Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
340568600 | Sporting equipment (e.g., golfbag, club, cart, or skis) | 14 |
20080218342 | Golf Club Reminder System for Golf Bags - The golf club reminder system for a golf bag utilizes a capacitance-based, proximity sensing system to monitor golf clubs in the golf bag. The components of the golf club reminder system are built into a golf bag, and the golf club reminder system operates in two modes. In a first normal mode the presence of a normal count of clubs in the golf bag is detected, and any absence of clubs or presence of additional clubs is silently indicated with a light. In a second security mode of operation a loud audio alert is produced at the detection of any change in club count. | 09-11-2008 |
20080218343 | System for determining presence or absence of individual items making up a set of items normally maintained together in a common location - A system for determining presence or absence of individual items making up a set of items normally maintained together as a set in a common location, such as a set of golf clubs normally maintained together in a golf bag, utilizes a magnet secured to each respective item. A magnetic field sensor monitors total magnetic field in the common location as an indicator of missing items. Alternately, a sensor can keep track of items removed from and added to the common location as an indicator of missing items. If one or more items are missing, an alarm, such as an audible and/or visual alarm, can be provided in a desired manner, such as when keeping track of gold clubs in a golf bag, when the golf bag is moved. | 09-11-2008 |
20090002161 | Security System for Motorcycle Crash Helmet - Security system for the crash helmet ( | 01-01-2009 |
20100052907 | Bicycle or other mobile object anti-theft alarm device - A security alarm system suitable for bicycles or other mobile articles, which may be attached to said article to be protected. This anti-theft device is equipped with a security cable and a siren and two LED's. Said cable may be spooled thru the major components of the article. Having several options of attachment said alarm is suitable on many different articles, such as construction equipment, motorcycles, children's toys, barbeques etcetera. The security siren alarm system is simple to operate yet provides a sophisticated security unit. This system uses a low current drain design in the arming/timing circuit to provide long battery life. The security cable provides ample length to attach a number of parts together even more than one bicycle. Should this cable be cut or somehow removed the attached alarm will sound off for up to three hours. Thus providing ample time to thwart or apprehended the thief | 03-04-2010 |
20100265067 | GOLF CLUB REMINDER SYSTEM FOR GOLF BAGS - The golf club reminder system for a golf bag utilizes electric, magnetic, or optical detectors to monitor golf clubs in the golf bag. A control unit is provided for determining the presence or absence of a complete set of golf clubs in the golf bag based upon golf club detection signals. A display is connected to the control unit for displaying an indication of the presence or absence of the complete set of golf clubs in the golf bag, and a user interface is connected to the control unit for setting the control unit for determining the presence or absence of the complete set of golf clubs in the golf bag. | 10-21-2010 |
20100321186 | INTERFACE BETWEEN AN OBJECT SUCH AS A FIREARM AND AN ALARM OR MONITORING SYSTEM - An interface device includes an elongated sensor strap having a secured end and an unsecured end opposite to the secured end. The unsecured end of the sensor strap represents a first sensor half, and a second sensor half is adapted to receive the first sensor half/unsecured end to form a sensor link between the two sensor halves. A deployment sensor switch provides an input to a monitoring device for an alarm system. The deployment sensor switch is adapted to reside in an armed state when the first and second sensor halves form a sensor link, but change to an alarm state when the first sensor half and second sensor half are separated to break the sensor link. The sensor strap is sufficiently long to produce a closed loop around a firearm or other object to in a monitored position when the first and second sensor halves are placed together to form the sensor link. | 12-23-2010 |
20110205057 | PERSONAL SECURITY BACKPACK AND METHOD - A personal security backpack and method of use include a portable container having a first compartment and a second compartment, the second compartment having an audible alarm siren window for transmission of an audible siren; a strap attached to the portable container; and an alarm system responsive to at least one activation signal, the alarm system includes an alarm system circuit removably disposed in the second compartment; an audible alarm siren operably connected to the alarm system circuit and responsive to the activation signal to generate the audible siren; and a microphone operably connected to the alarm system circuit, the microphone being responsive to the activation signal, responsive to a user voice, and selectively unresponsive to the audible siren to generate a voice signal. | 08-25-2011 |
20120139729 | GOLF CLUB APPARATUSES AND METHODS - Methods, apparatuses, machine readable non-transitory storage media, and systems which process measured light values in order to determine the status of a golf club relative to a golf club bag are described. In one embodiment, a system uses a floating threshold, which is between a running bright average and a running dark average, to determine whether to add a current light meter value to one or the other of these running averages. In another embodiment, a system resets or re-seeds the running averages so that re-seeded averages are used after exiting from a sleep state such as a dark sleep state. In another embodiment, a system uses light sensor information or other sensor information to determine when a club is in use. In another embodiment, an active golf ball tag includes a sensor (e.g. one or more impact sensors) to detect when a golf ball is hit and to cause an RF transmitter to transmit an RF signal to an RFID reader. | 06-07-2012 |
20120249330 | GOLF DATA RECORDER WITH INTEGRATED MISSING CLUB REMINDER AND THEFT PREVENTION SYSTEM - Apparatuses, methods and systems relating to at least one or more of golf club reminding and golf data collecting and recording. In one embodiment an apparatus on a golf club includes an integrated reminder and a stroke cancellation system and is semi-automatic in that the recording of the stroke is directly in response to changing the state (e.g. activating) of a switch which indicates that the golfer has pressed a button on the golf club. The pressing of the button indicates that the golfer will or has taken a stroke with the golf club and that the stroke is to be recorded, with the location of the stroke and an identifier of the club (e.g. 9 iron). The system may also be equipped with a missing club reminder and theft prevention function that notifies the golfer is a golf club has been left behind or if a club or golf bag has been removed without authorization. | 10-04-2012 |
20130293381 | Anti-Theft Basketball and System - An anti-theft basketball including an identification device that triggers an alert if such basketball passes a boundary including a reader that interrogates the identification device. The basketball incorporates such identification device in a manner that does not affect the integrity, size, shape, or bounce of the basketball, such as on top of, under, or within the cover of the basketball or its inflatable core. | 11-07-2013 |
20140159899 | Interface Between An Alarm Or Monitoring System And An Object Such As A Firearm - An alarm/monitoring system includes an interface body, a first electrical contactor electrically connected to a first lead, and a second electrical contactor electrically connected to a second lead. The first electrical contactor has a magnetic field associated therewith to provide a magnetic attractive force to a ferromagnetic component of the object to be monitored. The first electrical contactor and the second electrical contactor are located on the interface body so that when the interface body is placed in an operating position with respect to the ferromagnetic component, the first electrical contactor and the second electrical contactor each contact a respective surface of the ferromagnetic component to provide a closed electrical circuit between the first lead and the second lead, the closed electrical circuit providing a monitoring input to an alarm system. | 06-12-2014 |
20140313035 | Method and System for Detecting a State of a Golf Club - A method for detecting a lost club includes detecting an orientation characteristic of a golf club with a detection unit, transmitting the orientation characteristic from the detection unit to a mobile device, determining a distance between the golf club and the mobile device based on a signal transmitted from the detection unit to the mobile device and determining a lost club state based on the orientation characteristic of the golf club and the distance between the golf club and the mobile device. | 10-23-2014 |
20150009033 | ANTI-THEFT DEVICE FOR A GOLF CLUB - An anti-theft device for a golf club having a cover comprising an internal surface adapted to conform to a golf club hosel and a portion of a golf club shaft. One or more sensors are disposed within the internal surface of the cover and adapted to actuate between a passive state and an alarm alert state. An alarm is coupled to the one or more sensors, the alarm emitting a signal when the one or more sensors are actuated from the passive state to the alarm alert state. The one or more sensors are retracted in the passive state when the golf club hosel is housed within the cover. The one or more sensors are advanced in the alarm alert state when the golf club hosel is removed from the cover. | 01-08-2015 |
20160194913 | ALARM-TRIGGERED GUN SAFE | 07-07-2016 |