Games using tangible projectile – Player held and powered – nonmechanical projector – per se,... – Racket or paddle; accessory therefor
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-26
2009-06-30
Chiu, Raleigh W. (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Player held and powered, nonmechanical projector, per se,...
Racket or paddle; accessory therefor
C473S546000, C473S526000, C473S524000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07553246
ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns a racket for ball and shuttlecock games such as tennis, squash or badminton.With the objective of generally improving the playing characteristics of the racket and to adapt the racket to the ergonomic movements of the layer on serving, receiving and returning the ball with more effective utilization of the striking force, the racket has an S shaped configuration throughout and has a midline5running in a common S shape for the striking part1, the shaft2and the grip3, such that the upper and lower points of intersection of the head frame6and the striking part1lie on the midline5, while the arrangement of shaft2and grip3follows the course of the midline5in their longitudinal extension and the cross sections of the profiles6.1; 6.2of the headframe6and shaft2are different in the halves of the racket separated by the midline5—FIG.1.The racket according to the invention has an arc-shaped grip3designed as a segment of a circle, designed and arranged with respect to the striking part1so that each of the tangents10, 17of the inner and outer arcs16, 15of the grip intersect the striking surface9of the striking part and the parts of the striking surface to the right side of the symmetry axis14of the striking part are limited on one side by an outermost tangent10running from the grip base3.1to the outer arc15—FIG.1.
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Chiu Raleigh W.
Collard & Roe P.C.
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