms of a yoke with a handle extending therefrom. As the roller surface traverses the media, at least some of the media is flung outwardly of the roller, smoothing the expanse. The roller assembly may be manually operated or may be towed behind a towing apparatus.

IPC Classes  ?

• E01C 19/23 - Rollers thereforSuch rollers usable also for compacting soil
• A01B 29/00 - Rollers
• A01B 29/06 - Rollers with special additional arrangements
• A01B 49/02 - Combined machines with two or more soil-working tools of different kind
• A01D 11/00 - Other hand implements
• A01D 11/06 - Combined implements, e.g. fork and rake

Abstract

A roller assembly for smoothing an expanse of granular media such as golf bunker sand, snow, horse race track dirt, or other media. The assembly has one or more rollers having a longitudinal axis. Each roller includes wires spaced from the axis to define a roller surface. Each wire is resiliently flexible to distort inwardly in response to force of contact on, and to recover during release of force from., the granular media as the roller rotates about the axis on the granular media. A shaft extends along the axis of the roller assembly between the arms of a yoke with a handle extending therefrom. As the roller surface traverses the media, at least some of the media is flung outwardly of the roller, smoothing the expanse. The roller assembly may be manually operated or may be towed behind a towing apparatus.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01B 1/00 - Hand tools
• A01B 29/00 - Rollers
• A01B 29/06 - Rollers with special additional arrangements
• A01B 49/02 - Combined machines with two or more soil-working tools of different kind
• A01D 11/00 - Other hand implements
• A01D 11/06 - Combined implements, e.g. fork and rake