Institutional badminton racket

An institutional badminton racket, comprising:

• a head having
• a metal rim around a string shuttlecock striking face lying generally in a plane, and
• a neck rigidly secured to said rim, said neck including a hollow throat extending from said rim away from said striking face with lateral openings through said throat;
• a flexible plastic handle including a grip end and a connecting end, said connecting end including
• a first portion extending into said hollow throat,
• a second portion surrounding said throat,
• pin portions extending through said throat lateral openings and integral with said first and second portions, and
• a pair of wings extending generally in said plane in a lateral direction toward said head and including openings therethrough;
• and
• a Y-clamp secured around said handle connecting end and said head rim adjacent said head neck and including pins extending through said wing openings.

A method of making a badminton racket, comprising the steps of:

• forming a head having
• a metal rim around a string shuttlecock striking face lying generally in a plane, and
• a neck rigidly secured to said rim, said neck including a hollow throat extending from said rim away from said striking face with lateral openings through said throat;
• molding a plastic handle to extend radially from said throat, said plastic at its head end molded by flowing said plastic into and around said hollow throat and through said lateral openings;
• clamping two halves of a hard plastic Y-clamp together over said handle head end and said head metal rim;
• and
• securing said Y-clamp halves together.