Patent ID: 6432004
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A tennis-swing training device, said device comprising:(a) a racket, said racket comprising a stringed head having a lower end portion, a handle having an upper end portion, and a pair of beams connecting the head to the handle and defining an open area between the upper and lower end portions thereof; (b) a shaft having a first end and a second end and a medial portion between the ends of the shaft; (c) means for mounting the shaft to the racket whereby the first end is proximate to the upper end portion of the handle, the second end is proximate to the lower end portion of the head, and the medial portion is proximate to the open area; and (d) means movably mounted on the medial portion of said shaft and positionable in the open area for changing the balance and the resultant center of gravity of the tennis racket, wherein said means movably mounted on the medial portion of said shaft comprises a weight mounted for movement in the open area between the head and handle portions, the weight comprising: (1) first and second interdigitating opposedly arranged body portions; and (2) at least one locking member for locking the first and second body portions together into a resulting body member and securing the body member to the shaft, the locking member precluding the slidable movement of the body member relative to the shaft.