Combination tennis scoring and dampening device
OwnerTimothy V. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A multiple component tennis scoring and vibration dampening device including a pair of housing sections that are matable in communication with and attachable to the strings of a tennis racket. Each preferred housing section further includes a rubberized material which functions as a vibration dampening member, and a rotary dial on each of the housing section to designate the score of each player or team.
Claims11
A combination tennis scoring and vibration dampening device for directly securing to the bed of strings of a tennis racket, said racket having a frame portion containing a bed of strings formed by plural horizontally and vertically oriented, interwoven strings, a handle with a throat portion adjacent said frame portion, said device comprising:
- a pair of intermatable housing sections for mating through said strings in proximity to said throat portion;
- a.) a first said section having a top wall with outer and inner surfaces, and a downwardly extending discontinuous wall from said top wall and terminating in a free end, said inner surface mounting a rubberized material functioning as a vibration dampening member, said downwardly extending discontinuous wall having means in proximity to said free end for mating with a complementary means on said second section;
- b.) a second said section having a top wall with outer and inner surfaces, and a downwardly extending discontinuous wall from said top wall and terminating in a free end, said inner surface mounting a rubberized material functioning as a vibration dampening member, said downwardly extending discontinuous wall having means remote to said free end for engaging said means on said first said section;
- and,
- c.) at least one said section along its said outer surface having a scoring mechanism to identify the score of a player.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.