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US 9,504,882 B2Granted
Interactive tennis racket with split head, flexible spherical joints and strings tension mechanism
OwnerGregory Mark Adamczakinventor
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Abstract
The tennis racket for interacting with the tennis ball has the flexible head, the flexible handle, and the string tension mechanism. The tennis racket head form with the handle the flexible spherical joint, with the inner adjustment of the tension, and the angle of the head. The tennis racket handle has flexible gripping to absorb the impact from the incoming tennis ball. The string tension mechanism is operated manually for the adjustment the tension. The structure flexibility of the tennis racket minimizes the injury, and offers more enjoyment of the play.
Claims22
A tennis racket, comprising:
- a handle with flexible gripping;
- a head connected in a spherical joint with the handle, the head defining an open interior and having tension elements that are strings crossing each other across the open interior to form a string pattern;
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- a string tension mechanism operatively connected to tension the strings and thereby the string pattern, the string tension mechanism being within the handle, the strings extending from within the handle to the head to cross each other across the open interior.
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An interactive tennis racket, comprising
- a flexible head assembly, the flexible head assembly being split and assembled together by spherical joints and flexible balls, the flexible head assembly defining an open interior space;
- a flexible handle;
- strings that are tensioned and extend from the flexible handle to the flexible head assembly to cross each other across the open interior space of the head to form a strings pattern;
- a spherical nest that assembles the flexible head assembly and the flexible handle in connection with each other;
- means for setting personalized parameters pertaining to head angle, hardness of the flexible balls, and strings tension;
- means for selecting the head angle with respect to the handle;
- a strings tension mechanism within the handle, the strings being in contact with a pulley within the handle, the handle being retractable to apply a torque with the strings tension mechanism during a strings tensioning process;
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- a dial torque wrench configured to provide monitoring of a level of the strings tension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.