Patent ID: 6062993
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A packaged combination of a tennis training device and instructions, comprising:a package containing a training device comprising a flexible enclosure adapted to receive a tennis ball, an elastic tether having two ends, one end of said elastic tether being attached to said flexible enclosure, and means for attaching the other end of said elastic tether to the strings of a tennis racket, said means for attaching being located at the other end of said elastic tether, wherein said means for attaching does not substantially affect the normal impact of a tennis ball at the center of the string bed of a tennis racket, said means for attaching comprising a plurality of elongated flexible elastic members attached to said other end of said elastic tether and a plurality of fasteners connected to respective different of said elongated flexible elastic members for connection with strings on a tennis racket at a plurality of distinct points spaced from said center of said string bed, wherein said plurality of fasteners are spaced far enough from each other that they create offsetting tensions which hold the fasteners in place; andinstructions associated with said packaged combination which explain how to releasably secure the training device to a tennis racket, said instructions including the steps of placing a tennis ball in said flexible enclosure and connecting said plurality of fasteners to said string bed of said tennis racket at said distinct points spaced from the center of the are a defined by said string bed.