IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAWN TENNIS AND RACQUET BATS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM ETON BUSSEY of Museum Works Rye Lane Peckham in the County
of Surrey Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAWN TENNIS AND RACQUET BATS"
to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the construction of
the handles of Lawn Tennis and Racquet Bats by which desired advantages are
obtained.
The improvement consists in making a series of longitudinal corrugations or
channels on tho handle by which a good holding surface is made for the hand,
thereby enabling players to have a firm grasp of the Racquet, with the least
possible strain to the muscles of tho hand at the same time it ensures a most
comfortable grip; in addition to these important advantages, the corrugations or
channels above referred to, admit of the passage of air underneath the hand,
thereby keeping the hand cool and free from moisture.
My invention is specially applicable to handles made of Wood, Vulcanite, Ebonite,
Cork, Leather, but it can also be adapted to other materials.
·
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM ETON BUSSEY, of Museum Works, Rye Lane, Peckham, in the County
of Surrey, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAWN TENNIS AND RACQUET BATS,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the construction of the
handles of Lawn Tennis and Racquet Bats, by which certain desired advantages
are obtained.
My invention consists in making a series of longitudinal corrugations or channels
surrounding the handle, by which a good holding surface is made for the land,
thereby enabling the players to obtain a firm grasp of the racquet, with the least
possible strain to the muscles of the hand; at the same time it insures a inost
comfortable grip. In addition to which important advantages, the corrugations or
channels admit of the passage of air under the hand, thereby keeping the hand
cool and free from moisture.
My invention is specially applicable to handles formed of wood, vulcanite, ebonite,
cork, or leather, or partly of one material and partly of another or others, and
analogous substances."
And in order that my said invention may be more particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a bat, shewing my improved corrugated handle, and
Fig 2 is a section (to a larger scale) on the line a 6 of Fig. 1, whereby the general
arrangement and nature of the corrugations will be clearly seen.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The manufacture and use of handles for Lawn Tennis, Racquet, and analogous
bats constructed with a series of longitudinal corrugations or channels, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes described, and shown on the drawings.
Dated this 16th day of Januar 1885