Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1987-01-27
1988-10-18
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
273 74, 150 52G, 2063151, 224919, A63B 4918
Patent
active
047781793
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a cover for rackets, such as table tennis rackets, displaying an impact portion 13 and handle 14, such cover comprising a casing 1 with an inner space 16 adapted and intended to accommodate the racket.
BACKGROUND
It is currently customary in different types of racket sports to protect the rackets against external influences such as wetness and abrasion. To this end covers are used, preferably of two types, namely, soft or hard. The soft cover is preferably sewn to follow the impact surface of the racket while the hard cover is of a rectangular shape and is often constructed of some type of wood material. The soft cover does not give sufficient protection against bumps and blows while the hard cover quickly becomes worn and increases the wear and tear on the racket.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a racket cover which provides satisfactory protection, has simple construction, is cheap to produce and is easy to handle.
THE SOLUTION
Said purpose is achieved by means of a cover characterized in that the casing is generally constructed of two connected plate-shaped members positioned at a distance from each other, in that the casing exhibits an opening into which the racket is intended to be inserted to a position which is determined by stopping means in the casing, in that each of the plate shaped elements exhibits holes placed directly in front of each other and into which holes a ball is intended to be placed after the racket is inserted into the casing, in that the holes are placed outside of that portion of the plateshaped members which is located directly adjacent to the impact portion of the racket when in its inserted position, in that the holes are arranged so as to hold the balls in such a position that they span the space between the plate-shaped members, and in that stopping means are provided in the casing to, in cooperation with the balls, by stopping sections of the racket, secure the racket in the inserted position in the casing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the following the invention will be described in more detail using a working example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the racket cover,
FIG. 2 shows a section along the line II--II in FIG. 1 and
FIG. 3 shows a view of the racket cover from above.
BEST MODE OF CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION:
As is shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the cover consists mainly of a casing 1 having rectangular cross section, manufactured preferably of some type of plastic material and having a casing which exhibits two hard plate-shaped members 2 and 3 located at a distance from one another, which are held at a determined distance from one another by means of separating means 4 such as a whole wall extending along the edge portions of the plate-shaped members as in the given example or as freely standing separating means, such as tube members, applied with even spacing along the edge portions of the plate-shaped members. The casing further exhibits a generally semicircularly shaped end 5 and an opposite, straight, open end 6. Each of the plate members 2 and 3 is preferably provided with two circular holes, first holes 7 in plate member 2 and second holes 8 in plate member 3, placed pairwise directly across from each other at a distance from the outer edges of the plate-shaped members, such that the diameters of the second holes 8 are preferably smaller than the diameters of the first holes 7, the first holes 7 each having an outwardly facing bevel 9. Each of the plate-shaped members 2 and 3 further has a longish notch 10, extending from the open end 6 towards and between the holes 7 and 8. The plate-shaped members' insides, which face each other, have parallel grooves which extend between the open end 6 and the arc-shaped end 5.
The casing 1 is arranged to enclose a racket 12, preferably a table tennis racket, whereby its circularly shaped impact portion 13 contacts the semicircularly shaped end 5 between the separating means 4 within th
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Harrison Jessica J.
Pinkham Richard C.
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