Granted Patent B2

US 12,636,567 · App. 18/517,358 · Granted May 26, 2026

Inventor: Richard Eklund (Las Vegas, CA)

A63B71/0672A63B2102/08

Abstract

Claims (21)

1 . A mechanical pickleball scorekeeper for enabling a user to track a score for each team in a pickleball match, and for tracking a serve number during the match, the mechanical pickleball scorekeeper comprising:

a housing having a top surface that extends outwardly to an outer edge;

three dials, each of the three dials having a top surface that extends outwardly to an outer perimeter edge, each of the three dials being operably mounted on the housing;

wherein one of the three dials is a first team score dial that includes numbers circumferentially spaced around the top surface;

wherein one of the three dials is a second team score dial that includes numbers circumferentially spaced around the top surface; and

wherein one of the three dials is a server number dial that is divided into two halves, each half having a server indicia, wherein one of the two halves has a distinguishing color that is different from the other of the two halves.

2 . The mechanical pickleball scorekeeper of claim 1 , wherein the number on the first and second team score dials are from 0-11.

3 . The mechanical pickleball scorekeeper of claim 1 , wherein the housing is sized and shaped to be hand-held by the user.

4 . The mechanical pickleball scorekeeper of claim 1 , wherein the server indicia include a 1 and a 2.

5 . The mechanical pickleball scorekeeper of claim 1 , wherein the housing is adapted to be worn on the wrist of the user.

6 . The mechanical pickleball scorekeeper of claim 5 , wherein the three dials are positioned such that they overlap within the housing.

7 . A mechanical pickleball scorekeeper for enabling a user to track a score for each team in a pickleball match, and for tracking a serve number during the match, the mechanical pickleball scorekeeper comprising:

a housing sized and shaped to be hand-held by the user, the housing having a top surface that extends outwardly to an outer edge;

three windows through the top surface of the housing;

three ratchet mechanisms mounted in the housing;

three dials, each of the three dials having a top surface that extends outwardly to an outer perimeter edge, each of the three dials being operably mounted with one of the ratchet mechanisms so that a portion of the top surface of the dial is visible through one of the three windows, and a portion of the outer perimeter edge of the dial extends past the outer edge of the housing, such that each of the three dials may be rotated;

wherein one of the three dials is a first team score dial that includes numbers circumferentially spaced around the top surface, and a first color;

wherein one of the three dials is a second team score dial that includes numbers circumferentially spaced around the top surface, and a second color that is different than the first color; and

wherein one of the three dials is a server number dial that is divided into two halves, one half having the first color, and the other half having the second color, wherein the first color of the first team score dial corresponds to one half of the server number dial and the second color of the second team score dial corresponds to the other half of the server number dial, such that the visible half of the server number dial visually identifies which team is currently serving.

8 . The mechanical pickleball scorekeeper of claim 7 , wherein the first color is green and the second color is white.

9 . The mechanical pickleball scorekeeper of claim 7 , wherein the numbers on the top surface of the first team score dial are printed with the first color, and the numbers on the top surface of the second team score dial are printed with the second color.

Continuity (2)

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