Granted Patent B1

US 12,429,320 · App. 18/617,189 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Inventors: James Thomas Gallione (Washington, NJ); John Phillip Scanlan (Bethlehem, PA)

G01B3/1003A63B71/06G01B3/1046A63B2071/0694G01B2003/1074

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A measuring device, comprising:

at least one first mark on a measuring component, wherein the at least one first mark on the measuring component indicates a first defined distance for at least one first game component of at least one first game;

at least one first game indicia, wherein the first game indicia identifies the at least one first game;

at least one first game component indicia, wherein the first game component indicia identifies the at least one first game component of the at least one first game;

a second mark on the measuring component, wherein the second mark on the measuring component indicates a second defined distance for at least one second game component of a second game;

a second game indicia, wherein the second game indicia identifies the second game; and

a second game component indicia, wherein the second game component indicia identifies the at least one second game component of the second game.

2. The measuring device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first mark is positioned at the first defined distance for the at least one game component of the at least one first game from a starting portion of the measuring component.

3. The measuring device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one corresponding mark on the measuring component, wherein a distance between the at least one first mark and the at least one corresponding mark on the measuring component is the first defined distance for the at least one first game component of the at least one first game.

4. The measuring device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first game identified by the first game indicia includes at least one of: pickleball, darts, molkky, bean bag bucketz, kubb, bulzibucket, ladderball, quoits, washer toss, paddleball, bucket ball, cornhole, cornhole junior, bottle break, wiffle ball, lawn darts, fowling, horseshoes, and kan jam.

5. The measuring device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first game component identified by the at least one first game component indicia includes at least one of: a distance between sidelines, boundaries, goal posts, playing areas, platforms, or other defined areas of a court or game.

6. The measuring device according to claim 1 , wherein the measuring device is equipped with a lateral projection or hook on a starting end of the measuring device.

7. The measuring device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third mark on the measuring component, wherein the third mark on the measuring component indicates a third defined distance for at least one third game component of a third game;

a third game indicia, wherein the third game indicia identifies the third game; and

a third game component indicia, wherein the third game component indicia identifies the at least one third game component of the third game.

8. A measuring system, comprising:

a measuring device including:

at least one first mark on the measuring device, wherein the at least one first mark on the measuring device indicates a first defined distance for at least one first game component of at least one first game;

at least one first game indicia, wherein the first game indicia identifies the at least one first game; and

at least one first game component indicia, wherein the first game component indicia identifies the at least one first game component of the least one first game;

a second mark on the measuring component, wherein the second mark on the measuring component indicates a second defined distance for at least one second game component of a second game;

a second game indicia, wherein the second game indicia identifies the second game;

a second game component indicia, wherein the second game component indicia identifies the at least one second game component of the second game; and

a housing assembly, wherein the measuring device may be extended from and retracted into the housing assembly.

9. The measuring system according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one first mark is positioned at the first defined distance for the at least one first game component of the at least one first game from a starting portion of the measuring device.

10. The measuring system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

at least one corresponding mark on the measuring device, wherein a distance between the at least one first mark and the at least one corresponding mark on the measuring device is the first defined distance for the at least one first game component of the at least one first game.

11. The measuring system according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one first game identified by the first game indicia includes at least one of: pickleball, darts, molkky, bean bag bucketz, kubb, bulzibucket, ladderball, quoits, washer toss, paddleball, bucket ball, cornhole, cornhole junior, bottle break, wiffle ball, lawn darts, fowling, horseshoes, and kan jam.

12. The measuring system according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one first game component identified by the at least first game component indicia includes at least one of: a distance between sidelines, boundaries, goal posts, playing areas, platforms, or other defined areas of a court or game.

13. The measuring system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an attachable mounting component configured to mount the measuring device to a game platform.

14. The measuring system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an integrated bottle opener.

15. The measuring system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an integrated two team score keep.

16. The measuring system according to claim 8 , the measuring device further comprising:

a third mark on the measuring component, wherein the third mark on the measuring component indicates a third defined distance for at least one third game component of a third game;

a third game indicia, wherein the third game indicia identifies the third game; and

a third game component indicia, wherein the third game component indicia identifies the at least one third game component of the third game.

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