Metal frame racket
OwnerLenard W. Atkinsinventor
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Abstract
A tubular stainless steel tennis racket with the head and handles being formed from a single piece of tubular steel. An infill piece bridges the handles to complete the head, and in order to pevent fracture at the throat a pair of U-shaped clips bridge the angle between the handles and the infill piece.
Claims3
A racket of the metal frame type, the racket being formed of a piece of metal tube forming the head and handle of the racket, the tube being formed to merge progressively from the handle into the head, the head being completed by an infill piece bridging the two portions forming the handle at the throat of the racket, the tube being formed of a re-entrant groove extending around the outside of the racket, characterized by a stengthening U-shaped clip bridging each angle formed by the infill piece joining the handle portions, each strengthening clip having a pair of arms straddling the handle portions and the infill piece and a re-entrant portion to enter the groove of the tube of the handle portion, and being welded thereto so that when a twisting action tends to occur on the frame, the strengthening member resists this action while not inhibiting the flexing action of the racket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.