Embodiments of golf gloves having a cut out portion and methods to manufacture gloves having a cut out portion are generally described herein. Other embodiments of gloves may be described and claimed.

A ball dispensing device for selectively dispensing and/or replacing pool or billiard balls enables an individual to quickly and repeatedly position balls for taking a shot. The device includes a track on which a number of pool balls are positioned and a dispensing or releasing mechanism disposed adjacent the track. The track feed the balls thereon towards the mechanism, such as under the influence of gravity, and the mechanism enables the balls to be dispensed individually from the track onto the table surface. Depending on the number of balls positioned on the track, the device enables an individual to quickly and readily position each of the balls from the track to quickly take a number of the shots as desired utilizing the balls.

Embodiments of golf gloves having a cut out portion and methods to manufacture gloves having a cut out portion are generally described herein. Other embodiments of gloves may be described and claimed.

Described herein are wireless billiard ball devices comprising a spherical housing and a circuit board mounted within the spherical housing, the circuit board having components for measuring the impact location of a billiard cue strike upon the surface of the spherical housing in reference to the relative orientation of the device with respect to gravity. The devices described herein do not require manual alignment by a player to measure impact location data. In other embodiments, the spherical housing is comprised of a bored hole, a potting material, and a circuit board mounted within the bored hole and secured in place with the potting material, the circuit board having components for measuring the impact location of a billiard cue strike upon the surface of the spherical housing in reference to the relative orientation of the device with respect to gravity.

A cue ball used for practice and play in pool or billiards. The cue ball is made with a plurality of concentric sphere layers or shells starting with a centermost opaque ball, followed by two or three spheres of differently colored semi-transparent polymer resins; then an outermost clear layer of polymer.

A training device for positioning balls on the playing surface of cue sport game tables such as billiards, to assist players in making practice shots to enhance their playing skills and techniques. The training device includes a rectangular base, ramps pivotally attached to the rectangular base and pivoted in a deployed position during use, and in a non-deployed position to provide portability, rails provided on the rectangular base and ramps to accommodate object balls of different sizes, and a ball release system for sequentially deploying balls down the ramps in a controlled manner to accurately position the balls on game tables on a consistent basis without having to push each ball by hand.

A treadmill may include a deck, a first pulley incorporated into the deck, a second pulley incorporated into the deck, a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley, a motor in mechanical communication with at least one of the first pulley and the second pulley to move the tread belt in a first direction, and a runaway mitigation mechanism in at least indirect mechanical communication with the motor. The runaway mitigation mechanism at least mitigates a motor runaway condition.

A treadmill may include a deck, a first pulley incorporated into the deck, a second pulley incorporated into the deck, a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley, a motor in mechanical communication with at least one of the first pulley and the second pulley to move the tread belt in a first direction, and a runaway mitigation mechanism in at least indirect mechanical communication with the motor. The runaway mitigation mechanism at least mitigates a motor runaway condition.

A ball dispensing device for selectively dispensing and/or replacing pool or billiard balls enables an individual to quickly and repeatedly position balls for taking a shot. The device includes a track on which a number of pool balls are positioned and a dispensing or releasing mechanism disposed adjacent the track. The track feed the balls thereon towards the mechanism, such as under the influence of gravity, and the mechanism enables the balls to be dispensed individually from the track onto the table surface. Depending on the number of balls positioned on the track, the device enables an individual to quickly and readily position each of the balls from the track to quickly take a number of the shots as desired utilizing the balls.

A system for automatic computer monitoring and management of a billiard game comprises a controller comprising a memory of processor executable code and a database of billiard game information, an image capturing system for capturing real time images of the billiard game and providing the controller with these images and a user interface. Execution of the processor executable code causes the controller to perform the computer implementable steps of storing in the database player information, identifying players of the billiard game based on the stored player formation, identifying the balls on the playing surface area of the billiard table, associating the identified balls to the identified players, assessing billiard game results by comparing the images to the stored billiard game information and communicating assessed billiard game results via the user interface. The system provides apparatus, kits and associated methods therefor.