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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6935975 | Racquet with channeled handle for receiving racquet string A sports racquet extending along a longitudinal axis. The racquet includes a head portion and a handle portion. The head portion defines a string bed area. The handle portion has a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end of the handle portion is coupled to the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6811502 | Racquet with elongated peripheral main string segments and enlarged sweet spot A sports racquet including a frame, a yoke and a string bed. The frame includes a head portion, a handle portion, and a throat portion positioned between the head and handle portions. The head portion includes an upper region, and first and second side regions. The ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6062994 | Reinforced racquet with flat string bed A sports racquet has a head frame that includes a support member and an inwardly directed alignment member or fin. String segments are strung from a central strung area through respective holes in the fin, around the support member and back through furthe... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5551689 | String suspension and frame construction for sports rackets A sports racket which is made by joining longitudinal sections of a racket, particularly half sections of a racket, along a plane parallel to the center plane through the playing surface of the racket. The longitudinal sections of the racket define recess... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5435550 | Game racket A game racket comprises a head frame provided with a plurality of first string holes and second string holes for stringing the game racket head. The head frame is provided in the outer surface thereof with a plurality of string protecting casings, each of... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5383662 | Racket with improved strings pattern The tennis racket has a handle and has a hoop-like frame with an opening therein. Strings are drawn through the opening and form a substantially planar string bed which is the hitting surface of the strings within the pattern of cross strings. Outside of ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5342044 | Game racket A game racket with a head frame having an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface defining an oval area. The head frame is provided with a first set of string holes and a second set of string holes. Each of the second set of string holes ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5306004 | Sports rackets having all strings dampened for vibration A sports racket having a top portion, two lateral portions connecting the top portion to a throat, a shank portion, a handle, and a string network of longitudinal and cross strings defining a string network, is disclosed as having a frame structure with a... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5263709 | Racket with improved dimensional stability A racket comprising a head consisting of a frame and a plurality of interwoven strings, the frame is formed with a number of stringing holes which are obliquely passed from the outside of the frame substantially at the center of the thickness thereof thro... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5255912 | Arrangement of stringing holes in the yoke of a racket An arrangement of stringing holes in the yoke of a racket, comprising at least two rows of the stringing holes in the yoke in substantially parallel to each other and in alternative sequence so as to make the strings passing over different rows of stringi... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5251895 | Sports racquet An improved sports racquet has elements placed between the outer edge of the frame and the strings. The elements prevent the strings from touching the outer edge of the frame and move in response to a force applied in a direction generally perpendicular t... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5234657 | Method of making string holes in a sports racket frame The method of making a sports racket frame with improved string holes includes a predetermined number of insertion pins pre-arranged in the molding cavity. The inner wall surface of the molding cavity adjacent to each insertion pin is filled with the fibe... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5232219 | Bumper for racket frame A bumper for the racket frame consists of two identical half members, in which each half member comprises a flat strip having inner and outer surfaces in parallel, with one lateral side in substantial straight-cross-section while another lateral side in c... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5209472 | Racket with frame attachments A racket with frame attachments disposed on two diametrically opposite positions, each attachment comprises two rows of a plurality of stringing passages along both edges in respective inclined alignment to each other and a recess at the central space in ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5197731 | String suspension and frame construction for sports rackets A sports racket having a stringed playing surface wherein selected ends of individual string segments meet the frame alternately in front of or behind the plane of the playing surface.... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5192072 | Game racket having improved stringing means The racket head frame is provided with a predetermined number of recess cuts, each of which is used to receive therein a stringing tube of stringing element of plastic material. The stringing element has two shoulders for use in shielding both stringing t... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5037097 | Sports racket A sports racket having a stringed playing surface wherein selected ends of individual string segments meet the frame alternately in front of or behind the plane of the playing surface.... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4802678 | Sports racket A stringing arrangement for a sports racket which compensates for twisting of the racket in the hand of the user when a ball is hit by areas of the racket to either side of a substantially flat middle region which extends from the heel to the tip of the r... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4786055 | Sports racquet An improved sports racquet is provided having elements placed between the outer edge of the frame and the strings. The elements prevent the strings from touching the outer edge of the frame and rotate in response to a force applied in a direction generall... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4189142 | Tennis racket A tennis racket comprising a frame having two spaced apart peripheral rows of threading openings for two spaced apart string cord layers, and an intermediate flexible layer in at least the central interspace area between said two string cord layers to int... | 02/19/1980 |
