EP0290424A3 - Racket frame - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0290424A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: racket frame; racket; frame
Prior art date: 1987-05-05
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP88890098A

Other languages

German (de)

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EP0290424B1 (en

EP0290424A2 (en

Inventor

Josef Fischer

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Fischer GmbH

Original Assignee

Fischer GmbH

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1987-05-05

Filing date

1988-04-20

Publication date

1989-07-05

1988-04-20 Application filed by Fischer GmbH filed Critical Fischer GmbH

1988-11-09 Publication of EP0290424A2 publication Critical patent/EP0290424A2/en

1989-07-05 Publication of EP0290424A3 publication Critical patent/EP0290424A3/en

1991-02-27 Application granted granted Critical

1991-02-27 Publication of EP0290424B1 publication Critical patent/EP0290424B1/en

2008-04-20 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B49/00—Stringed rackets, e.g. for tennis
- A63B49/02—Frames
- A63B49/022—String guides on frames, e.g. grommets
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B49/00—Stringed rackets, e.g. for tennis
- A63B49/02—Frames
- A63B49/10—Frames made of non-metallic materials, other than wood
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B49/00—Stringed rackets, e.g. for tennis
- A63B49/02—Frames
- A63B49/10—Frames made of non-metallic materials, other than wood
- A63B49/11—Frames made of non-metallic materials, other than wood with inflatable tubes, e.g. inflatable during fabrication
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B60/00—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

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Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
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Materials Engineering (AREA)
Laminated Bodies (AREA)
Compositions Of Macromolecular Compounds (AREA)
Macromonomer-Based Addition Polymer (AREA)
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Pinball Game Machines (AREA)

EP88890098A 1987-05-05 1988-04-20 Racket frame Expired - Lifetime EP0290424B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT1122/87		1987-05-05
AT0112287A AT388106B (en)	1987-05-05	1987-05-05	FRAME FOR BALL RACKETS

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0290424A2 EP0290424A2 (en)	1988-11-09
EP0290424A3 true EP0290424A3 (en)	1989-07-05
EP0290424B1 EP0290424B1 (en)	1991-02-27

Family

ID=3507058

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP88890098A Expired - Lifetime EP0290424B1 (en)	1987-05-05	1988-04-20	Racket frame

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
US (1)	US4913434A (en)
EP (1)	EP0290424B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPS63309284A (en)
AT (1)	AT388106B (en)
DE (1)	DE3861818D1 (en)

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JPH01121074A (en) *	1987-11-05	1989-05-12	Mizuno Corp	Racket frame made of fiber-reinforced plastics and method for its manufacture
JPH0687903B2 (en) *	1989-12-05	1994-11-09	住友ゴム工業株式会社	Tennis racket frame
US5242162A (en) *	1991-08-02	1993-09-07	Arthur Hong	String holes of a sports racket frame
US5184818A (en) *	1991-11-14	1993-02-09	Lo Kun Nan	Metal racket
US5249799A (en) *	1992-07-24	1993-10-05	Chang Chen Chung	Racket including a metal reinforced throat section
JPH07194741A (en) *	1993-12-28	1995-08-01	Yamaha Corp	Racket frame and its production
TW348549U (en) *	1995-05-10	1998-12-21	Prince Sports Group Inc	Cushion bumper assembly for sports racquets
US6071203A (en) *	1998-08-13	2000-06-06	Prince Sports Group, Inc.	Two piece sports racquet
GB2344292B (en) *	1998-12-03	2003-01-22	Dunlop Slazenger Group Ltd	Hybrid composite racket frame
DE19963241B4 (en) *	1999-12-27	2004-03-04	Roland Sommer	Profile body for the production of sports equipment and method for producing the profile body
US6527656B1 (en)	2001-11-27	2003-03-04	Wilson Sporting Goods Co.	Two-piece grommet assembly for a sports racquet
US6800239B2 (en)	2002-02-26	2004-10-05	Prince Sports, Inc.	Method of manufacturing a two piece sports racquet
US7077768B2 (en) *	2004-05-27	2006-07-18	Ef Composite Technologies, L.P.	Composite racquet with double tube head frame
US7887444B1 (en)	2009-08-13	2011-02-15	Wilson Sporting Goods Co.	Racquet having articulating grommet assemblies
US8834306B2 (en)	2011-07-20	2014-09-16	Ef Composite Technologies, L.P.	Racquet with elongated grommet barrels
JP6053539B2 (en) *	2013-01-31	2016-12-27	ダンロップスポーツ株式会社	Racket frame
FR3034322B1 (en) *	2015-04-01	2018-09-21	Babolat Vs	TENNIS RACKET
US10004950B1 (en)	2017-04-24	2018-06-26	Wilson Sporting Goods Co.	String support assembly for a racquet

Citations (4)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE2042803A1 (en) *	1969-08-28	1971-03-11	Maark Corp , Cranbury, NJ (V St A )	Tennis racket
DE2235791A1 (en) *	1972-07-21	1974-01-31	Kuebler & Co	Metal sports racquets - fraying of the strings prevented by providing a continuous plastic cladding
US4194738A (en) *	1977-06-30	1980-03-25	Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.	Frame of a game racket
US4436305A (en) *	1981-08-26	1984-03-13	American Sports Equipment	Composite reinforced racket structure

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US1930285A (en) *	1929-05-27	1933-10-10	Roy H Robinson	Built up metal tube, frame and skeletonized metal member of high strength weight, and method of forming same
US3545756A (en) *	1968-06-07	1970-12-08	Eugene W Nash	Tennis racket with string supports of variable resiliency
US3814423A (en) *	1972-06-12	1974-06-04	Reynolds Metals Co	Racquet construction and method of making same
JPS5516887Y2 (en) *	1975-06-27	1980-04-19
DE2719649A1 (en) *	1976-05-05	1977-11-24	Paul Lafourcade	FRAME FOR BALL RACKETS, IN PARTICULAR TENNIS RACKETS AND THE METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURING
US4204681A (en) *	1978-07-13	1980-05-27	Amf Incorporated	Game ball racket wherein certain racket components are structurally integrated with the racket frame by the string with which the racket is strung
US4314699A (en) *	1980-01-28	1982-02-09	Leach Industries	Game racquet
US4496152A (en) *	1980-11-04	1985-01-29	Mott Jonathan Christopher	Racquets with protective bumper strip
FR2528318A1 (en) *	1982-06-14	1983-12-16	Cousin Freres Sa	Tennis racquet frames of hollow thermoplastic extrudate - subsequently shaped and filled, pref. of fibre reinforced polyamide plugged with expanded polyurethane
AT386531B (en) *	1985-07-09	1988-09-12	Head Sportgeraete Gmbh	DEVICE FOR PROTECTING THE STRINGS OF A BALL RACKET, IN PARTICULAR TENNIS RACKET
EP0219310A3 (en) *	1985-10-11	1988-08-03	Fin Sports Limited	A racquet shock absorbing device
BE904333A (en) *	1986-03-03	1986-06-30	Tsai Son Kung	IMPROVED RACKET.

1987
- 1987-05-05 AT AT0112287A patent/AT388106B/en not_active IP Right Cessation
1988
- 1988-04-20 EP EP88890098A patent/EP0290424B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-04-20 DE DE8888890098T patent/DE3861818D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1988-04-28 JP JP63107444A patent/JPS63309284A/en active Pending
- 1988-05-03 US US07/189,843 patent/US4913434A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE2042803A1 (en) *	1969-08-28	1971-03-11	Maark Corp , Cranbury, NJ (V St A )	Tennis racket
DE2235791A1 (en) *	1972-07-21	1974-01-31	Kuebler & Co	Metal sports racquets - fraying of the strings prevented by providing a continuous plastic cladding
US4194738A (en) *	1977-06-30	1980-03-25	Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.	Frame of a game racket
US4436305A (en) *	1981-08-26	1984-03-13	American Sports Equipment	Composite reinforced racket structure

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
JPS63309284A (en)	1988-12-16
EP0290424B1 (en)	1991-02-27
ATA112287A (en)	1988-10-15
US4913434A (en)	1990-04-03
EP0290424A2 (en)	1988-11-09
AT388106B (en)	1989-05-10
DE3861818D1 (en)	1991-04-04

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