Tennis racket with enhanced handle kit

The tennis racket handle kit wherein said inserts form a continuously changing width dimension diverging from a position proximate said base end to said maximum width dimension and converging to a position proximate said head end of said shaft, thereby forming a generally teardrop configuration.

A tennis racket handle kit for use on a tennis racket having a racket head and a racket handle shaft extending therefrom providing a first handle portion having a substantially uniform first width dimension and a substantially uniform first depth dimension, said tennis racket handle kit comprising:

• a set of inserts mountable on opposing sides of said racket shaft, said inserts having selected thicknesses and being arrangeable in layers of one or more inserts on each of said opposing sides of said racket handle shaft to provide a second handle portion having a second width dimension that is larger than said first width dimension and a second depth dimension, and a handle transition portion between said first and second handle portions providing a transition between said first and second width dimensions, said increase in size between said first and second width dimensions being substantially equal to the combined thicknesses of said inserts, wherein said handle shaft includes a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls substantially perpendicular to said side walls and two pairs of angled walls joining said side walls and end walls so as to form a hexagonal cross section, and wherein said inserts are generally rectangular strips having a width that is substantially equal to said end walls.

In a tennis racket having a racket head and a handle shaft extending from said racket head, said handle shaft having a head end and a base end and a substantially uniform first handle portion including a first width dimension and a substantially uniform first depth dimension, an improved tennis racket handle kit, comprising:

• a structure forming an enlarged handle portion of said handle shaft having a second width dimension that is larger than said first width dimension and a second depth dimension;
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• said structure forming a handle transition portion of said handle shaft to said enlarged handle portion beginning proximate said base end and providing a gently outwardly diverging transition between said first and second width dimensions, said structure forming a continuously changing width dimension from a position proximate said base end to said second width dimension toward said head end and converging back to said first width dimension at a position proximate said head end of said shaft.