Games racket with vibration-damping assembly

(19)

(11)

EP 0 372 289 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	05.09.1990 Bulletin 1990/36

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	13.06.1990 Bulletin 1990/24

(21)	Application number: 89121446.2

(22)	Date of filing: 20.11.1989

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: A63B 49/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT DE ES FR GB IT NL

(30)

Priority:

02.12.1988 GB 8828144

(71)	Applicant: DUNLOP LIMITED
	London SW1P 2PL (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Buxton, John Martin Wakefield West Yorkshire WF2 6SE (GB)

(74)	Representative: Hinton, Alan Horace (GB) et al
	()

(56)

References cited: :

(54)	Games racket with vibration-damping assembly

(57) A games racket includes one or more vibration-damping assemblies (20) in its throat portion. Each assembly (20) may comprise a metal rod (21) supported at either end by elastically-deformable mounting-members (30, 31). The dimensions of the mounting-members (30, 31) relative to the rod (21) are such as to permit the rod (21) to move in the direction of an applied vibration (AA′).

Search report