Patent ID: 8298101

Claim:
A racket handle insert ( 10 ; 110 ; 210 ; 310 ) designed to be fitted around at least one part of the core ( 2 ) of this handle, this insert forming, once fitted around this core, at least one first bulb shape ( 40 , 50 ; 240 , 340 ; 350 ) which has a middle bulge (R; R′; R″) with reference to a longitudinal axis of the handle, the transverse dimensions of each bulb shape decreasing continuously from this bulge in the direction of the two axial ends (E 1 , E 2 ; E′ 1 , E′ 2 ; E″ 1 , E″ 2 ) of each bulb shape, the insert ( 10 ; 110 ) including a first pair of complementary shells ( 20 , 22 , 30 , 32 ; 120 , 122 , 130 , 132 ), each of which is suited to form a corresponding bulb shape ( 40 , 50 ), these shells being made of a rigid material, the insert further including divisible connecting means between successive shells intended to form different bulb shapes.