EP 0159814 A3 19861120 - RACKET HANDLE
Title (en)
RACKET HANDLE
Publication
Application
Priority
US 60148884 A 19840418
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0159814A2] A handle, for a tennis racket including a racket head having a substantially planar ball-striking surface, including a pair of minor surfaces and at least one major surface in which, viewing the handle in cross-section, the minor surfaces are generally perpendicular to the ball-striking surface of the racket head and the major surface is at an angle of between 25 DEG and 40 DEG with a plane parallel to the ball-striking surface of the racket head. A player's grip on the racket handle may be accurately and quickly changed between a forehand grip and a backhand grip by means of the <<feel>> of the handle contours. In the forehand grip, the palm of the player's hand engages the major surface of the handle, and in a backhand grip the player's palm engages one of the minor surfaces, with the fingers encircling but substantially not contacting the major surface.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63B 49/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A63B 49/08 (2013.01 - EP US); A63B 60/10 (2015.10 - EP US); A63B 60/06 (2015.10 - EP); A63B 60/08 (2015.10 - EP)
Citation (search report)
[X] US 4349199 A 19820914 - VULCANO RICHARD
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0159814 A2 19851030; EP 0159814 A3 19861120; AU 4291085 A 19851115; BR 8506614 A 19860415; DD 241856 A5 19870107; ES 286150 U 19851101; ES 286150 Y 19860601; IL 74736 A0 19850630; JP S61501961 A 19860911; WO 8504814 A1 19851107
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 85301993 A 19850322; AU 4291085 A 19850417; BR 8506614 A 19850417; DD 27521785 A 19850416; ES 286150 U 19850418; IL 7473685 A 19850327; JP 50179085 A 19850417; US 8500601 W 19850417