Index finger positioning device for tennis racket handles
OwnerShirley J. Bertucciinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a device which may be applied to the handle of a tennis racket and which is generally of an obtuse triangular construction having rounded ends and sides and which is tapered from its base towards its apex and which is to be installed with its long side generally transversely of the major axis of the racket handle to separate the index finger from the remaining fingers and which is light in weight, durable and inexpensive to manufacture.
Claims1
In combination, a tennis racket having a handle and ball striking head, said handle having at least one flat side lying in the plane of said ball striking head, an index finger positioning device comprising an upstanding finger engaging means positioned on said at least one flat side at a point along its length to lie between the index finger and the middle finger when the racket is grasped by a player in a playing position, said upstanding finger engaging means in plan view being generally of an obtuse triangular construction having rounded ends and in a side elevation being tapered upwardly on a curve from its base toward its apex with the long side being positioned angularly across the major axis of the handle and the base being substantially parallel to the major axis of the handle and being aligned with the edge of said at least one flat side and upstanding therefrom, said finger engaging means being in a fixed position along the axis of the racket handle dependent upon the side of the players hand and playing grip, and securing means positively locating and maintaining said upstanding finger engaging means on said handle in said fixed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.