Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1986-03-05
1988-01-05
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
A63B 4908
Patent
active
047171529
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is an improved grip for tennis rackets. The grip is inversely tapered such that it narrows moving along the axis of the handle away from the head of the racket. Further, the grip is hexagonal in cross-section. In other words, the grip is substantially a truncated hexagonal pyramid. This design is structurally compatible with the skeletal and muscular structure of the human hand, wrist and arm. The inverse taper allows for more comfortable gripping by allowing the wrist to automatically go into dorsi flexion which results in permitting the fingers to flex more easily. The mobile ring and little finger metacarpals are allowed to oppose the thenar emminence thus bringing the ring and little fingers into more advantageous contact with the grip thereby making the holding of the grip less fatiguing. Further, the hexagonal shape allows much more desirable points of contact between the palmar surfaces of the distal, middle and proximal phalanges of the index finger as well as the palmar surface of the metacarpals of the thumb and index finger with the surfaces of the grip. The grip of the present invention is not only more comfortably and less fatiguing, but also allows for greater control of the racket. Further, use of a racket with the grip of the present invention will aide in preventing tennis injuries such as tennis elbow.
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Bocchetti Mark G.
Pinkham Richard C.
Reiter Bernard A.
Schneider Matthew L.
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