Technical Field

This form shows that the regulator has a base which is of the same shape and size as the end of the handle of the tennis racket along with four round bullet-like rods on it.

Fig. 1 shows the regulator is located at the end of the handle of the tennis racket, the base of the regulator slightly peaks out from handle, so when it is needed, it can be easily pulled out by overcoming the static friction between the regulator and the handle.

Fig. 4 shows the four rods are separated by a small even distance equal to the width of the strings so the string can fit into the gap of the regulator.

Background Art

Background art is photocopied with laser printer

Disclosure of Invention

This invention relates to sports equipment for tennis.

Nowadays tennis players are still adjusting strings with their fingers during the game, even for professionals, they still resort to clippers to adjust the strings. The manual adjustments are difficult to make and inefficient, especially with high tension strings. This can be frustrating, ineffective, time wasting and even affect the qiiality of the game.

This racket adjuster, with it's round and evenly divided heads, can easily fit in between the grids and reconfigure the strings back to their original position. This saves time and effort from the manual method and can be used almost anywhere at anytime.

In operation, simply by pulling out the regulator from the end of the handle and tit the regulator into the area of the racket that needs adjustment. When finish, simply push the regulator back into the end of the handle.

Machines have been used to overcome such problems. These machines reconfigure the racket during the process of retightening or replacing strings. However this is inconvenient and time-consuming and is only of use to competitive players.

A more practical tool that has been used is a thin elongated clipper which is often seen on the professional circus, where players adjust the desired strings by clipping onto them. This method though time-efficient, but cannot match the precision of machines. The tennis racket adjustor is design so that it is accurate and time-efficient when it comes to adjusting chords.

Brief Description of Drawings

The invention will be of similar design to the drawings.

Fig. 1 shows the regulator is attached at the end of the handle of the tennis racket.

Fig. 2 shows the regulator as one separate unit from the tennis racket.

Fig. 3 shows how the regulator is used to adjust the strings into even spacing.

Fig. 4 shows the rods are slightly separated into small even spaces.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

The best mode for carrying out the invention is probably to design a new machine which is able to manufacture this product. There arc no specific requirements in materials to be used for manufacturing this product. The ideal mechanism would likely to be some kind of machine that is designed for cutting through solids.

Industrial Applicability

It is a common knowledge that top-class tennis racket produced by various companies such as Wilson and Dunlop do not show much if any difference in manufacturing technologies. The advent of the tennis racket adjustor would add extra values and class to the tennis racket. The simple structure of this product makes it easy to manufacture, and can be produced efficiently with extremely low cost. Whichever company owns this invention would put her products at a new level and also be able to sell their product with higher prices.