Title: Implement for striking a ball

Abstract: This invention relates to means for suppressing vibration in implements which serve to strike the ball and comprise a striking surface, a hoop which encloses the striking surface, and a handle. The invention relates particularly to tennis rackets and aims at suppressing the high-frequency vibration which is excited by the impact of the ball. In these striking implements, at least two longitudinal or transverse strings or at least one longitudinal string and at least one transverse string are mechanically coupled to each other by a vibration absorber.

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Inventors: Staufer, Adolf (Ried im Innkreis, AT)

Application Number: 816032
Filing Date: 1977-07-15
Publication_date: 1979-12-25
Assignee: Fischer Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Ried, AT)
Primary Class(es): 473/522
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1526734	Feb, 1925	Andrews et al.	273/73.
2528239	Oct, 1950	McVay	16/110.
2732209	Jan, 1956	Forbes	273/73.
3941380	Mar, 1976	Lacoste	273/73.

Other Refs: 3322704639972501659715356786619139883320158 of267837331925547946

Sep, 1976	AT
Aug, 1928	DE2
Jul, 1976	DE
Sep, 1931	FR
Jun, 1935	FR
Apr, 1965	FR
, 1899	GB
Mar, 1927	GB
Jul, 1930	GB
Sep, 1942	GB

Primary Examiner: Apley, Richard J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Fleit & Jacobson