Sports racquet for impacting a ball and facilitating the opening of a cap on a bottle
AssigneeWilson Sporting Goods Co.
InventorsRobert T. Kapheim, Scott M. Doyle, William D. Severa
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Abstract
A sports racquet for impacting a game ball and for facilitating the opening of a cap on a bottle. The sports racquet includes a head portion and a handle portion. The handle portion has a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end is coupled to the head portion. The proximal end defines a recess, and includes a projection spaced apart from a fulcrum. The recess is sized to removably receive a portion of the cap. The projection is configured to catch a portion of an underside of the cap and the fulcrum is configured to bear against the top of the cap as one or both of the handle portion and the bottle serve as a lever for prying the cap off of the bottle.
Claims21
A sports racquet for impacting a game ball and for facilitating the opening of a cap on a bottle, the racquet comprising:
- a head portion;
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- a handle portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end coupled to the head portion, the proximal end defining a recess, and including a projection spaced apart from a fulcrum, the recess being sized to removably receive a portion of the cap, the projection configured to catch a portion of an underside of the cap and the fulcrum configured to bear against the top of the cap as one or both of the handle portion and the bottle serve as a lever for prying the cap off of the bottle.
A butt cap for attachment to a handle portion of a sports racquet, the butt cap configured for facilitating the removal of a cap from a bottle, the butt cap comprising:
- a body including a distal region and a proximal region, the distal and proximal regions defining first and second opposing recesses, respectively, the first recess sized to receive a proximal end of the handle portion of the sports racquet, the second recess sized to removably receive at least a portion of the cap, the proximal region including a projection and a fulcrum, the projection being configured to engage a portion of an underside of the cap and being spaced apart from the fulcrum, the fulcrum configured to operably engage the top of the cap as one or both of the handle portion and the bottle serve as a lever for prying the cap off of the bottle.
A sports racquet for impacting a game ball and for facilitating the opening of a cap on a bottle, the racquet comprising:
- a rigid head portion including opposing first and second planar surfaces, the head portion defining a plurality of holes perpendicularly extending from the first surface through to the second surface, the holes configured to allow for air to flow through the head portion while swing the racquet to impact the ball;
- a handle portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end coupled to the head portion;
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- a butt cap coupled to the proximal end of the handle portion, the butt cap defining an open recess, and including a projection spaced apart from a fulcrum, the recess being sized to removably receive a portion of the cap, the projection configured to catch a portion of an underside of the cap and the fulcrum configured to bear against the top of the cap as one or both of the handle portion and the bottle serve as a lever for prying the cap off of the bottle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.