Patent ID: 6383099
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A tennis racquet comprising:a frame having an elongated lower shaft portion, an upper head portion, and a generally planar string bed supported by the head portion, the shaft having a lower handle portion which terminates in a butt end and a generally Y-shaped upper throat portion formed by a pair of diverging arms, the head having a generally U-shaped upper portion which merges with said arms and which curves upwardly from said arms and a yoke portion which merges with said arms and which curves downwardly between said arms, the frame having a longitudinal centerline which extends along said handle portion and bisects the yoke portion and the upper portion of the head, the head having a top where the centerline bisects the upper portion of the head and a bottom where the centerline bisects the yoke, the upper portion of the head having a generally oval cross section with a length which extends generally perpendicularly to the plane of the string bed and a width which extends generally parallel to the plane of the string bed, the length and width of the cross section of the upper portion head being at a maximum adjacent the merger between said yoke and said arms and decreasing toward the top of the frame, the dimension of said maximum width being at least 0.620 inch, the ratio of said maximum width to said maximum length of the cross section of the upper portion of the head being at least 0.5.