Patent ID: 8740733

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an adapter adapted to removably mount to a racquet, wherein the racquet includes a frame that defines a loop, wherein the racquet includes a plurality of transversely oriented sets of strings that span the loop and are connected to the frame, wherein the racquet includes a handle connected to the frame, wherein the frame includes a tip opposite the handle, wherein the adapter includes a bottom member and a top member that are adapted to fasten to each other and form a channel therebetween, wherein the top member includes a first inner flange adjacent the channel, wherein the bottom member includes a second inner flange adjacent the channel, wherein the adapter includes a projection, wherein an exterior surface of the projection includes a substantially flat surface, wherein the top member includes an elevated portion, wherein the elevated portion includes the substantially flat surface thereon, wherein the elevated portion includes a cavity therein on an inner face of the top member, wherein the bottom member includes a further elevated portion on an inner face of the bottom member, wherein the adapter is operative to mount to the racquet such that: a portion of the frame of the racquet extends through the channel; the first inner flange extends adjacent a first face of the strings; the second inner flange extends adjacent an opposed second face of the strings; the cavity cooperatively receives the further elevated portion therein to fasten the top and bottom members together; the projection extends radially outwardly from the frame such that the substantially flat surface of the projection is orientated parallel to the first face of the strings.