Game racket with semi-resilient impact surfaces and an offset handle

Claim 1

A game racket comprising a main body including means defining a flat sealed air chamber having resiliently yieldable plate-like striking surfaces, and a handle connected to said main body on an axis parallel to but offset from a center line of said main body by a distance sufficient to enable a user's index finger to supportingly engage behind said main body substantially at said center line, whereby to provide guiding support of the racket when striking a ball, wherein said main body comprises a rigid ring member with relatively thin plate-like front and rear panels peripherally sealingly secured on opposite sides of said ring member, wherein said ring member is substantially oval in shape and is continuously outwardly convex at its opposite lateral sides, the major axis of the ring member extending substantially parallel to said handle, wherein the radius of curvature of the ring member at the minor axis of the ring member is substantially greater at the lateral side thereof near the handle axis than at the lateral side thereof remote from the handle axis, and wherein the corner between said handle and the smaller-radius lateral side of the ring member is arcuately curved with a relatively short radius of curvature and the corner between said handle and the larger-radius lateral side of the ring member is arcuately curved with a relatively long radius of curvature, to facilitate gripping of the handle.