Patent Description:
A conventional racket is provided with longitudinal and transversal (defined as a Y-axis and an X-axis) strings on a racket frame of the racket, the racket frame is provided with longitudinal and transversal string holes which are symmetrically arranged on a periphery thereof, a single grommet is disposed inside the string hole, the string is disposed inside the single grommet so as to be woven for forming a racket surface having a certain tension (as known as pounds), the racket frame having the strings is formed as a racket which is used in various exciting ball games, for example tennis, badminton or squash; for allowing a ball to be received in a sweet spot of the racket surface, the sportsman holding the racket has to rapidly response and move and has a continuous focus, it is more important that shock waves of a counter shock force generated in an instant striking moment of the string of the racket frame being in contact with the ball may let the wrist or the arm of the sportsman feel numb, and the counter shock force and the tension (tightness) of the string is in a direct ratio, in other words the higher the tension, the greater the counter shock force, the counter shock force would be transferred to the wrist or the arm through the racket, so that sport damages, for example tennis elbow due to backhand striking or golf elbow due to positive striking, may happen because there is no shock-absorbing device provided between the strings woven on the racket frame of the conventional racket, the shock waves of the counter shock force generated in the instant striking moment of the racket frame composed of the strings being in contact with the ball could not be absorbed and damped thereby being fully transferred to the wrist and the arm, and the racket is unable to be stably held by the sportsman, moreover, the weight of the periphery of the conventional racket frame cannot be adjusted with respect to requirements of the user; accordingly, the practicability is very much limited; as such, the above-mentioned shortages shall be improved by the skilled people in the art.

The document <CIT> discloses a sports racquet for supporting at least one racquet string and including a frame and at least one string support assembly. The frame includes handle and head portions separated by throat tubes. The head portion has grommet holes, and includes top, bottom, first side and second side regions. The string support assembly includes a grommet structure and at least one bearing element. The grommet structure includes a strip and at least two barrels extending from the strip. Each barrel includes a string hole extending along an axis of the barrel, and extends through a separate one of the grommet holes. The bearing element is coupled to the grommet structure, and includes an upper portion having a grooved rim engaging the string and a deflectable lower portion having opposing cutouts. The support assembly is positioned at one or more of the top, bottom, first side and second side regions.

The document <CIT> discloses a racquet having a transverse compliant edge system that supports the racquet strings and has independent elastic transverse movement of the string supports while inhibiting accompanying radial movement. The transverse compliant edge system includes rigid string support rails inside an outer channel in the racquet frame. Each string support rail has an outer groove that contains and supports the racquet string and an inside contact surface supported by the racquet frame and that acts as a pivot point. The string support rails are spaced away from the walls of the outer channel in the racquet frame and the spaces are bridged with compliant material or springs.

For solving the shortages existed in the prior art, one primary objective of the present invention is to provide a racket with a racket shock-absorbing device according to claim <NUM> , in which the shock-absorbing device comprises a lower hard seat member and an upper soft pad member, the lower hard seat member is provided with a protrusion and a recess, the upper soft pad member is disposed on a top end of the lower hard seat member or on a top end of another upper soft pad member having other units, and the upper soft pad member is provided with a buckle slot arranged correspondingly to the protrusion of the lower hard seat member, thereby solving the shortages existed in the prior art.

Another primary objective of the present invention is to provide a racket with a racket shock-absorbing device, in which the shock-absorbing device comprises a lower hard seat member and an upper soft pad member disposed between two single grommets of a racket frame, advantages of providing interferences at different timings and capable of bearing shock waves of a counter shock force generated while a string being used for striking a ball for achieving a shock-absorbing and damping effect can be provided.

One another primary objective of the present invention is to provide a racket with a racket shock-absorbing device, which has advantages of effectively increasing the operation safety of a racket, enhancing the hold stability and reducing the sport damage.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that: a conventional racket is provided with longitudinal and transversal (defined as a Y-axis and an X-axis) strings on a racket frame of the racket, the racket frame is provided with longitudinal and transversal string holes which are symmetrically arranged on a periphery thereof, a single grommet is disposed inside the string hole, the string is disposed inside the single grommet so as to be woven for forming a racket surface having a certain tension (as known as pounds), shock waves of a counter shock force are generated in an instant striking moment of the string of the racket frame being in contact with the ball, and the counter shock force and the tension (tightness) of the string is in a direct ratio, in other words the higher the tension, the greater the counter shock force, the counter shock force would be transferred to the wrist or the arm through the racket, so that sport damages, for example tennis elbow due to backhand striking or golf elbow due to positive striking, may happen because there is no shock-absorbing device provided between the strings woven on the racket frame of the conventional racket, the shock waves of the counter shock force generated in the instant striking moment of the racket surface being in contact with the ball could not be absorbed and damped thereby being fully transferred to the wrist and the arm, and the racket is unable to be stably held by the sportsman, moreover, the weight of the periphery of the conventional racket frame cannot be adjusted with respect to requirements of the user; accordingly, the practicability is very much limited.

For achieving the aforesaid objectives, one technical solution provided by the present invention is to provide a racket according to claim <NUM>.

Wherein, according to the present invention, the lower hard seat member is integrally formed at the periphery of the racket frame of the racket and arranged between the two single grommets of the string hole.

Wherein, according to the present invention, the single grommet is disposed at two ends of the lower hard seat member and downwardly extended and provided with a through hole, formed in a penetrated status, allowing the string to pass.

Wherein, according to the present invention, one or more than two protrusions are disposed inside the single grommet.

Wherein, according to the present invention, the one or more than two protrusions of the lower hard seat member are disposed inside the through hole of the single grommet, and the buckle slot correspondingly formed on the upper soft pad member is formed as a filled and flattened solid surface.

Wherein, according to the present invention, the protrusions of the lower hard seat member and the buckle slots of the upper soft pad member are symmetrically arranged or asymmetrically arranged.

Wherein, according to the present invention, the protrusions of the lower hard seat member and the buckle slots of the upper soft pad member are symmetrically formed in a cut status having two ends being aligned or in a retracted status and arranged at two ends of the protrusion and two ends of the upper soft pad member.

Wherein, according to the present invention, the protrusions of the lower hard seat member and the buckle slots of the upper soft pad member are asymmetrically formed in a cut status having one end being aligned or in a retracted status and arranged at one end of the protrusion and one end of the upper soft pad member, which are adjacently defined.

Wherein, according to the present invention, the protrusion of the lower hard seat member and the buckle slot of the upper soft pad member are able to be formed in any geometrical shape, and the geometrical shape is rectangular, arc-shaped, tooth-shaped or trapezoid.

Wherein, according to the present invention, the top end of the upper soft pad member is able to be further disposed with at least one another of the upper soft pad member having other units and the buckle slot is formed as a filled and flattened solid surface.

Advantages achieved by the present invention are as follows: the shock-absorbing device provided by the present invention comprises the lower hard seat member and the upper soft pad member, the lower hard seat member are provided with the protrusions and the recess, the upper soft pad member is disposed on the top end of the lower hard seat member or on the top end of the another upper soft pad member having other units, and the upper soft pad member is provided with the buckle slot arranged correspondingly to the protrusion of the lower hard seat member; with the lower hard seat member and the upper soft pad member of the shock-absorbing device disposed between the two single grommets of the racket frame, interferences at different timings are able to be provided and shock waves of a counter shock force generated while the string being used for striking a ball for achieving a shock-absorbing and shock absorbing effect is able to be provided; the operation safety of the racket can be effectively increased, the hold stability can be enhanced and the sport damage can be reduced; accordingly, the present invention is novel and more practical in use, and can satisfy requirements of the consumers.

One preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings for illustrating the structural assembly, the technical means and the functions to be achieved by the present invention; and the actual ratios and the arrangement of components shall not be limited by the ratios and the arrangement of components in the provided figures.

Please refer from <FIG>; according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, a racket shock-absorbing device <NUM> comprising a lower hard seat member <NUM> and at least one upper soft pad member <NUM>.

The lower hard seat member <NUM> is disposed at a periphery of a racket frame <NUM> of a racket <NUM> and arranged between two single grommets <NUM> respectively formed with a string hole <NUM> allowing a string <NUM> to be disposed, and a top end thereof is disposed with one protrusion <NUM> (as show in <FIG>) or more than two protrusions <NUM> (as shown in <FIG>, <FIG>) correspondingly along a direction defined at the periphery of the racket frame <NUM>, the lower hard seat member <NUM> is formed with a recess <NUM> arranged at the center and adjacent to the one or more than two protrusions <NUM> (as shown in <FIG>, <FIG>); the lower hard seat member <NUM> can be integrally formed at the periphery of the racket frame <NUM> of the racket <NUM> and arranged between the two single grommets <NUM> of the string hole <NUM> (as shown in <FIG>), the single grommets <NUM> can be disposed at two ends of the lower hard seat member <NUM> and downwardly extended and provided with a through hole <NUM> (as shown in <FIG>), formed in a penetrated status, allowing the string <NUM> to pass, and the one or more than two protrusions <NUM> are disposed inside the single grommet <NUM> (as shown in <FIG>); the one or more than two protrusions <NUM> of the lower hard seat member <NUM> can be disposed inside the through hole <NUM> of the single grommet <NUM>, and a buckle slot <NUM> correspondingly formed on the upper soft pad member <NUM> is formed as a filled and flattened solid surface (as shown in <FIG>), the protrusions <NUM> of the lower hard seat member <NUM> and the buckle slots <NUM> of the upper soft pad member <NUM> are symmetrically arranged (as shown in <FIG>) or asymmetrically arranged (as shown in <FIG>); the protrusions <NUM> of the lower hard seat member <NUM> and the buckle slots <NUM> of the upper soft pad member <NUM> are symmetrically formed in a cut status having two ends being aligned (as shown in <FIG> and <FIG>) or in a retracted status (as shown in <FIG>) and arranged at two ends of the protrusion <NUM> and two ends of the upper soft pad member <NUM>; the protrusions <NUM> of the lower hard seat member <NUM> and the buckle slots <NUM> of the upper soft pad member <NUM> are asymmetrically formed in a cut status having one end being aligned (as shown in <FIG>) or in a retracted status (not shown in figures) and arranged at one end of the protrusion <NUM> and one end of the upper soft pad member <NUM>, which are adjacently defined.

The at least one upper soft pad member <NUM> is disposed on the top end of the lower hard seat member <NUM>, the one or more than two buckle slots <NUM> is disposed inside the upper soft pad member <NUM> and arranged correspondingly to the one or more than two protrusions <NUM> of the lower hard seat member <NUM> (as shown in <FIG>, <FIG>), the string <NUM> is crossly disposed and downwardly pressed at the top end defined at the center of the upper soft pad member <NUM> and arranged correspondingly to the recess <NUM> of the lower hard seat member <NUM> (as shown in <FIG>); the top end of the upper soft pad member <NUM> can be further disposed with at least one another of the upper soft pad member <NUM> having other units and the buckle slot <NUM> is formed as a filled and flattened solid surface (as shown in <FIG>); the shock-absorbing device <NUM> can be further utilized as a counterweight for the racket <NUM>, so that an external force can be evenly distributed when the racket <NUM> is held by a user and more stabilities can be provided, the protrusion <NUM> of the lower hard seat member <NUM> and the buckle slot <NUM> of the upper soft pad member <NUM> can be formed in any geometrical shape (as shown from <FIG>), but what shall be addressed is that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned arrangement, according to this embodiment, the geometrical shape can be rectangular, arc-shaped, tooth-shaped or trapezoid, but what shall be addressed is that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned arrangement; according to this embodiment, with the shock-absorbing device <NUM> comprises the lower hard seat member <NUM> and the upper soft pad member <NUM> disposed between the two single grommets <NUM> of the racket frame <NUM>, advantages of providing interferences at different timings and capable of bearing shock waves of a counter shock force generated while the string <NUM> being used for striking a ball for achieving a shock-absorbing and shock absorbing effect can be provided.

Accordingly, the shock-absorbing device <NUM> provided by the present invention comprises the lower hard seat member <NUM> and the upper soft pad member <NUM>, the lower hard seat member <NUM> are provided with the protrusions <NUM> and the recess <NUM>, the upper soft pad member <NUM> is disposed on the top end of the lower hard seat member <NUM> or on the top end of the another upper soft pad member <NUM> having other units, and the upper soft pad member <NUM> is provided with the buckle slot <NUM> arranged correspondingly to the protrusion <NUM> of the lower hard seat member <NUM>; with the lower hard seat member <NUM> and the upper soft pad member <NUM> of the shock-absorbing device <NUM> disposed between the two single grommets <NUM> of the racket frame <NUM>, the advantages of providing interferences at different timings and capable of bearing shock waves of the counter shock force generated while the string <NUM> being used for striking a ball for achieving a shock-absorbing and damping effect can be provided; the operation safety of the racket <NUM> can be effectively increased, the hold stability can be enhanced and the sport damage can be reduced; accordingly, the present invention is novel and more practical in use, and can satisfy requirements of the consumers.

Claim 1:
A racket comprising:
a racket frame (<NUM>), grommets (<NUM>); a string (<NUM>); and a racket shock-absorbing device (<NUM>),
wherein the racket shock-absorbing device (<NUM>) comprising:
a lower hard seat member (<NUM>), disposed at a periphery of the racket frame (<NUM>) of the racket and arranged between two single grommets (<NUM>) respectively formed with a string hole (<NUM>) allowing the string (<NUM>) to be disposed, and an upper surface disposed at the lower hard seat member (<NUM>), comprising at least one protrusion (<NUM>) correspondingly along a circumferential direction defined at the periphery of the racket frame (<NUM>), and the lower hard seat member (<NUM>) is formed with a recess (<NUM>) arranged at a center and adjacent to the at least one protrusion (<NUM>);
at least one upper soft pad member (<NUM>), disposed on the upper surface of the lower hard seat member (<NUM>), wherein at least one buckle slot (<NUM>) is disposed inside the upper soft pad member (<NUM>) and arranged correspondingly to the at least one protrusion (<NUM>) of the lower hard seat member (<NUM>), the string (<NUM>) is crossly disposed and downwardly pressed upon a central area of the upper surface of the upper soft pad member (<NUM>) and arranged correspondingly to the recess (<NUM>) of the lower hard seat member (<NUM>);
with the lower hard seat member (<NUM>) and the upper soft pad member (<NUM>) of the racket shock-absorbing device (<NUM>) disposed between the two single grommets (<NUM>) of the racket frame (<NUM>), interferences at different timings are provided, thereby generating shock waves of a counter shock force while the string (<NUM>) is being used for striking a ball, achieving a shock absorbing effect.