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US4591156A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Removable device for attaching a racket to a player's wrist

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-11-26
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Granted: 1986-05-27
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Expires: 2004-11-26
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Abstract

Abstract Removable device for attaching a racket to a player's wrist, comprises a flexible wrist strap that encircles the player's wrist, and a soft rubber cap that grips the end of the handgrip and has a rigid female insert that releasably retains a male assembly on the wrist strap. For this purpose, the insert has a central opening for receiving a portion of the male assembly, that central opening having an abutment shoulder that faces inwardly. The male assembly comprises a fitting having an annular flange that nests in the cap, and a cylindrical rod that slides in the fitting. The cylindrical rod has an enlarged conical inner end, which spreads apart or permits to move back toward each other, legs on the fitting that have outwardly extending detents. When the legs are spread, the detents cannot clear the abutment shoulder and so the device is held assembled. When the rod is pushed in and the legs can move back together, the detents are sufficiently closely spaced to clear the abutment shoulder. The two positions of the rod are determined and maintained by a pin on the rod that rides in a slot in the fitting, and is selectively held out of the slot by an annular ledge on the fitting. The cap is of soft rubber and has a truncated conical sleeve to grip the end of the handgrip of the racket.

Inventors

  • 👤 Maurizio Attenni

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 11:20
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B49/00; A63B49/02; A63B49/08; A63B49/035; A63B60/00; A63B60/06; A63B60/16; A63B21/00; A63B21/40; A63B21/4001; A63B21/4017; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/45; Y10T24/45225; Y10T24/45471; Y10T24/45482; Y10T24/47

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 118 words
Removable device for attaching a racket having a handgrip to a player's wrist, comprising a flexible strap adapted to encircle the player's wrist, a cap of elastic material adapted to be mounted grippingly on the end of the handgrip of a racket, female means carried by the cap, and male means carried by the strap and adapted to be releasably retained within said female means, said cap containing a rigid hollow insert providing said female means, said male means having two positions within said insert, in one of which positions said male means can be freely inserted into and withdrawn from said insert, and in the other of which positions said male means is secured in said insert.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 118 words
Removable device for attaching a racket having a handgrip to a player's wrist, comprising a flexible strap adapted to encircle the player's wrist, a cap of elastic material adapted to be mounted grippingly on the end of the handgrip of a racket, female means carried by the cap, and male means carried by the strap and adapted to be releasably retained within said female means, said cap containing a rigid hollow insert providing said female means, said male means having two positions within said insert, in one of which positions said male means can be freely inserted into and withdrawn from said insert, and in the other of which positions said male means is secured in said insert.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 33 words
Device as claimed in claim 1, said cap having a base that receives said insert and a truncated conical skirt that surrounds and grippingly engages the end of the handgrip of a racket.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 43 words
Device as claimed in claim 1, said male means comprising a fitting, and a rod slidable in said fitting toward and away from the racket, the fitting having means thereon actuable by said rod to move said male means between said two positions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 16 words
Device as claimed in claim 3, and means directly connecting said strap only to said rod.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 65 words
Device as claimed in claim 3, said fitting having legs thereon between which said rod slides, said legs having detent means thereon selectively engageable with said insert, said rod having means thereon adapted upon sliding movement of said rod within said insert, to move said detent means into and out of engagement with said insert thereby to move said male means between said two positions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 70 words
Device as claimed in claim 5, said fitting having a slot therein extending lengthwise of said rod, said rod having a pin thereon adapted to ride in said slot in one rotated position of said rod, and means maintaining said pin in such a position that said rod moves said detents apart and into engagement with said insert, in all rotated positions of said rod other than said one position.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 14 words
Device as claimed in claim 6, and visible indicator means for locating said slot.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 47 words
Device as claimed in claim 3, said cap having a shallow circular recess therein, said fitting having an annular flange that nests in said shallow recess of the cap, said insert projecting above the bottom of said shallow recess and into said fitting within said annular flange.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1989-05-26 1989-11-25 1990-05-27 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1993-05-26 1993-11-25 1994-05-27 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1997-05-26 1997-11-25 1998-05-27 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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