US1536108A - Tennis racket - Google Patents

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TENNIS RACKET Filed March 8, 1924 mum AIHHHH WIHHHIW- Patented May 5, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HARRY G. LEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TENNIS RACKET.

Application filed March 8, 1924. Serial No. 697,688.

rackets which have a slot in the throat, running substantially in the plane of the string ing, whereby theracket is made more resilient and so less liable to break in the hoop near the throat. Heretofore, such slots have been cut in such rackets with parallel walls, wh ch form of slots is not the best because they remove too much wood near the stringing and not enough at the handle end. The object of my invention is to overcome this defeet by making a racket in the proper form with greater strength and better resiliency than has heretofore been obtainable. This object is accomplished by my invention, one

embodiment of which is hereinafter more particularly set forth.

For a more detailed description of my invention, reference is to be'had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in whichi Figure l is a plan View of a tennis racket embodying my improvement and Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

My improved tennis racket 1 has a head 2 provided with a hoop 3 of the usual form and stringing 4 which is placed in the con ventional manner and also a handle 5 and a throat 6. 'All these parts are conventional and need no further description The throat 6 also has a slot 7 of novel form which extends clear through, as indicated in Figure 1. This slot 7, at the handle end, has its largest cross section and tapers from this to near a line, as shown in Figure 2, so that when the racket is in use and a ball is struck, the stresses are imparted through the stringing 3 to the frame 1} and thence along the racket through the throat 6 and handle 5.

Theadvai'itage of making the opening 7 in the form shownis that the remaining portion of the handle and throat have a substantially uniform thickness of material so that the two parts have a substantially uniform strength throughout and give a uniform resistance to bending so that the racket will bend better and function better than it would if the slots were made in the old way with parallel sides.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it is broad enough to cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

, A tennis racket having a head, a handle,

- and a throat intermediate of said handle and said head, said throat having a tapered slot substantially throughout its length in the plane of the head and with this slot widest at the handle end, whereby the racket HARRY C. LEE.

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