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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2024
Applicant:
Karsten Manufacturing Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Justin A. Paselk, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jordan D. Shoenhair, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Clayson C. Spackman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Erik M. Henrikson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Isaac P. Dukes, Phoenix, AZ (US);
John A Solheim, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Matthew A. Solheim, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Karsten Manufacturing Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 59/42 (2015.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.01); A63B 102/08 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 59/42 (2015.10); A63B 60/54 (2015.10); A63B 2102/08 (2015.10); A63B 2209/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pickleball paddle having an injection molded multi-piece frame surrounding and supporting a hitting face assembly. The frame provides design flexibility to separate control of the paddle stiffness from the playability characteristics of hitting face assembly. Speed of assembly is increased and cost of components are decreased by utilizing an injection molded frame.