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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7297080 | Game racquet with separate head and handle portions for reducing vibration A game racquet includes head portion and a handle portion. The head and handle portions include one or both of a fiber-reinforced thermoset material and a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material. The handle portion is coupled to the head portion by shock and/or vibr... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7249677 | Dual hardness composite screen frame A screen assembly for a vibratory separator includes a composite screen frame that has a rigid support section formed from a polymer material and a cushioned strain relief zone. The strain relief zone is located along the inner periphery of the rigid support section... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7131920 | Racket frame A racket frame including a first laminate composed of a plurality of first prepregs consisting of fiber reinforced resin and a second prepreg, consisting of fiber reinforced resin, which is layered on the first laminate. The first laminate has a loss factor (=tan δ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7077767 | Racket for ball games and production process The present invention relates to a racket for ball games, in particular a tennis racket, squash racket, badminton racket, racquet ball racket or paddle tennis racket comprising a frame consisting of a racket head and a handle portion connected thereto and being form... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059981 | Racket frame A racket frame (10) including a laminate having not less than two fiber reinforced resinous layers layered one upon another and one or more modified fiber reinforced resinous layers (20) each containing a modified resinous composition, as a matrix resi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6916261 | Composite bamboo sporting implement A composite laminate bamboo sporting implement with an elongated handle having multiple layers of bamboo and an impact portion having multiple laminate layers affixed to the elongated handle suitable to strike, carry or throw a sporting object. Each of the elongated... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6709347 | Sporting rod member using solid road A sporting rod member which is strong against flexure, which is improved in tough and balance when it is flexed, and which can be made finer in thickness and lighter in weight. The sporting rod member uses a solid rod (8). The solid rod (8) is made up ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6663515 | Racket with a head and a handle both made of different materials A racket is composed of multiple sections of tubes made of different material with resilient material bonded between the tubes at the joints to attenuate vibration and shock and thus make striking a ball more comfortable for a player.... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6422958 | Frame for a game racquet formed by filament winding A frame for a game racquet such as a tennis racquet is formed by winding a filament over a mandrel to form a tube, wetting the filament with resin before or after winding, forming the wound tube into a preform, inserting the preform into a mold, and moldi... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6234921 | Sports racquets with tripod weighting A sports racquet has a lightweight frame and a pair of pods, having an increased cross-sectional width, at the 11 o'clock and 1 o'clock positions of the head. The pods also preferably have an increased wall thickness, or a molded-in weight element, so as ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6071203 | Two piece sports racquet A composite sports racquet includes a head portion which is formed by an upper frame half and a lower frame half. Each frame half is a tubular frame section, and includes a generally flat wall. The two walls are bonded to one another to form a unitary hea... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6012996 | Game racket frame made of fiber reinforced plastic A game racket frame of fiber reinforced plastic consists of a head formed of an oval main body which is composed of a first inner tube, a second inner tube, and an outer tube. The inner tubes are arranged side by side in the direction toward the head face... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5935028 | Badminton racket A badminton racket is composed of an oval frame, a grip, and a shaft fastened between the oval frame and the grip. The shaft has a shell which is formed of a plurality of fiber-reinforced plastic layers and at least one metal gauze layer. The metal gauze ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5906550 | Sports bat having multilayered shell A sports bat such as used to play baseball or softball, comprising a shell which includes a first layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate, a second layer of titanium alloy-fiber reinforced composite laminate and a core layer between th... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5575881 | Filament wound frame for a game racquet A frame for a game racquet such as a tennis racquet is formed by interspersed winding of filament material over an elongated mandrel to form a tube. The tube is formed from a wound laminate in which some or all of the circuits of the wind patterns are seq... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5575875 | Filament wound fiber reinforced thermoplastic frame for a game racquet A frame for a game racquet such as a tennis racquet is formed by helically winding a tow of filament material and thermoplastic material over an elongated mandrel to form a tube. The tube is positioned in a mold having the shape of a game racquet frame an... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5540434 | Tennis racket A tennis racket includes a one piece integrally molded frame with a handle portion and a pair of beams which extend from the handle portion to the top of the racket. The height and width of each beam varies along the length of the beam. In addition, each ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5540877 | Method of making a continous fiber reinforced resin transfer molded frame for a game racquet A frame for a game racquet such as a tennis racquet is formed by winding a resin-free filament over a mandrel to form a tube, inserting the wound tube into a mold, and injecting resin into the mold. The resin cures in the mold to form a rigid racquet fram... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5368298 | Game racket of composite material A game racket of composite material comprises a head, a shaft and a handle. The head and the shaft are made of a tubular body while the handle is made of a second tubular body and a third tubular body. The second tubular body extends posteriorly form one ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5211691 | Tennis rackets A tennis racket is disclosed which has a frame joined to a longitudinally extending handle on an axis of symmetry of the racket. A handle of the frame defines annular opening which is covered by stringing tensioned in a plane extending across the opening.... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4981639 | Method of moulding racquets with stringing holes A method of moulding racquets to define stringing holes in the moulded frame. The method includes forming at least one approximately ladder-shaped member having two side pieces interconnected by rung pieces, with the side pieces substantially conforming t... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4919438 | Tennis racket In a tennis racket having a frame portion and a shaft portion formed integrally with the frame portion of a fiber-reinforced plastic, the shaft portion has in a direction perpendicular to a striking area a minimum thickness (T2) at a longitudinally interm... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4911444 | Tennis racket In a tennis racket whose frame and handle shaft are integrally made of fiber reinforced plastics and the frame defines a strung surface, the frame is so designed that its first thickness "t" in a direction of the strung surface is substantially uniform ar... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4836543 | Tennis racquet frame The frame of a tennis racket is comprised of a U-shaped hollow section (1, 1a), made according to an injection molding process, open outwardly in the frame plane, which is formed of a connecting bridge (4) and lateral branches (31, 32) and which is rigidl... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4747598 | Racket frame having interiorly located stringing lugs The invention relates to a frame for a games racket e.g. tennis, of the type made as a hollow injection moulding of reinforced thermoplastics material. The frame has attachments for stringing in the form of a series of discrete lugs moulded integrally wit... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4725059 | Racket having different portions comprised of different materials A racket body formed of composite materials in which the shaft portion of the handle, two branches of a throat portion and a frame portion, which can be completed by a bridging portion, adjoin in end to end relationship and have cores and sheaths composed... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4614341 | Tennis racket frame made of metal oxide fibers and ceramic particles Improved tennis racket in which an inverted chevron shaped yoke is provided having downward sloping side portions which match the curvature of the arcuate top portion of the racket head to provide vertical strings extending between the yoke and arcuate to... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4579343 | Graphite composite racquet A molded composite racquet is provided, wherein the frame of the entire racquet is prepared using the combination of continuous graphite fibers longitudinal within the shape of the frame, wrapped in a bias arrangement with layers of fiberglass, that combi... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4460423 | Method for manufacturing a racket structure A racket structure to be used in a tennis and the like racket and a method for producing it, where the handle section and the head frame section are made of a one-piece composite member including an inner light weight soft plastic core member having a cen... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4436305 | Composite reinforced racket structure A frame structure adapted for use as a tennis racket. The frame structure includes a frame body made from either wood, metal or plastic having a tubular structure with inside and outside surfaces. A composite material jacket having an outer layer adjacent... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4429873 | Tennis racket There is described a tennis racket the frame and shaft of which are formed by synthetic resin-impregnated fibres, such as glass and/or carbon fibres, aromatic polyamide or boron fibres, and the core both of the frame and the shaft is preferably filled wit... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4423869 | Games racket frame A frame for a games racket comprises a hollow plastics moulding which is at least partially reinforced by means of a rigid member integrally moulded therewith. The rigid member can consist of a metal plate having perforations which, when the plate and the... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4413822 | Elastic core composite structure and method of making same A tubular frame structure adapted for use as a tennis racket which includes an elastic polymer core which is bonded to and surrounded by a rigid shell of graphite composite. The elastic polymer core is a flexible vinyl foam prepared from plasticized polyv... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4399992 | Structural member having a high strength to weight ratio and method of making same A novel structural member, such as a tennis racket, and the method for making same, provides a high strength to weight ratio. The structural member of this invention consists of a fiberglass shell which surrounds a syntactic foam core. The fiberglass shel... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4310157 | Tennis racket A short tennis racket having an oblong, oval shaped head.... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4275885 | Tennis racket The head of the tennis racket has an oblong, oval shape so that the strung ball hitting area has a length to width ratio of about 1.75:1.... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4221382 | Sports racket A composite sports racket frame having a head portion subject to loading is provided with an integral arrangement of resin impregnated braided tow tubes and a layer of tow disposed in wound fashion between part of the braided tows. A method of making a sp... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4201381 | Racquet frames The present invention relates to racquet frames. The racquet frame according to the invention comprises thin strips which are glued to one another; the length of at least one strip corresponds to a complete loop of the frame; the width of the strips correspond... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4192505 | Game racket A game racket frame such as a tennis racket frame having controlled stiffness properties and light weight making it possible to selectively add weight to the racket at the region in which such weight will do the most good, namely, along the transverse axi... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4123054 | Tennis racket frame A racket frame made of reinforced plastic is manufactured wherein the reinforcement is constituted by two carbon fiber strips around which are braided glass fiber strings in order to confer the frame both a lattice beam and a tubular beam structure, said ... | 10/31/1978 |
