Sports racket stringing aid

A portable device for installing transverse strings in a sports racket having previously installed longitudinal strings comprising:

• an elongated main body having an axis paralleling its elongation and having a handle portion at one end and at least one finger portion extending substantially perpendicular to said axis at the other end, said finger portion being adapted to fit under an existing one of said transverse strings, a guide member being detachably secured to the lower portion of said main body by attachment means extending therethrough, said guide member having an alternating plurality of first concave surface portions and first notches on one edge thereof wherein said first concave portions and notches are spaced in a first preselected pattern for engaging the tops of alternate longitudinal strings respectively when downward pressure is applied to said handle portion thereby creating transverse clearance between the longitudinal strings, said guide member further having an alternating plurality of second concave surface portions and second notches on the opposite edge thereof wherein said second concave portions and notches are spaced in a second preselected pattern different than said first preselected pattern for engaging the tops of a differently spaced longitudinal stringing pattern, said first and second notches having their elongation parallel to said main body axis, a slider member detachably mounted to the lower portion of said main body by said attachment means and being located between said guide member and said main body, said slider member having slot means receiving said attachment means thereby permitting said slider member to move in directions transverse to said main body axis, said slider member having one edge formed with a plurality of third notches and undercuts wherein said undercuts are transverse to said main body axis and said third notches are in a third preselected pattern and are located adjacent said first concave portions and notches whereby movement of said slider member permits said undercuts to engage said longitudinal strings located in said first notches and maintain said transverse clearance, said slider member having its opposite edge formed with a plurality of fourth notches and undercuts wherein said undercuts are transverse to said main body axis and said fourth notches and undercuts are in a fourth preselected pattern and are located adjacent said second cancave portions and notches whereby movement of said slider member permits said undercuts to engage said longitudinal strings located in said second notches and maintain said transverse clearance, and said guide and slider members being reversible and reattachable to said main body as a unit to accommodate differently spaced stringing patterns.