Patent ID: 7431673

Claim:
A racket comprising a racket frame in which a yoke part is disposed between left and right portions of a bifurcated throat part continuous with a head part and with a shaft part; a space is bounded by said yoke part and said left and right portions of said throat part; a ball-hitting face is formed with said yoke part and said head part; and said head part and said yoke part have a plurality of string holes formed in penetration therethrough to insert longitudinal and transverse strings therethrough, wherein longitudinal string holes formed through connection portions forming junctures between left and right sides of said yoke part and said left and right portions of said throat part extend into said left and right portions of said throat part to form extended longitudinal string holes open on an outer surface of said left and right portions of said throat part; and longitudinal strings extending through said longitudinal string holes are stretched respectively at an outer surface of said left and right portions of said throat, without extending into said space.