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Class 473/552 - Grip or handle longitudinally or rotationally adjustable relative to head or shaft or changeable in length


Subclass of Class 473 - Games using tangible projectile
Definition: Subject matter (a) comprising a means, other than or in
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 04/22/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7362231Hand pressure sensor warning device
An ergonomic lightweight hand pressure sensor-warning device for use with hand held objects like sport devices, steering devices, writing devices or computer devices, as well as the method for its assembly. This new hand pressure sensor warning device is designed as...
04/22/2008
7264098Harmonic damper for handheld instruments
A damper for reducing vibrations in a handheld device, tool and/or instrument may comprise a resilient member and a weight. The resilient member may mounted to any portion of a device having a surface suitable for engaging and retaining the resilient member therein,...
09/04/2007
7150692Sport good of composite material with lighter weight and greater rigidity
A sport good, such as hockey stick, Ping-Pong bat, baseball bat, ski stick and so on, has a rigid member made of a composite material. The rigid member has a chamber therein, in which a high-pressure gas is filled to make the sport good having both properties of lig...
12/19/2006
7140398Sports equipment having a tubular structural member
A tubular structural member that provides directional resistance. The tubular structural member has a flexural resistance that is greater in one direction than in another. The tubular structural member can be employed in variety of devices or structures so as to eff...
11/28/2006
7065914Stock arm monopod
A tank mountable stock arm monopod for pneumatic guns or the like has an arm mounting saddle fastened to the compressed gas tank of a pneumatic gun with adjustable stabilizing straps. The arm mounting saddle has a pivotally mounted coupling that connects with the ar...
06/27/2006
6419601Squeeze actuated hand interface systems for rotatable items
Hand interfaces (11), (111), (188), (201a), (201b), (202a), (202b), (204), (211), (311), (411), (511), (611), (711), (811), and (911), which improve the performance of many items including: racquets for tennis and other sports; rotary hand tools such as s...
07/16/2002
6372323Slip control article for wet and dry applications
A slip control article including a backing layer having a first surface with an array of at least 100 upstanding stems per square inch and a second surface. At least a portion of the upstanding stems is an elastomeric material and the stems have an aspect...
04/16/2002
6033325Game racket handle having adjustable length
A game racket handle is adjustable in length and is composed of a main body, a jacket, and a bolt. The main body is fastened at one end thereof with a game racket shaft and provided at other end thereof with a threaded hole. The jacket has a closed end an...
03/07/2000
6030302Games rackets
The games racket comprises a head (1) and a shaft (2), the shaft being fitted with a separable extension module (8) bearing a hand grip. The two components (2, 8) are locked rigidly together by a wedging action. Preferably the shaft (2) is provided at its...
02/29/2000
5967913Configured and adjustable grip for game stick
A game stick, such as a hockey stick, has a configured and adjustable grip. The configured grip has a triangular cross section with three sides and three edges. The grip is oriented with respect to a striking portion of the stick. The stick may also have ...
10/19/1999
5904626Light-weight handle
A light-weight handle is disclosed for use on new or existing golf clubs regardless of their shaft material. The handle comprises an elongated tubular member having a radially expanded gripping surface and a way for attaching the handle to a golf club sha...
05/18/1999
5897448Adjustable handle with air hole and control valve
An adjustable apparatus handle having a shaft, a grip sleeved onto the shaft, and a butt cap fixedly fastened to one end of the grip, wherein the shaft has a front part of polygonal cross section, a rear part of reduced diameter, and a piston endpiece at ...
04/27/1999
5816961Ratcheting hockey handle
A hockey stick with a handle that will permit rotation of its shaft to angularly orient its blade relative to a playing surface for elevational control over a hockey puck. All hockey players have different wrist, arm and shoulder variables. In order to al...
10/06/1998
5795254Racket handle
A racket having a handle with a substantially planar striking surface, a neck having one end connected to the substantially planar striking surface. The racket further comprising a handle connected to another end of the neck, wherein the handle is rotatab...
08/18/1998
5641147Monopod mount
A support head for a monopod mount is disclosed which is especially useful for attachment to outdoor sporting goods such as firearms, spotting scopes, binoculars, bows and cameras. The head is formed from a base portion which attaches to the sporting good...
06/24/1997
5641162Method of aligning and using a racket handle
A racket having a handle with a substantially planar striking surface, a neck having one end connected to the substantially planar striking surface. The racket further comprising a handle connected to another end of the neck, wherein the handle is rotatab...
06/24/1997
5611533Gripping sleeve apparatus and method of using the same
An improved gripping sleeve for enhancing a hand grip of a shank portion of an object, which provides a tube member having interior and exterior wall surfaces in which the interior wall surface is for engaging the shank portion of the object and an abrasi...
03/18/1997
5551690Racket handle
A racket having a substantially planar striking surface connected to one end of a neck where the other end of the neck is adjacent to a handle. The handle is rotatable relative to the planar striking surface about an axis to one or more predetermined posi...
09/03/1996
5524879Adjustable racket handle
An improved construction for the interengagement of the racket head portion and the handle portion of a racket is disclosed. The construction is such that the overall length of the racket can be easily varied. Additionally, the improved construction descr...
06/11/1996
5516101Game racket handle
A game racket handle comprises a shaft extending from a head frame of a game racket and a hand grip attached movably to the rear end of the shaft. An elastic bushing is disposed between the shaft and the hand grip. The hand grip is of hollow construction ...
05/14/1996
5409216Racket handle
A racket having a handle with a substantially planar striking surface, a neck having one end connected to the substantially planar striking surface. The racket further comprising a handle connected to another end of the neck, wherein the handle is rotatab...
04/25/1995
5366218Tennis racket
A racket for the sports of tennis and the like with a special handle is presented. The handle includes a two-bar grip and two accessary shafts. The two-bar grip is formed by the extensions from the head frame of the racket which are arranged to be symmetr...
11/22/1994
5169145Length adjustable handle
A handle comprised of a rod base sleeved with a front socket, a rear socket and an intermediate socket respectively retained in place by nuts and compression springs, the rod base comprising a collar with a name plate mounted thereon, and a notched ring f...
12/08/1992
5058902Ellipsoidal flared racquet handle with distal butt weight
A racquet handle with an ellipsoidal cross-section, the long axis of which increases toward its distal end. Attached to the distal end of the handle is a metal weight, which extends the center of percussion, increases racquet head control, increases the p...
10/22/1991
4943058Tennis racket with fixed grip and movable frame
In order to obtain a correct dynamic position in power shots and to avoid traumas to the joints the handle of the racket can assume various angular positions around its axis in order to vary the angular attitude of the string-bearing frame, while an anato...
07/24/1990
4854596Tennis racket with angularly adjustable handle and fixed anatomic grip
A tennis racket with a handle which can take a number of angular attitude positions all around its axis and a stable anatomic grip on the handle to obtain a correct dynamic position in power strokes and to avoid traumas to the articulation (FIG. 4)....
08/08/1989
4693475Racket having rotatably adjustable handle
A racket for ball games and more specifically, a tennis racket, has a frame forming a racket head, a shank and a grip secured to the shank with a force fit so that the grip may be turned in relation to the racket head into different settings. The force fi...
09/15/1987
4691926Racket, especially a tennis racket, having a grip sleeve with spring elements
A racket, especially a tennis racket, having a frame surrounding a stringed hitting area, the frame being formed with a shaft on which a grip sleeve is mounted. In order to ensure that the grip sleeve is very stable and resistant to twisting and is arrang...
09/08/1987
4671511Adjustable racket frames
Improvements in adjustable and other racket handles and shafts consisting of an improved durable yet light weight simplified unitized or self-integral structure which is firmly fixable and readily releasable by fully concealed internal wedges which are op...
06/09/1987
4641838Tennis racket with racket having adjustable length handle
Tennis racket has conventional strings across an open frame which terminates in a straight shank. A handle has a plurality of sections which are flexibly fastened together to clamp on the shank at a selected lengthwise position. A flexible grip material i...
02/10/1987
4545584Racket with adjustable handle
A tennis racket having a hand-grip shell that can be moved longitudinally on the frame shaft. The hand-grip shell is formed of two half-shells made of a hard material which, by means of an elastic winding strip, a tube or several tube sections are pressed...
10/08/1985
4537399Grip for a racket, especially a tennis racket
A hand-grip for a racket, especially a tennis racket of the type having a hand-grip sleeve formed of longitudinally extending components mountable on a shaft of a racket frame connected to a hitting surface, according to the invention, utilizes at least t...
08/27/1985
4466166Grip mounting assembly
A Mandrel and method of using the same to form an elongate rigid guide that has a first elongate portion over which an elastomeric tube may be slid. A second elongate end portion of the guide when axially aligned with the handle of a tennis or racquet bal...
08/21/1984
4101125Adjustable tennis racket
A racket for striking a ball or other projectile employed in playing games, such as tennis, which includes a head, an elongated handle, a hand grip mounted on the outer end of the handle having the capabiity of limited angular displacement between predete...
07/18/1978
3931968Adjustable tennis racket handle
A tennis racket handle is slidably adjustable along a shank and a ball movable with the handle is engageable in any of a plurality of longitudinally spaced depressions on the shank. In one form the ball is urged away from the depressions by a spring and c...
01/13/1976
 
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