Patent ID: 7309299

Claim:
A sports racquet having a frame including a head portion defining a stringing area and a handle portion coupled to said head portion, wherein said head portion includes a plurality of opposed string holes formed in said frame and having string bearing surfaces for anchoring the ends of a first set of string segments extending in a first direction and the ends of a second set of string segments extending in a second direction, wherein said string holes are positioned to provide a predetermined spacing between contiguous string segments in each set, characterized in that at least one of said string holes is a first enlarged string hole having at least two string bearing surfaces for securing the ends of a pair of contiguous string segments of said first set at said predetermined spacing, wherein said first set of string segments are cross string segments and said second set of string segments are main string segments, wherein said head portion includes a throat bridge having a plurality of contiguous enlarged string holes for anchoring a plurality of main string segments, said throat bridge having opposite ends, wherein each opposite end is split to allow outlying main strings to pass through said throat bridge, and wherein the split ends define a bearing surface for securing a main string in said throat bridge.