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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
William C. Doble, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Robert Walsh, Matawan, NJ (US);
Guy Wheeler, Redding, CT (US);
Peter Tarlton, Oceanport, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alliance Design and Development Group, Keyport, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 5/300 ; A63B 5/912 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 5/300 ; A63B 5/912 ;
Abstract
A sports apparatus with variable directions of stiffness and flexibility, including sports equipment having a body; and a flexure resistance spine that is elongated and is stiffer and less flexible in one direction than in a different direction. The spine is fixed against rotation at two spaced apart locations along the body.