EP0181319A3 - Tennis racket - Google Patents

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EP0181319A3
EP0181319A3 EP85890274A EP85890274A EP0181319A3 EP 0181319 A3 EP0181319 A3 EP 0181319A3 EP 85890274 A EP85890274 A EP 85890274A EP 85890274 A EP85890274 A EP 85890274A EP 0181319 A3 EP0181319 A3 EP 0181319A3
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Prior art keywords
members
tennis racket
free ends
shock absorbing
frame
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EP0181319A2 (en
EP0181319B1 (en
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Helmut Umlauft
Karl-Heinz Wager
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Head Sport GmbH
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Head Sportgerate and Co oHG GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A63B60/54—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like with means for damping vibrations
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A63B60/06—Handles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B49/00—Stringed rackets, e.g. for tennis
    • A63B49/02—Frames
    • A63B49/08—Frames with special construction of the handle
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A63B60/50—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like with through-holes

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Physical Education & Sports Medicine (AREA)
  • Polarising Elements (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
  • Tires In General (AREA)
  • Golf Clubs (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
  • Vibration Dampers (AREA)

Abstract

1. Tennis racket (1) with a frame formed from members (3), whose free ends are bent for forming a handle, in which between the free ends of the members (3) at least one shock absorbing element is inserted and held in position in the gripping area, characterized in that shock absorbing elements (6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15) bridging the inside spacing of the frame members (3) are insertable and securable in the desired position normal to the frame members (3) and in the longitudinal direction (11) of the latter.
EP85890274A 1984-11-06 1985-11-06 Tennis racket Expired - Lifetime EP0181319B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT3509/84 1984-11-06
AT0350984A AT389054B (en) 1984-11-06 1984-11-06 TENNIS RACKET

Publications (3)

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EP0181319A2 EP0181319A2 (en) 1986-05-14
EP0181319A3 true EP0181319A3 (en) 1987-08-05
EP0181319B1 EP0181319B1 (en) 1990-05-23

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EP85890274A Expired - Lifetime EP0181319B1 (en) 1984-11-06 1985-11-06 Tennis racket

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EP (1) EP0181319B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS61115582A (en)
AT (2) AT389054B (en)
CA (1) CA1267431A (en)
DE (1) DE3577807D1 (en)

Families Citing this family (7)

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DE3704121A1 (en) * 1986-02-19 1987-08-20 Nippon Musical Instruments Mfg VIBRATION ABSORBER FOR A ROCKET
IT8745754A0 (en) * 1987-11-23 1987-11-23 Zago Giovanni TENNIS SQUASH OR BADMINTON RACKET WITH INTERCHANGEABLE GRIP AND/OR HANDLE.
GB8828145D0 (en) * 1988-12-02 1989-01-05 Dunlop Ltd Games racket with vibration-damping assembly
FR2766728B1 (en) * 1997-05-22 2000-04-07 Jean Claude Bianchi ANTI-VIBRATION DEVICE FOR BALL GAME INSTRUMENT
AU5460298A (en) * 1997-11-25 1999-06-15 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Vibration damped ball bats
US7361341B2 (en) 2001-05-25 2008-04-22 Human Genome Sciences, Inc. Methods of treating cancer using antibodies that immunospecifically bind to trail receptors
JP2003070937A (en) * 2001-08-31 2003-03-11 Sumitomo Rubber Ind Ltd Racket frame

Citations (10)

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GB229174A (en) * 1924-06-27 1925-02-19 Stuart Surridge & Company Ltd Improvements in lawn tennis and like racquets
US3206204A (en) * 1962-06-19 1965-09-14 Jean R Lacoste Racquets for tennis, badminton, squash or like game
FR2211857A5 (en) * 1972-12-26 1974-07-19 Carpano & Pons
US3912268A (en) * 1974-02-19 1975-10-14 Acro Inc Game racket
US3948519A (en) * 1972-10-04 1976-04-06 True Temper Corporation Handgrip for game racket
US3975017A (en) * 1974-05-10 1976-08-17 Professional Amateur Industries, Inc. Tennis racket
FR2321911A1 (en) * 1975-08-14 1977-03-25 Creuzet Yvon Tennis racket with curved profiled metal frame - with core banked by two tubular portions lined with resin-impregnated fibres
US4213609A (en) * 1979-04-18 1980-07-22 Swanson Arthur P Grip bumper
US4278251A (en) * 1976-05-05 1981-07-14 Paul Lafourcade Racket frame for ball games
US4436305A (en) * 1981-08-26 1984-03-13 American Sports Equipment Composite reinforced racket structure

Patent Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB229174A (en) * 1924-06-27 1925-02-19 Stuart Surridge & Company Ltd Improvements in lawn tennis and like racquets
US3206204A (en) * 1962-06-19 1965-09-14 Jean R Lacoste Racquets for tennis, badminton, squash or like game
US3948519A (en) * 1972-10-04 1976-04-06 True Temper Corporation Handgrip for game racket
FR2211857A5 (en) * 1972-12-26 1974-07-19 Carpano & Pons
US3912268A (en) * 1974-02-19 1975-10-14 Acro Inc Game racket
US3975017A (en) * 1974-05-10 1976-08-17 Professional Amateur Industries, Inc. Tennis racket
FR2321911A1 (en) * 1975-08-14 1977-03-25 Creuzet Yvon Tennis racket with curved profiled metal frame - with core banked by two tubular portions lined with resin-impregnated fibres
US4278251A (en) * 1976-05-05 1981-07-14 Paul Lafourcade Racket frame for ball games
US4213609A (en) * 1979-04-18 1980-07-22 Swanson Arthur P Grip bumper
US4436305A (en) * 1981-08-26 1984-03-13 American Sports Equipment Composite reinforced racket structure

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CA1267431A (en) 1990-04-03
EP0181319A2 (en) 1986-05-14
DE3577807D1 (en) 1990-06-28
ATE52931T1 (en) 1990-06-15
JPS61115582A (en) 1986-06-03
AT389054B (en) 1989-10-10
ATA350984A (en) 1989-03-15
EP0181319B1 (en) 1990-05-23

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