Patent ID: 6027420
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A sports racket comprising:a racket body having a longitudinal axis, which formed with a handle and a frame provided with at least of structural load-carrying members, including a head part, a middle part, a throat element and a shank element connecting said throat element of said frame to said handle, anda string system defining a stringing plane having at least two string segment systems, one system for the longitudinal string segments of the racket and the other system for the lateral string segments, each one string segment possessing two ends anchored on said members of the frame, wherein said lateral string segments, which run approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the racket body, from one side of said axis towards the opposite side, intersect with the longitudinal string segments, which run from the head part towards the handle, whereinsaid throat element having a portion thereof at least partially hollow forming openings enabling a majority of said longitudinal string segments to pass through, enter and be anchored adjacent said shank element, and whereinat least for two longitudinal string segments, one on each side of the longitudinal axis, which are anchored at said shank element, there is no structural member of the frame positioned between said two longitudinal string segments and the outward space beyond.