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Is a tennis racket patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a tennis racket have been patented many times, but "a tennis racket" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 346 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “tennis racket” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 179 best keyword matches we examined, 42 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: YANCHENG AST SPORTING GOODS CO LTD (6), BABOLAT VS (6), ZDRAZILA VACLAV (4), SRI SPORTS LTD (3).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A63B (174), B29C (7), Y10T (5), G09B (5).
Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.
14 real patent publications related to a tennis racket
- Shaft and frame used for badminton racket, tennis racket, golf club, snowboard, or bicycle WO-2018151009-A1 2018 · NITTA CORP
Provided is a shaft or frame of a badminton racket, a tennis racket, or a bicycle, or a shaft of a golf club or snowboard, the shaft and the frame being able to maintain strength and increase flexibility. A shaft 12 is provided wi…
View on Google Patents - Interactive tennis racket with split head, flexible spherical joints and strings tension mechanism US-9504882-B2 2016 · ADAMCZAK GREGORY MARK
The tennis racket for interacting with the tennis ball has the flexible head, the flexible handle, and the string tension mechanism. The tennis racket head form with the handle the flexible spherical joint, with the inner adjustme…
View on Google Patents - Twisted tennis racket frame US-2016228748-A1 2016 · YMA CORP
A twisted tennis racket frame includes a handle, two supporting arms having outside surfaces facing reverse directions, and an annular-shaped head provided on an imaginary plane with large and small arc portions. The large arc por…
View on Google Patents - Tennis racket and method for gripping a tennis racket WO-2015044907-A1 2015 · DRAGONE MASSIMO
A tennis racket (100) comprising a frame (101) defining a head portion (3) intended to strike the balls and a handle portion (1) of elongated shape on which there is defined at least one face (13, 17), in which the handle portion …
View on Google Patents - Tennis racket having an optimized striking area US-9119993-B2 2015 · FELLINI SCOTT R
A tennis racket having an optimized striking area and a ball collection portion. The tennis racket includes a handle, an oval frame attached to the handle, the oval frame including a U-shaped indentation, a plurality of vertical a…
View on Google Patents - Dual Stringing Tennis Racket Machine and Method US-2015133243-A1 2015 · ZDRAZILA VACLAV
The invention is directed toward a machine and method for stringing two strings on a tennis racket substantially simultaneously. The machine is a racket stringing machine comprised of a mounting plate, a first string gripper and a…
View on Google Patents - Twist-dampening handle of a tennis racket and the method for its production WO-2014071895-A1 2014 · KUCIREK Pavel
The twist-dampening handle of a tennis racket consists of shell mould encasement (5) of tennis racket (1a), which is wrapped in grip tape (8) and is positioned on inner shaft (2) with centering pin (3) in which space (11) is creat…
View on Google Patents - Equilateral-octagonal grip of tennis racket WO-2011001540-A1 2011 · YOSHIDA YOICHI
In order to stably grip a grip of a tennis racket in a single hand and to improve stability, the section of the grip is made to be equilateral octagonal shape. The tennis racket, which a user can easily grip by hand and stably str…
View on Google Patents - Handle for a simple or forearm crutch, crutches, handlebars, tennis racket shaft, cooled by an inner air cooling system WO-2009030826-A3 2010 · CUCCIA BERNARD
A hand gripping the handle of a simple or forearm crutch or crutches or the handlebars of a running bicycle, motorbike or quad or the shaft of a tennis racket during a tough match, is at a temperature exceeding 38°
C. The hand tra…
View on Google Patents - Tennis racket grip device US-6916260-B1 2005
A tennis racket hand-positioning device attachable to a handle of a tennis racket. In one embodiment, a saddle shaped support member including an elongated thin attaching strip connected to and extending in spaced relation along a…
View on Google Patents - Tennis racket, plastic string for carrying out the racket stringing and process for carrying out the racket stringing WO-03099387-A3 2004 · STOENESCU GHEORGHE
The invention relates to a tennis racket provided with a plastic stringing, destined to execute both flat and sliced or lifted strokes, to the string used for carrying out the stringing, to a handle ensuring a better grip as well …
View on Google Patents - Tennis racket stringing machine US-6712723-B2 2004
Disclosed is a tennis racket stringing machine. The machine comprises racket fastening means including a lower supporting plate on which a head frame of a tennis racket is seated to be securely maintained in a lengthwise direction…
View on Google Patents - Tennis racket elliptical angular head frame and framing, triple independent strings and strings channels, variable center of gravity systems US-2003036449-A1 2003
Tennis Racket comprises an elliptical head frame and framing system design angularly mounted, triple independent strings and strings channels, variable center of gravity, main frame handle body-frame damper systems:
A Tenni…
View on Google Patents - Tennis racket with cross-bar handle US-6435991-B1 2002
A tennis racket with a crossbar handle including a racket head defining a striking surface. A handle member extends downwardly from the racket head. The handle member has a generally U-shaped configuration.
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a tennis racket been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Sports equipment patents tend to cover the grip, impact absorption, training feedback, and how gear is adjusted.
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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.