Racket with versatile handle
OwnerLionel J. Burtinventor
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Abstract
A racket. In an illustrative embodiment, the racket includes plural handle portions, including a first handle portion and a second handle portion, which are equipped with a first gripping surface and a second gripping surface, respectively. A first mechanism couples the first handle portion and the second handle portion to the racket so that the first gripping surface is angled relative to a first plane coincident with a hitting surface of the racket. In a more specific embodiment, the first handle portion and the second handle portion are integrated with the racket. Alternatively, the first handle portion and the second handle portion are removably attached to the racket. The first and second handle portions form obtuse angles between the hitting surface and the handle portions.
Claims18
A racket comprising:
- a first handle portion with a first gripping surface;
- a second handle portion with a second gripping surface;
- and
- first means for coupling the first handle portion and the second handle portion to a racket frame so that the first gripping surface is angled relative to a first plane, wherein the first plane is coincident with a hitting surface of the racket.
A racket comprising:
- a hitting surface and
- a handle including:
- a first handle shaft and
- a second handle shaft, wherein the handle is coupled to the hitting surface so that twisting motion about a longitudinal axis of the racket is converted to motion acting to pivot a longitudinal axis of the first handle shaft relative to a hand griping the first handle shaft.
A multi-handle racket comprising:
- a hitting surface and
- a multi-handle having a first handle shaft and a second handle shaft, wherein the multi-handle is coupled to the hitting surface so that when the multi-handle is gripped via a hand of a user in preparation for striking a projectile, that a pivot point of the racket about the hand is closer to alignment with a longitudinal axis of a forearm of the user than a corresponding a pivot point of a single handled racket when the single handled racket is gripped similarly to the multi-handle racket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.