Improvements in Tennis and Racket Bats.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tennis and Racket Bats.
I JAMES ALBERT BAKER 98 Gosset Street Bethnal Green Road, London E.
Toy Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
My invention relates to improvements in tennis rackets or bats and consists in the
employment and use of two nets, meshes or equivalent in place of the single net or
mesh generally used.
A modification of my invention consists in combining jingles therewith.
The way and manner in which my invention is carried into effect will be readily
understood by reference to the accompanying drawing in which :-
Fig. 1. is a front view of a racket bat having a double net.
Fig. 2. is a side view of portion of hoop.
Fig. 3. is a front view of part of racket shewing a jingle mounted within the hoop
and between the net.
Fig. 4. is a side view.
Fig. 5. shews a jingle mounted upon a metallic bracket.
Fig. 6. shews the metallic bracket before bending.
In the drawings, 1 is the hoop of the racket or bat, 2 the gut, string or other
netting which is laced through the sides of the hoop and fastened off in the well
known manner. The double net provides two independent working surfaces in place
of one, and consequently increases the effectiveness and prolongs the life of the
racket. In some cases, more particularly in toy tennis and racket bats, 1 mount
jingles 4, formed from tin, brass, or other sonorous metal in slots 3, cut in the
frame 1, between the nets; jingles thus mounted are secured by pins 5, passing
loosely through them and driven into the wood or other material of which the hoop
is formed.
Another method of mounting the jingles is shewn in Figs. 3 and 4; in this
case brackets 6, formed of wood, metal or other suitable material are grooved out
or cast, as shewn; shaped to the contour of the interior of the hoop and secured thereto
by glueing or pins or screws 7, the jingles are secured by pins 5, passing loosely
through them and driven into the sides of the brackets as shewn. An advantageous
feature of this modification is, that the jingles are wholly enclosed within the hoop
of racket and thus protected from injury. A cheaper manner of mounting the
jingles is to use a light metal stamping 6', the side arms are bent up as shewn in
Fig. 5, and the jingles mounted upon a pin driven into them or soldered thereto;
the rectangular part of the plate is then pinned or screwed to the inside of the hoop
between the nets. Both sides of the net are available for use, and when jingles are
mounted between the nets or otherwise they emit a clanging or musical sound when
the ball is struck by the person grasping the handle 8, in the manner well under-
stood. The methods of mounting jingles independently in brackets described
under Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, are also applicable and may be used with rackets having
only a single net, as described in my Specification No. 20,260, dated Nov. 10th, 1892,
but I lay no claim herein to jingles when mounted by pinning through the hoop
in rackets having a single net in the way and manner therein described and
claimed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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page_text: of a double net formed of string, gut, or the like suitable material, and mounted in
the hoop substantially in the way and manner herein described.
2. In toy or other tennis rackets or bats the combination and use of jingles
mounted in the hoop, and between the nets substantially as shewn and described
under Figs. 1 and 2.
3. In toy or other tennis rackets or bats the particular method of independently
mounting jingles in the wooden or metallic brackets shaped to the interior contour
of the hoop and secured thereto by glue, screws, or the like as shewn and described
with reference to Figs. 3 and 4.
4. For the purpose of mounting jingles wholly within the hoop and between the
nets or otherwise of toy or other tennis rackets or bats, the particular form of
metallic stamping 61, secured to the hoop and carrying the jingle in the way and
manner described in Figs. 5 and 6.
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11 1000
FRANCIS M. ROGERS,
Agent.