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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Minoru Yoneyama, Niigata-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Yonex Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 4/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 4/902 ;
Abstract
A tennis racket comprises a frame; a shaft connected to the frame at one end thereof; a grip into which the shaft is inserted at the other end thereof; and a pair of lightweight metal pieces attached to the shaft. The frame and the shaft are formed from fiber-reinforced synthetic resin, the pair of lightweight metal pieces has a U-shaped section and extends from inside the grip at a connecting portion with the shaft and along both sides of the shaft.