Patent Document ID: 20140329624
Application ID: 14333664
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A throwing dart comprising: a tip; a flight; and a handle ( 100 ) between the tip and the flight, the handle ( 100 ) having a handle body ( 101 ) having a handle length ( 110 ), a proximal end ( 120 ), a distal end ( 130 ), and an exterior body surface ( 160 ), wherein the exterior body surface ( 160 ) is defined by a first octant ( 161 ), a second octant ( 162 ), a third octant ( 163 ), a fourth octant ( 164 ), a fifth octant ( 165 ), a sixth octant ( 166 ), a seventh octant ( 167 ), and an eighth octant ( 168 ); and at least a first tactile reference indentation ( 200 a ) extending along the exterior body surface ( 160 ) and confined to a first tactile octant, wherein the first tactile octant is selected from the group consisting of the first octant ( 161 ), the second octant ( 162 ), the third octant ( 163 ), the fourth octant ( 164 ), the fifth octant ( 165 ), the sixth octant ( 166 ), the seventh octant ( 167 ), and the eighth octant ( 168 ), the first tactile reference indentation ( 200 a ) having a first tactile reference indentation length ( 210 a ), a first tactile reference indentation width ( 220 a ) of at least 2.0 millimeters and no greater than 5.0 millimeters, and a first tactile reference indentation depth ( 230 a ) of at least 0.5 millimeters, wherein the only palpable indicia within the first tactile octant is the first tactile reference indentation ( 200 a ), and wherein the first tactile reference indentation ( 200 a ) provides a user with tactile biofeedback by two-point discrimination when gripping the handle ( 100 ).