This is a patent infringement dispute between GGI, assignee of the ‘695 patent, and AMC, a Nita corporation and successful family-owned manufacturer of sports equipment. Like many patent holders, GGI seeks to gloss over the specific language of the patent claims, the description of the invention that was provided to the public in the patent specification, and the concessions made to the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“PTO”) during the prosecution of the patent application. Although this intrinsic record undercuts GGI’s infringement case against AMC, that tradeoff is part and parcel to the bargain GGI made with the American public to obtain a patent in a very crowded prior art. AMC's proposed claim constructions seek to hold GGI to