Score tracking device for racket sports and related methods
OwnerRolland Gerhardtinventor
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Abstract
A device for tracking score in racket sports, the device adapted to be mounted on an end cap of a handle grip of a racket, and the device comprising a display screen and a plurality of manually manipulatable buttons including a power button and a tally button. The display screen includes values representing a first value representing a score of a serving player, a second value representing a score of an opposing player, and a third value representing the serving player number.
Claims18
A device for tracking score in racket sports, the device adapted to be mounted on an end cap of a handle grip of a racket, and the device comprising:
- a body including a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface;
- the bottom surface including a connection element for mounting the device on the end cap of the handle grip of the racket;
- the top surface comprising a display screen and a plurality of manually manipulatable buttons;
- the display screen including a first value representing a first score of a serving player, a second value representing a second score of an opposing player, and a third value representing the serving player number, wherein the display screen includes a light-emitting diode (LED);
- wherein the plurality of manually manipulatable buttons includes a power button and a tally button,
- the power button configured to switch between a first state in which the device is ‘on’ and a second state in which the device is ‘off’,
- the tally button configured to increase or decrease the first value, the second value and the third value,
- wherein one of the power button and tally button is configured to toggle between the first value, the second value, and the third value.
A method for tracking score in racket sports, the method comprising:
- providing a device mounted on an end cap of a handle grip of a racket, the device comprising a display screen and a power button and a tally button, the display screen including a first value representing a first score of a serving player, a second value representing a second score of an opposing player, and a third value representing the serving player number;
- manipulating the power button to turn the device in a first ‘on’ state;
- activating one of the power button and the tally button to toggle between the first value, the second value, and the third value;
- using the tally button to increase by 1 or decrease by 1 the first value, the second value, and the third value;
- and
- manipulating the power button to turn the device in a second ‘off’ state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.