Title:
TENNIS PRACTICE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1994/007577
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A housing (18) for a tennis racket (10) mostly for teaching purposes has two oval elements (11) intended to stop the ball at a point corresponding to the two faces of the strings. The two oval elements (11) may be connected along the perimeter of the tennis racket (10) by means of an elastic band which is transversely extendable or by means of elastic supports. The two oval elements (11) are preferably provided with orifices and are made of a material which permits to stop the ball at the moment of the impact because the material, when it is coupled with the material which covers the ball, causes the ball to adhere strongly to the tennis racket, but the two elements may be always and repeatedly separated by application of a traction force. Such material may comprise hook and loop fabric for example. The housing may consist only of the two oval elements (11) applicable directly on the face of the strings (20) with retaining means.
Inventors:
POMPEO MAURIZIO (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/EP1993/002707
Publication Date:
April 14, 1994
Filing Date:
October 04, 1993
Export Citation:
Assignee:
POMPEO MAURIZIO (IT)
International Classes:
A63B59/02; A63B69/38; A63B43/00; (IPC1-7): A63B69/38; A63B43/00
Foreign References:
| EP0488562A1 | 1992-06-03 | |||
| US5080374A | 1992-01-14 | |||
| US4149726A | 1979-04-17 | |||
| US3503611A | 1970-03-31 | |||
| US4032142A | 1977-06-28 |
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