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Athletic implement with visual range display

  • US 4,088,324 A
  • Filed: 12/06/1976
  • Issued: 05/09/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implement for striking and imparting movement to an object along a direction of flight comprising, an athletic implement having a head portion, a handle portion and self-contained means for measuring and displaying the distance traveled by the struck object, said self-contained means including motion sensing means responsive to a component of motion in said direction of flight and mounted in said head portion of the implement for producing an output signal the amplitude of which is proportional to the distance traveled by said struck object along said direction of flight, circuit means mounted in said handle portion of the implement and connected to said motion sensing means for receiving said output signal and for producing digital signals corresponding to the distance traveled by said struck object and digital display means mounted to said handle portion of the implement and connected to said circuit means for receiving said digital signals and for visually displaying an indication of the length of the distance traveled by said struck object in numerical increments of linear measure.

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