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US 5,667,216 AGranted
String assembly for a racket
OwnerRobert H. Gunninventor
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Abstract
There is defined a racket assembly comprised of a frame portion and a handle portion wherein the frame portion is provided with orifices for tensioning each string wherein each string assembly is provided with a cap member at one end for cooperating in fixed relationship within an orifice and a serrated portion at the other end for positioning in a predetermined tension relationship in a cooperating orifice in the racket assembly.
Claims4
A game racket assemby including a handle, which comprises:
- a head frame having a plurality of sets of orifices for positioning string members, each set of said orifices having an orifice formed with a channel thereby forming a base surface and a receiving orifice;
- an insert member positioned in said receiving orifice and having a planar base surface;
- string members of preselect length formed with a cap portion and a serrated end portion, each of said string members being positioned through said cooperating orifices wherein said cap member is positioned on said base surface and said orifice having said channel, said serrated end portion of each of said string members positioned within said insert member, each of said string members being tensioned to a predetermined level whereby surfaces of said serrated end portion are captured on planar base surfaces of said insert member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.