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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
May. 21, 2025
Sport Squad, Inc., North Bethesda, MD (US);
Sport Squad, Inc., North Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
The present teachings generally include flexible pickleball paddles and/or frames thereof. In an aspect, a frame of a paddle includes a region adjacent to a throat portion of the paddle that is thinner than other regions of the frame, e.g., thicker regions disposed along its sides, top, and/or handle. The lack of material in this portion of the frame—e.g., disposed directly above the handle—may provide advantageous flexing of the paddle during play (e.g., how fast the paddle can return to the original shape after being flexed), improving power characteristics, control, feel, responsiveness, and/or the like. Moreover, a gap formed by the lack of material in this portion of the frame can provide a region for enhanced weight control (e.g., by filling the gap with a weighted material), and/or for enhanced sound or vibration control (e.g., by filling the gap with a sound dampening and/or vibration dampening material).
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