Patent ID: 7553246

Claim:
Racket for ball and shuttlecock games such as tennis, squash, badminton, speedminton, or racketball, comprising a striking part ( 1 ) formed by a head frame ( 6 ) with stringing ( 7 ), a shaft ( 2 ) and an arc-shaped grip ( 3 ), wherein the racket has an S-shaped configuration throughout and a midline ( 5 ) running in a common S shape for the striking part ( 1 ), the shaft ( 2 ) and the grip ( 3 ), such that the uppermost and lowermost intersection points of the head frame ( 6 ) and the striking part ( 1 ) lie on the midline ( 5 ), while the arrangement of shaft ( 2 ) and grip ( 3 ) follows the course of the midline ( 5 ) in its longitudinal extension and the cross sections of the profiles ( 6 . 1 ; 6 . 2 ) of the head frame ( 6 ) and shaft ( 2 ) are different in the halves of the racket separated by the midline ( 5 ); wherein the configuration of the shaft acts like a spring and damps the vibrations that occur, and wherein the tangents of the midline of the grip run through or intercept with the striking part of the racket.