US20070123377A1 - Sports racquet with insert members for anchoring strings - Google Patents

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US20070123377A1
US20070123377A1 US11/584,199 US58419906A US2007123377A1 US 20070123377 A1 US20070123377 A1 US 20070123377A1 US 58419906 A US58419906 A US 58419906A US 2007123377 A1 US2007123377 A1 US 2007123377A1
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Mauro Pinaffo
Michele Pozzobon
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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
    • A63B51/00—Stringing tennis, badminton or like rackets; Strings therefor; Maintenance of racket strings
    • 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
    • A63B49/022—String guides on frames, e.g. grommets
    • 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
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    • A63B49/028—Means for achieving greater mobility of the string bed

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  • the present invention relates to sports racquets, for example tennis, squash, badminton, and racquetball racquets.
  • Such racquets have a head portion containing an interwoven string bed, a handle, and a shaft portion connecting the head portion to the handle.
  • Most high performance sports racquets have a frame molded from composite materials, e.g., a carbon fiber-reinforced resin. Holes for anchoring the ends of the strings are drilled through the frame after the racquet is molded. Plastic grommet pegs, which are formed on a grommet strip or bumper strip that rests against the outside surface of the frame, extend through the string holes to protect the strings from the sharp edges of the drilled holes.
  • racquet sports there is no single ideal racquet. Different players need racquets with different playing characteristics. For example, beginners, intermediate players, and advanced players each tend to prefer racquets with different playing characteristics. Also, a player's choice of racquet tends to vary depending upon the player's type of swing and playing style. Serve-and-volley players may prefer racquets with far different playing characteristics than racquets preferred by baseline players.
  • the frame stiffness and the stringing pattern of the racquet cannot be changed after the racquet has been molded and the string holes formed.
  • the racquet frame would have to be redesigned.
  • the present invention is an improved sports racquet, e.g., a tennis, squash, badminton, or racquetball racquet.
  • the racquet frame along the sides of the racquet frame, and optionally in the tip region and throat bridge, the racquet frame includes elongated cutout portions that extend through the frame to provided openings in the string bed plane. Each cutout portion includes a seat surface. A separate insert member containing string holes is positioned in each cutout portion and includes a bearing surface which bears against the seat surface when the strings are tensioned, to secure the ends of the strings in place.
  • the insert members are removably positioned in the cutout portions, and can be replaced with different insert members, e.g., of different weights or with different string hole spacing, in order to modify the playing characteristics of the racquet or change the string bed pattern.
  • racquet frames may be offered by retailers along with a selection of insert members, from which the customer or a club professional can choose prior to stringing. If desired, the racquet may be sold with two or more sets of insert members, allowing the customer to switch when the racquet is re-strung.
  • each insert member has at least one enlarged string hole for seating two adjacent main or cross strings (herein referred to as a “string port hole”).
  • the frame and insert member are preferably formed of different materials.
  • the frame is formed of conventional composite material, but it is possible to use other materials such as metal.
  • the insert members may be formed of carbon fiber-reinforced composites, metal, wood, ceramic, plastic or another suitable material, or a combination thereof, the principal criteria being that the insert members must be strong enough to anchor the ends of the strings. The choice of material depends largely on the desired weight and flexibility of the insert members.
  • insert members provides flexibility in customizing the playing characteristics of the racquet, insofar as it allows the player easily to vary a number of playing characteristics of the racquet, including: mass, balance, polar and mass moments of inertia, stiffness, and vibration and shock absorption.
  • the player can also change the relative spacing of the strings in the string bed, to vary its playing characteristics.
  • the player can readily customize the racquet to suit his or her playing abilities and preferences.
  • the invention further allows the player to vary the appearance of the racquet, e.g., by using insert members having different colors or different outer surface designs.
  • the invention also simplifies the frame construction process, in that it does not require molding in string holes, or drilling individual string holes after the racquet has been molded. It also simplifies the painting process, reducing production cost.
  • each insert member includes a plurality of adjacent string port holes.
  • the insert member may also include one or more conventional string holes.
  • the string port holes on opposite sides of the frame are offset relative to one another such that a string that bears against an upper surface of a string port hole on one side of the racquet, after crossing the string bed, bears against a lower surface of a port on the opposite side of the racquet.
  • the string port holes can have any suitable shape, such as elliptical, circular, polygonal, rounded, convex, concave, or irregular.
  • the use of string port holes allows the overall weight of the racquet to be reduced and makes stringing easier. Examples of suitable string port holes are disclosed in WO 2004/075996, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
  • the throat bridge has forked ends to define an opening in the string bed plane to allow outer main strings to pass through the throat bridge to string holes in the side insert members.
  • the openings and insert members extend down the racquet frame to a point below the ends of the throat bridge.
  • the racquet is formed by molding two tubes of prepreg material in accordance with a process as generally described in U.S. Published Patent Application No. US 2003/0162613, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
  • the two tubes form an upper and lower frame half, respectively, of the frame.
  • String holes of conventional size are formed between the common wall of two tubes by positioning a plurality of metal pins between the facing walls of the upper and lower tubes prior to the molding process. The pins are then removed after the frame has been molded, leaving molded string holes.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a partially strung tennis racquet frame according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective, exploded view of the tennis racquet frame and insert pieces of FIG. 1 prior to stringing;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional plan view of a portion of the frame of FIG. 1 after stringing;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a racquet frame according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a longitudinal, sectional view of the frame of FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 6 is a side view of the racquet frame of FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an insert member for use in the racquet frame shown in FIGS. 4-6 ;
  • FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 4 but also showing the insert members
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a racquet frame according to a third embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an insert member for use with the frame of FIG. 9 ;
  • FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a racquet frame according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a racquet frame according to a fifth embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic drawing of a molding process for forming a racquet according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 are side and cross-sectional views of a portion of a racquet frame manufactured according to an alternate molding process.
  • FIG. 16 illustrates the racquet frame of FIGS. 14-15 after the formation of cutout portions has been completed.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a partially strung tennis racquet frame 10 .
  • the frame includes a head portion 12 , whose inwardly facing surface defines an area 13 in which the string bed lies.
  • the head portion includes a throat bridge 14 which encloses the lower portion of the stringing area 13 .
  • the head portion is coupled to a handle portion 15 of the frame by a pair of converging shaft members 16 .
  • the head portion 12 of the frame includes elongated cutout portions 18 , 18 a .
  • a cutout portion 18 is formed along each of the sides of the head section 12 .
  • a third cutout portion 18 a is formed in the tip section.
  • Each cutout portion 18 , 18 a includes a slot 20 that extends through the frame 10 in the plane of the string bed, and an outwardly facing shoulder 24 surrounding the slot 20 .
  • the shoulder 24 which acts as a bearing surface, is depressed relative to the outer surface 26 of the frame 10 and, at each location on the frame, is preferably perpendicular to the direction of the strings entering and leaving the frame. Alternatively, the shoulder 24 may be at an angle other than perpendicular. For example, the shoulder 24 could taper inwardly in the direction toward the string bed.
  • one or more support posts 29 may span the upper and lower frame portions defining the cutout portions 18 , 18 a.
  • Insert members 30 , 30 a , 30 b are received in the cutout portions 18 , 18 a.
  • the undersurface of each insert member 30 , 30 a bears against the shoulder 24 .
  • the insert members 30 , 30 a , 30 b have a thickness such that their outer surface 31 is generally flush with the outer surface 25 of the frame. However, if desired, the outer surfaces 31 of the insert members may lie above or below the outer surface 25 of the frame.
  • the corresponding bearing surfaces of the insert members 18 , 18 a are flat. If the shoulder 24 is tapered or otherwise shaped, the corresponding insert member bearing surface would be tapered or have a corresponding shape. In either case, the finction of the bearing surfaces is to prevent the insert members 18 , 18 a from being pulled through the frame when the strings are tensioned.
  • Each insert member 30 , 30 a , 30 b includes a plurality of string port holes 32 and a plurality of conventional string holes 33 .
  • Each of the string port holes 32 , 32 a provides for the passage of two contiguous main string segments or two contiguous cross string segments and has a dimension equal to the desired spacing between two contiguous string segments.
  • string segment refers to a length of string extending between opposed string holes on the frame.
  • the center region of the throat bridge 14 is molded to include a plurality of string port holes 32 a , and the opposite ends 35 of the throat bridge are forked to define openings 36 in the plane of the string bed for the passage of the outer main strings 40 .
  • the string port holes 32 on opposite sides of the racquet frame are offset relative to one another such that a string extending from one side of a string port hole 32 , after crossing the interwoven string bed, extends along the opposite side of the string port hole 32 on the opposite side of the racquet.
  • the insert members 30 , 30 a along the sides contain seven string port holes 32 along with conventional string holes 33 .
  • the insert member 30 b at the tip contains six string port holes 32 along with conventional string holes 33 .
  • FIGS. 1-3 are merely exemplary, and the disposition, and number of string port holes 32 and conventional string hole 33 can vary
  • the string port holes 32 are rectangular in shape.
  • the string port holes may assume any suitable shape, e.g., any of the shapes shown in WO 2004/075996.
  • the shape of the string port holes can be varied in order to create different design patterns in the frame or for other reasons, such as minimizing the cost of tooling or production.
  • the outer edges of the string port holes, at least in the string plane are rounded, so that the string does not encounter a sharp edge as it enters and leaves the hole and form a guide anchoring the ends of the strings.
  • the outside surfaces of the insert members include a stringing groove 48 , to help guide the strings between string holes, and anchor the ends of the string segments in the holes.
  • the surfaces of the string port holes against which the strings bear as they pass through is flat, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 , and oriented so as to be perpendicular to the string bed and parallel to the direction by which the string end passes through the string port hole.
  • the string port holes can also be used as seats for the insertion of plastic parts and/or vibration damping elements and/or weights in order to modify the mass distribution of the frame, for example, to change the balance or playing characteristics of the racquet.
  • FIG. 1 shows a partially strung racquet in order to illustrate why the port string holes need to be offset relative to one another.
  • a main string segment 40 a extends through the right hand side of string port hole 32 a to the throat bridge 14 .
  • string segment 40 a extends through the left hand side of the string port hole 32 b in the throat bridge 14 and wraps around the outside of the throat bridge 14 .
  • next string segment 40 b after passing through the right-hand side of port string hole 32 c, extends from the throat bridge 14 through the left-hand side of the string port hole 32 a in the insert member 30 b , wraps around the outside of the insert 30 b , and extends through the right-hand side of the next string port hole 32 d.
  • outer main string segments 40 c extend through the forked opening 36 in the throat bridge 14 to string holes in the insert members 30 , 30 a .
  • the saddle shaped base 38 of the forked opening 36 provides a seat for one of the string segments 40 d.
  • FIGS. 4-8 illustrate a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the opposite sides of the head portion 12 a of the frame 10 a include cutout portions 18 ′, and the tip region includes a cutout portion 18 a′, each for receiving a cutout member.
  • the throat bridge 14 a includes a cutout portion 18 b for receiving another insert member.
  • the cutout portions 18 ′, 18 a′ are not as long as the cutout portions 18 , 18 a in FIGS. 1-3 , and some of the string holes would be drilled or formed in the frame 10 a in the regions between the cutout portions.
  • FIG. 7 shows another example of a insert member 30 ′, which is received in one of the cutout portions 18 ′, with corresponding insert members being received in the other cutout portions.
  • FIGS. 9-10 show a third embodiment in which the inwardly facing walls 50 of the cutout portions 18 ′′, designed to receive insert members, have an undulating shape. As shown in FIG. 10 , the insert members 30 ′′have undulating side walls 52 to fit in the cutout portions 18 ′′.
  • FIGS. 11-12 show two more embodiments of the invention, in which the sides and tip of the head portion 12 c and 12 d each have more than one cutout portion 18 ′′′ and 18 ′′′.
  • the inwardly facing walls 50 c of the cutouts 18 ′′′ are smooth, whereas in FIG. 12 the walls 50 d are undulating.
  • the racquet frame is formed in accordance with a process similar to that described in U.S. published patent application No. US2003/0162613, which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • a pair of hollow prepreg tubes 60 , 61 of uncured composite material are placed between upper and lower mold halves 62 , 64 which, when closed, define an inner mold cavity in the shape of the racquet frame.
  • An inflatable bladder member 65 extends through each prepreg tube. Each bladder member 65 has a pair of ends that project out of the mold when the mold is closed.
  • mold members 66 Prior to closing the mold, mold members 66 , in the desired shape of the cutout portions, are positioned between the upper and lower tubes 60 , 61 , in the locations where the cutout portions are desired. The mold is then closed, and the bladders 65 are inflated such that the prepreg tubes 60 , 61 assume the shape of the mold and the insert members 66 . At the same time, the mold is heated in order to cause the composite material to cure.
  • the abutting walls of the upper and lower tubes 60 , 61 fuse together to form a common interior wall in the string bed plane, except where the mold members 66 keep the walls separated from one another. After molding, the mold members 66 are withdrawn from the frame, leaving the cutout portions.
  • a racquet according to the invention can also be made according to the processes described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,071,203.
  • Such racquet frame also is formed of a pair upper and lower tube halves. However, the tubular frame halves are molded individually and then glued together.
  • a racquet according to the invention can be made by other methods.
  • the frame can be molded from a single tube of prepreg, using an inflation molding process similar to a conventional inflation molding process.
  • an inflatable bladder is inserted into a prepreg tube, whereupon the tube is inserted into a mold having the desired shape of the frame.
  • the tube is then inflated to conform to the shape of the mold, as the prepreg material is cured.
  • a hollow prepreg tube 70 with an inflation bladder 71 therein, is placed in a mold shaped to define cutout blanks 74 with side walls 75 in the shape of cutouts for receiving inserts.
  • the cutout blanks 74 have a bottom wall 76 formed where opposite sides of the prepreg tube 70 have been fused together during the molding process.
  • slots 78 are drilled to form finished cutout portions 80 .
  • the slots 78 are drilled so as to leave an outwardly facing shoulder 82 which can form a bearing surface for the insert members (not shown).
  • the frame can be formed by injection molding of composite material containing short, chopped fibers, in accordance with another known process, which allows the cutouts to be molded in directly, without the need to remove a blocking wall after molding.
  • the frame can be formed in a conventional manner, e.g., by extruding the frame, and then drilling the string holes and enlarged string holes.
  • the frame can be made using a double bladder.
  • a prepreg tube is formed around each bladder.
  • both bladders extend through the interior of a common tube.
  • insert mold members are inserted between the two prepreg tube sections, and then the frame is formed by inflation molding in a conventional manner.
  • sides refers generally to the regions of the racquet head between the upper and lower corners
  • tip refers generally to the region of the head between the upper corners.
  • sides and tip can include any portion of the sides or tip, or even include a portion of persons might consider to be the corners.
  • the shoulder 24 forming a seat for the insert member is perpendicular to the string
  • the cutout portions can have walls which taper in the direction of the string bed, with the insert members also having tapering walls. The force of the strings, when tensioned, will ensure that the insert member is firmly retained in the cutout portion.
  • Another possibility is to mold the carbon fiber frame of the racquet jointly with pre-formed inserts placed in the mold.
  • the insert cannot be removed from the frame.
  • this embodiment would avoid the need for expensive equipment to form the insert with tolerances ensuring a tight fit in the frame openings, in that the frame will adapt to the shape of the inserts.
  • the inserts which can be made of plastic, metal, carbon fiber composites, wood, ceramic, etc., are placed into the mold, at the desired locations, with the prepreg tube. When the prepreg tube is heated and expanded, the epoxy or thermoplastic resin will bond firmly with the insert to retain it permanently in place.
  • the characteristics of the insert can be selected based on the choice of materials. If the insert is plastic, features such as damping, soft hitting feeling, etc., can be realized. If the insert is made of other materials, different characteristics, such as elasticity, wil result. All such modifications and variations are intended to be within the scope of the invention, as defined in the following claims.

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