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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1996
Stephen J Davis, Washington Crossing, PA (US);
Prince Sports Group, Inc., Bordentown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A sports racquet, preferably a tennis racquet, includes an open throat frame in which at least most of the head portion has an aerodynamic cross-section, and at least most of the shaft portions have a box-like cross-section, the two regions being connected by a morph region for smoothly blending the cross-section of one region into the cross-section of the other region. Preferably, the morph region extends from the throat bridge toward the racquet tip, and the transition from the box-like cross-section to the aerodynamic cross-section occurs over a distance of less than 15% of the overall racquet length and substantially simultaneously with the merging of the ends of the throat bridge into the head portion of the racquet.