Andrew J Carrano

US Patent:

58071890, Sep 15, 1998

Filed:

Dec 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/568654

Inventors:

Richard L. Martin - Southbury CT
Steven Fisher - Redding CT
Andrew J. Carrano - Danbury CT

Assignee:

Memry Corporation - Brookfield CT

International Classification:

A63B 5304

US Classification:

473342

Abstract:

A golf club ball-striking face (6) utilizing a metal with ten times or higher damping capacity compare to the steels presently in use for club faces. The metal has the strength near that of the steels. The preferred metal is of the class of shape memory metals of alloys including: copper, nickel, aluminum, and manganese. The face is an insert plate whose front ball striking surface is narrower than its rear surface and is secured into a cavity formed in the club head, where the plate may be as thin as 0. 010 inches or the plate may extend to nearly the entire thickness of the club head.

US Patent:

39542661, May 4, 1976

Filed:

Mar 8, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/449542

Inventors:

Andrew J. Carrano - North Haven CT
Albert Saferstein - Pelham Manor NY

Assignee:

Codemark Industries, Inc. - Wallingford CT

International Classification:

A63B 7102

US Classification:

273 95R

Abstract:

By providing a suction cup dart or shuttlecock in combination with a hand-held paddle or target which incorporates a dart-adhering or holding zone and a dart-rejecting zone, a unique game is provided. Furthermore, the suction cup portion of the dart or shuttlecock is flexibly mounted to the dart body, thereby allowing the shuttlecock or dart to hit the adhering zone of the paddle or target at angles other than merely perpendicular and adhere to the surface.