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Tennis racquet with variable center of gravity and balance

US4355803A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 1980
Grant dateOct 26, 1982
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B60/10
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A tennis racquet with variable center of gravity and balance which comprises (a) a head, a handle and a grip, with the handle comprised of two side frames, (b) a weighted mechanism slidably mounted between the two side frames, and (c) ball and detent means between the weighted mechanism and the side frames for readily maintaining the position of the weighted mechanism at intermediate positions between head and grip as the weighted mechanism is slid back and forth between the head and the grip, thereby shifting the center of gravity and the balance toward the head or the grip.

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