Patent ID: 6257999
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
Racket for a ball to be hit and guided at the ground, said racket comprising:(a) a frame of an oval shape and surrounding a central opening defined through said frame, said frame having opposite arcuate-shaped top and bottom portions being oppositely curved away from one another and opposite arcuate-shaped lateral end portions extending between said top and bottom portions and being oppositely curved away from one another so as to provide said frame with the oval shape;(b) a striking face mounted to said frame and having a grid structure extending across said central opening of said frame such that said frame and said striking face together substantially resemble a head of a tennis racket, said bottom portion of said frame having a middle section and opposite end sections extending away from said middle section such that said bottom portion in cross section is wider at said middle section than at said opposite end sections so as to protrude in opposite directions away from opposite sides of said striking face and reinforce said bottom portion of said frame to withstand coming into contact with the ground during play; and(c) an elongated shaft being substantially straight and joined at one end with said frame at one of said arcuate-shaped lateral end portions thereof and extending from said frame in a generally tangential relationship to said frame.