Racquet pick up scoop for balls
OwnerKevin Scott Neffinventor
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Abstract
A ball pick-up scoop can be attached to, or molded on, the head end of a tennis racquet. When mounted, formed, or attached the scoop protrudes roughly 80°-90° away from the face side of the racquet. While standing up straight and holding the handle of the racquet, the user slides/pivots the scoop under a ball (tennis, rubber, synthetic, etc.), which cradles the ball between the scoop's ball guides and the racquet's face to facilitate picking up the ball without ever bending over. Once the ball is cradled the user can pivot the racquet up to their opposite hand and grab the ball, or flip the ball up and hit the ball, or let it bounce and then hit the ball.
Claims12
A ball scoop adapted to couple to a racquet, the ball scoop comprising:
- a body comprising:
- a front surface;
- a back surface;
- a generally planar racquet-engagement member;
- and
- a generally planar scoop member extending distally at an angle from the racquet-engagement member;
- a pair of non-parallel ball-guide ridges disposed on the scoop member on the front surface and mutually angled to diverge from one another along a distal-to-proximal direction toward the racquet engagement member;
- at least one wear ridge disposed on the racquet-engagement member on the back surface;
- and
- at least one mounting aperture located adjacent said at least one wear ridge configured to receive respective fixation members to couple the ball scoop to the racquet.
A system comprising:
- an athletic racquet;
- and
- a ball scoop disposed on a frame of the athletic racquet, the ball scoop comprising:
- a front surface;
- a back surface;
- a generally planar racquet-engagement member;
- and
- a generally planar scoop member extending distally at an angle from the racquet-engagement member;
- a pair of non-parallel ball-guide ridges disposed on the scoop member on the front surface and mutually angled to diverge from one another along a distal-to-proximal direction toward the racquet engagement member;
- at least one wear ridge disposed on the racquet-engagement member on the back surface;
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- at least one mounting aperture located adjacent said at least one wear ridge configured to receive respective fixation members to couple the ball scoop to the racquet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.