Wrist band for tennis rackets and the like

A wrist band for attachment to the handle of a tennis racket or the like for use in securing the racket to the wrist of a player, wherein the racket handle has a grip and an end face adjacent the end of the grip, and wherein the wrist band can be inserted into a hole drilled in said end face without removing the grip from the racket, the wrist band comprising:

• an elongated flexible strap having a loop spaced from an end of the strap;
• a fixed sleeve secured to the end of the strap, the sleeve having a generally rounded outer surface;
• a rim on the sleeve projecting outwardly from the generally rounded outer surface of the sleeve;
• a base plate loosely fitted around the outer surface of the sleeve, the base plate protruding outwardly away from the rim on the sleeve and being retained around the outer surface of the sleeve by contact with the rim, the sleeve and the base plate being adapted to be inserted in the hole drilled in the end face of the racket handle, with the base plate bearing against the end face and bridging the hole with the rim against the base plate to retain the strap in the end of the racket handle;
• means secured to the strap on the side of the base plate opposite the rim of the sleeve for holding the strap in a fixed position relative to the end face of the handle;
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• means for adjusting the size of the loop for tightening the loop around the player's wrist.