GB2247842A

GB2247842A - A badminton racket

Info

Publication number: GB2247842A
Application number: GB9019799A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Dennis Chen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1990-09-11
Filing date: 1990-09-11
Publication date: 1992-03-18
Also published as: GB9019799D0

Abstract

A badminton racket with a structural enhancement comprises a head frame 11 to provide a string plane of the racket. The head frame is attached at a throat area of the racket to a support stem 12 which, in turn, is hinged to a handle 13. The throat area 14 of the racket has a through wind hole 15 disposed therein for reducing the air resistance exerting on the racket and for accommodating a weight body 17 to be placed thereinto in order to adjust the weight of the racket in accordance with the needs and the requirements of a player. <IMAGE>

Description

Title - A Badminton Racket The present invention relates to a badminton racket, and particularly to a badminton racket of the type designed with a structural enhancement.

Badminton is a popular indoor or outdoor sport for people of all ages. Nevertheless, players often feel exhausted physically after a game or two because of the fact that conventional badminton rackets are designed and made in such a way as to require a player to pose and to hit the shuttle with a great deal of physical strength, resulting in a tremendous waste of the body energy on the part of a player. In other words, conventional badminton rackets lack badminton rackets be made to fit the physical conditions of individual players, with a better result of strokes.

Therefore, the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a badminton racket with a structural enhancement capable of reducing the air resistance exerting on the racket and of absorbing the shock, thereby increasing the fun and the pleasure of playing badminton.

The badminton racket with a structural enhancement comprises a head frame to provide a string place of the racket. The head frame is attached at a throat area of the racket to a support stem which, in turn, is hinged to a handle. The throat area of the racket has a through wind hole disposed therein for reducing the air resistance exerting on the racket and for accommodating a weight body to be placed thereinto in order to adjust the weight of the racket in accordance with the needs and the requirements of a player.

The invention will now be described further by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows a three-dimensional view of the disassembled embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 shows a three-dimensional view of a badminton racket embodying the present invention.

Figure 3 shows an enlarged cut-away view of a portion taken along line A-A as shown in Figure 2.

Referring to Figure 1, the badminton racket 10 embodying the present invention comprises chiefly an oval-shaped head frame 11 attached at a throat area 14 of the racket 10 to a support stem 12 which, in turn, is hinged to a handle 13. Situated within the head frame 11 are a plurality of insert holes 111 for strings 112 to be stretched tightly across the horizontal and the vertical planes to provide a string plane of the badminton racket 10. The throat area 14, located between the base of the head frame 11 and the support stem 12, is a reverse cone-shaped structure which has a circular wind hole 15 disposed therein. Now referring to Figure 3, the internal circumference of the wind hole 15 has the annular wall 16 disposed therein for accommodating a weight body 17 to be placed thereinto in order to effect changes in the weight of the badminton racket 10.

The weight body 17 can be easily disposed and kept in place inside the wind hole 15 by pressing it down into the hole with a finger. Since the position of the top of the weight body 17, when appropriately disposed in place inside the wind hole 15, is higher than the surface of the throat area 14, the weight body 17 can be easily pressed down to be removed from the other side of the throat area 14. The outer diameter of the weight body 17 is greater than that of the wind hole 15, and as a result, the weight body 17 will not slip out when the racket 10 is in use.

The use of the weight body 17 is dependent on the needs and the requirements of an individual player. If the weight body 17 is not in use, the enclosed annular wall inside the wind hole 15 may serve as a supplementary support to the throat area 14, without adversely affecting the function of the racket 10. Moreover, the annular wall 16 disposed inside the wind hole 15 can be completely removed if the physical strength of the material of the throat area 14 is sufficiently strong, without sacrificing the basic functions of the wind hole 15 as a means to reduce the wind resistance and to absorb the shock.

Therefore, the advantages of the badminton racket according to the present invention become apparent, as compared with the conventional badminton rackets currently available in the market place.

Claims

I CLAIM:

1. A badminton racket comprising a head frame to provide a string plane of the racket; said head frame being attached at a throat area of the racket to a support stem which, in turn, is hinged to a handle; said throat area having a through wind hole disposed therein for reducing the air resistance exerting on the racket and accommodating a weight body to be placed thereinto, moreover, the internal circumference of said wind hole having the annular wall disposed therein.

2. A badminton racket substantially as herein described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.