US 6,254,499 B1Granted

Double stringed tennis racquet with grommet insert

OwnerBarry A. Tarletoninventor

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Abstract

A tennis racquet with a holeless oval frame head with front and back faces provided with a continuous outside groove and with spaced-apart recessed transverse cuts in each face occupied by a portion of a continuous string. The edge groove is interconnected with the transverse cuts and a continuous grommet is insertably received in the outside edge groove and is secured in place. The grommet has spaced-apart slots in co-extensive alignment with an edge marginal groove having a plurality of spaced apart projections which include an undercut channel conformal with the curvature of the string. A double stringed bed is provided with the string trained about both faces of the head in a recessed position so that the strings of the bed are substantially coplanar across the bed surfaces and slightly above the front and back faces of the frame head.

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Dependent claims

A double stringed racquet comprising:

a racquet frame having an oval frame head with a central opening defined by an encircling hole-less frame;
said frame having front and back faces with a plurality of spaced-apart lateral grooves across said faces of said frame and a continuous peripheral edge groove communicating said lateral grooves;
a plurality of lugs defined between adjacent spaced-apart lateral grooves and terminating with said continuous peripheral edge groove;
an endless grommet insertably receivable in said edge peripheral groove and said grommet having spaced-apart slots in a co-extensive relationship with said lateral grooves;
said grommet further having a plurality of spaced-apart projections constituting lugs which include an undercut channel;
a string element trained across said frame head opening in a crisscross pattern to provide a double stringed frame head;
a portion of said string element occupying each of said lateral grooves protruding beyond said front and back faces of said frame;
and
said string element further being trained about said plurality of lugs and terminating in securement loops at its opposite ends with said frame.

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