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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438654 | Structure of toy tennis racket Structure of toy tennis racket, which mainly improves composition of hitting face of toy tennis racket; it stretches string that one side is adhesive across holes around head of tennis racket in horizontal and longitudinal to make network, so that one side of this n... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431673 | Racket In a racket frame, a yoke part is disposed between left and right portions of a bifurcated throat part continuous with a head part and with a shaft part. A ball-hitting face is formed with the yoke part and the head part. The head part and the yoke part have a plura... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7371197 | Safety racket A safety racket includes a head frame, a handle, a connecting portion, several nail members and a string. The head frame has a plurality of through holes. The connecting portion connects between the head frame and the handle. The nail members each have a head and at... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7309299 | Sports racquet with frame openings A sports racquet has a plurality of opposed string holes for anchoring the ends of the strings, at least one pair of contiguous string holes are replaced with an enlarged string hole having opposed bearing surfaces for securing the ends of a pair of contiguous strin... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7285062 | Racquet having cantilevered hoop portions A sports racquet including a frame, a string bed, and at least one cantilevered member. The frame includes a head portion coupled to a handle portion. The head portion includes a distal region, first and second side regions, and a proximal region. A string bed is fo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278936 | Soft mesh lacrosse head pocket having selectively coated strings A lacrosse head having a soft mesh pocket with an area of its strings coated with stiffening material. The coated area defines, for example, a ball release area, a ball pocket, and/or a throwing channel. One embodiment provides a lacrosse head pocket that includes a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7247373 | Racquet string A racquet string includes a core component whose principal component is a synthetic fiber, and a surface resin component, wherein fullerenes or by-product carbon particles derived from manufacture of fullerenes are blended into the surface resin component, and where... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238129 | Lacrosse shooting string apparatus A shooting string apparatus used in playing the sport of lacrosse. The apparatus is located in the head of a lacrosse stick during the play of the game of lacrosse. During lacrosse play, a player may find it advantageous to use this invention in the making of easy a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7144341 | Sports racquet with deflection enhancing string bed A racquet for hitting a projectile has a stem, which is a handle or a shaft with a handle, and a racquet head with a frame extending from the handle and supporting a tensioned string bed defining a sweet spot. The frame has an upper portion on an opposing end of the... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140985 | Stringing indicia for sports racquets In a sports racquet, anchor points for a string are marked with indicia to assist a stringer in stringing from one anchor point to a next anchor point. In a preferred embodiment, one of the anchor points is a bearing assembly located within a hollow cavity in the ra... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7097576 | String bearing assemblies for sports racquets A bearing assembly is at least partly disposed within the hollow stem or handle of a sports racquet. A plurality of curvilinear channels are disposed at different lateral locations in a direction which is at a substantial angle to the longitudinal axis of the racque... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7081056 | Sports racket having a uniform string structure A sports racket, for tennis and the like sports, has an elongated handle attached to a head having a racket face, which is spanned by a uniform string structure. The head has four sides, forming a non-elliptical shape, in which the opposite sides are substantially p... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7022035 | Lacrosse head pocket A pocket for a lacrosse head (10) includes a netting portion (20) attached to the lacrosse head (10). The netting portion (20) has a plurality of holes (22) therein. The netting portion (20) is characterized by a middle sect... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6935974 | Racquet strung with bypass string pattern A sports racquet strung with a bypass string pattern has a frame with a first side and an opposed second side. The second side of the frame has a plurality of spaced apart string anchoring points. A string bed including a string having a plurality of string segments... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6910978 | Game racket A game racket has a frame having a head portion and a handle portion extending from the head portion. A head cover covers inner and outer frame surfaces of the head portion. At least one elastic panel extends across the inner frame surface of the head portion and is... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6852048 | Guiding and vibration dampening string tubes for sports racquets A string guide system is disposed within the hollow stem of a sports racquet and guides the continuous string at least through a turn for redirecting the continuous string back out of the cavity and toward the string bed. The redirection defines shared ends of a pai... | 02/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6796916 | Sports racquet with deflection enhancing string bed A racquet for hitting a projectile has a stem, which is a handle or a shaft with a handle, and a racquet head with a frame extending from the handle and supporting a tensioned string bed defining a sweet spot. The frame has an upper portion on an opposing end of the... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6634968 | String for a racket A string for a sports racket includes a base core formed from at least a first filament, an intermediate layer formed from a plurality of second filaments and enclosing the base core, and a first sheath layer enclosing the intermediate layer. At least one... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6572498 | Ball launching racket An improved ball launching racket has a flexible net disposed within a central opening of a racket by a plurality of removable clip and elastomeric band assemblies. The construction of the clip facilitates expedient mounting and removal of the elastomeric... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6540626 | Racket structure with ball-striking racket face Racket structure with ball-striking racket face, including a racket frame having an inner and an outer frame faces respectively formed on two radially opposite sides of the racket frame. The racket frame is formed with multiple through holes forming openi... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6506134 | Interlocking string network for sports rackets The invention is an improved sports racket comprising streamlined transversal strings and streamlined longitudinal strings with surface indentations that permit the strings to lock into other at the string crossings so the strings do not move with respect... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6450904 | String for a racket A string for a sports racket includes a toothed core made of a first plastic material and having a toothed outer surface, and a sheath layer made of a second plastic material and molded over the core so as to be bonded to the toothed outer surface. The fi... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447410 | Lacrosse stick pocket shooting strings and thong elements A head for a lacrosse stick that includes a web for receiving a ball, the web being attached to a frame member of the head, and one or more tube-like woven or non-woven polymer shooting string elements extending transversely between side walls of the fram... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6432005 | Racket with lengthened longitudinal strings A racket includes a frame, a Y-shaped throat integrally extending from the frame, a shaft integrally extending from the throat and a handle formed on the free end of the shaft. An end piece is attached to a free end of the handle. The end piece includes a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6402646 | Sports and game racket utilizing a preassembled woven stringing surface The present invention relates to the design and manufacture of sport rackets, and in particular to those of tennis rackets. The improvements herein also apply to rackets used as toys and for games. Particular focus is on the design of the string surface o... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6386999 | Method of using a forming grid with a fielding practice bat A fielding practice bat is disclosed having a frame, preferably U-shaped, integrally connecting a head portion and a handle portion, wherein the fielding practice bat has a length, weight and balance equivalent to a conventional baseball bat. The head por... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6358165 | Throatless squash racquet A throatless squash racquet includes a hollow tubular frame, preferably of graphite, bent to form a head in which the outer portion is generally circular. The opposing legs of the tubular frame curve inwardly toward one another and then converge linearly.... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6344006 | Sports racket having a uniform string structure A sports racket, for tennis and the like sports, has an elongated handle attached to a head having a racket face, which is spanned by a uniform string structure. The head has four sides, forming a non-elliptical shape, in which the opposite sides are subs... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6319158 | Game racket with elongated slot in yoke portion A game racket includes elongated main strings which extend through a slot in a yoke portion of the head. In one embodiment the lower ends of the main strings pass through string holes in a second throat bridge below the first throat bridge. In another emb... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6280354 | Monolithic string network for sport rackets A string network for sports rackets comprises joined rectilinear string segments forming a single monolithic volume with regular openings. String networks with openings of quadrilateral, hexagonal and triangular form are shown. Being bonded and secured to... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6234922 | Fielding practice bat A fielding practice bat is disclosed having a frame, preferably U-shaped, integrally connecting a head portion and a handle portion, wherein the fielding practice bat has a length, weight and balance equivalent to a conventional baseball bat. The head por... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6132325 | Interlocking string network for sport rackets The invention is an improved sports racket comprising streamlined transversal strings and streamlined longitudinal strings with surface indentations that permit the strings to lock into each other at the string crossings so the strings do not move with re... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6089997 | Method and apparatus for stringing game racket and the racket so strung A racket and its method of manufacture which racket has three sets of string segments having particular angles among string sets and having certain stringing sequences. Strings and racket frames may be color coded and the frame may carry stringing instruc... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6059674 | Racquetball racquet This invention provides for a racquetball racquet combining enhanced ball acceleration, high precision, and comfort. These optimum characteristics are achieved though a racquetball racquet having, in combination, an overall length of between 500 mm and 58... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5816959 | Method for making game racket A method for making a game racket includes two molds having a mold cavity for receiving an annular rib and a network engaged between the molds and engaged with the annular rib. A material is injected into the mold cavity of the molds for forming the annul... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5779573 | Game Racket A game racket comprises a head frame and a handle. The head frame has a throat portion and a crown portion opposite to the throat portion. The throat portion is provided with two first string holes and a plurality of second string holes located between th... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5759122 | Racket for a ball catching game A racket for a ball catching game includes a first frame with a first throat, a second frame with a second throat, a handle securely mounted between the first throat and the second throat, and a net securely mounted between the first and second frames. Th... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5735759 | Game racket A game racket includes an annular frame and a tube secured to the annular frame. An annular rib is engaged in the annular frame, and a network has a peripheral portion engaged with the annular rib and engaged in the annular frame for allowing the network ... | 04/07/1998 |
