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US 6,626,774 B2Granted
Stringless sports racquet
OwnerNeil Sorbieinventor
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Abstract
A stringless sports racquet made from a used stringed racquet comprises a handle, a head frame, a flexible scoop provided on a back side of the head frame for catching, tossing, and scooping up a ball, and a flexible crosspiece provided across a back side of the flexible scoop. The flexible sheet defines at least a ramp portion along which a ball can be rolled.
Claims29
A racquet comprising:
- (a) a handle and a head frame, said head frame having a proximal end portion connected to said handle and a distal end portion;
- (b) a flexible scoop provided on one side of said head frame, said flexible scoop defining a central pocket and comprises at least one pleat portion for forming said flexible scoop and holding it in shape;
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- (c) a flexible crosspiece extending across the distal end portion of said head frame for supporting a distal end portion of said flexible scoop on a back side thereof,
- (d) wherein said flexible scoop defines a first ramp portion along which a ball can be rolled outwardly from said central pocket and towards said head frame, and
- (e) wherein the distal end portion of said flexible scoop, being supported by said flexible crosspiece, defines a second ramp portion extending from said first ramp portion along which the ball can be rolled continuously from said first ramp portion, along said second ramp portion, and towards a target.
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A racquet for use in a catch and throw ball game comprising:
- (a) a handle and a head frame, said head frame having a proximal end portion connected to said handle and a distal end portion;
- (b) a flexible sheet being longer and wider than said head frame and having string receiving apertures provided along a peripheral portion thereof, said flexible sheet being fastened within said head frame, thereby forming a flexible scoop on one side of said head frame for catching and throwing a ball;
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- (c) a flexible crosspiece extending across the distal end portion of said head frame for supporting a distal end portion of said flexible scoop on a back side thereof, wherein said flexible scoop define at least one ramp portion along which a ball can be rolled.
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A method of producing a racquet comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a stringless racquet with a handle and a head frame having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion;
- (b) providing a flexible sheet with string receiving apertures formed along a peripheral portion thereof, said flexible sheet being longer and wider than said head frame;
- (c) folding and stitching at least a portion of said flexible sheet together to form a flexible scoop;
- (d) stitching both ends of a flexible crosspiece to opposite edges of said flexible scoop thereby forming generally a headband portion;
- (e) fitting said headband portion around said head frame from the distal end portion thereof thereby holding said flexible scoop in a predetermined position relative to said head frame;
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- (f) fastening said flexible scoop to said head frame by means of a string.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.