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US 8,282,513 B2Granted
Racket comprising a joint
AssigneeHead Technology GmbH
InventorsHarald Rosenkranz, Johan Kotze, Stefan Mohr, Ralf Schwenger
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Abstract
The invention relates to a racket for ball games, in particular a tennis or squash racket, comprising a head region for receiving a stringing as well as at least one joint which is provided in the head region and the joint axis of which is arranged essentially perpendicularly with respect to a stringing plane formed by the stringing.
Claims20
A racket for ball games comprising:
- a head region for receiving a stringing;
- and
- a throat region comprising two arms and a bridge, wherein the bridge comprises at least one joint, the joint axis of which is arranged essentially perpendicularly with respect to a stringing plane formed by the stringing, and wherein the bridge comprises two legs which are mounted in a movable manner at the arms and connected with each other by the joint.
A racket for ball games, comprising:
- a frame, including:
- a head region for receiving a stringing, the stringing forming a stringing plane, and
- at least one joint connecting a first portion of the frame to a second portion of the frame, wherein the joint includes a joint axis arranged substantially perpendicularly with respect to the stringing plane, and articulation of the joint distorts at least a portion of the head region from a first shape to a second shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.