TENNIS GRIP INDICATOR

INDICATEURS DE PRISE DE RAQUETTE DE TENNIS

English Abstract

ABSTRACT
In an indicator for assisting players of the game of tennis in
identifying and locating the various popular ways of holding onto
or gripping a tennis racket, it is known to consist of a printed
strip which can be affixed to the handle of a tennis racket. In
this invention, the indicia printed onto the strip enable the
tennis player to visually identify and locate the various popular
ways of gripping a tennis racket.

Claims

CLAIMS
(1) In the case of an indicator an indicator for assisting players of
the game of tennis in identifying and locating the various popular
ways of holding onto or gripping a tennis racket comprised of a
printed strip which may be affixed to the handle of a tennis
racket
(2) An indicator as defined in claim 1 in which the means of
identifying and locating the various ways of gripping a tennis
racket is by way of indicia and/or color gripping printed onto a
strip comprised of either one sided d adhesive plastic or cloth or
synthetic material with velcro fastners.
(3) In the attached patent drawing which illustrate embodiemente of
the invention,
Figure 1 is a top plan view of this embodiment, and
Figure 2 is a view of this embodiment affixed to the handle of a
tennis racket
Figure 3 is a view of a tennis player swinging a tennis racket
The tennis grip indicator illustrated comprises of a printed strip
(-1) which can be affixed to the handle (-2) of a tennis racket
(-3), and will assist the user by enabling him or her to visually
identify and locate the various popular way of gripping a tennis
racket by referring to the indicia (-4) printed thereon.
The indicator is adaptable to both right and left handed tennis
players, the only difference being in the application of the
invention to the tennis racket handle.

Description

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SPECIFICATION
(1) This invention relate~ to an lndlcator for assisting tennis
playern in identifying and locating the various popular wayD of
gripping a tenni~ racket
(2) A tennis racket i8 comprl~ed of a head and a handle The handle is
now invariably wrapp-d wlth a grip, typically of leather There
are ~everal recommended ways of holding a racket depending upon
the type of stroke the tenni~ player wi~hes to produce The most
popular i~ probably the Eastern grlp~ the We~tern and Contlnental
grip are al~o u~ed The Ea~tern grlp involvea a change of grlp for
the backhand In addltlon, a player u~ing the Ea~tern grlp will
usually u~e a different gslp for service, mo~t llkely the
Continental grlp The~- gripc vary by the po~ltion of the hand on
the racket during the strokQ nd can be dauntlng for a novice
tennis player, already struqgllng wlth the considerable demands on
coordlnatlon made by tennlc
The pre~ent inventLon ~-ek- to provlde a~sl~tance ln identlfylng
and locating the varlou~ grlp~ The devlce i~ of par~icular use in
teachlng tennl~ but l~o flnd- appllc-tlon for any tennl~ player,
of wh-t~ver ablllty, who wl~heo to carry out a rapid check on the
correctnes~ of hl~ or her grip
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Flgur~ a top plan vlew of thl- mbodiment, and
Flgur- 2 l~ a vl-w of thlc ~bodlment a~fixed to the handle of
t-nnis racket
Figur- 3 l- vi~w of tennis pl-y-r winglng a tennl~ racket
Th- t-nnl- grip $ndlca$or lllu~trat d comprl~e~ of a printed atrlp
~-1) whlch oan b- afflx-d to th- h-ndle ~-2) of tennis rack-t
(-3), nd wlll a--i-t th- u--r by nabl~ng hlm or her to vlDu-lly
ld-ntlfy nd locat- th- v-rlour popular wayc of grlpplng a tenni~
rack t by r-f-rrlng to the lndlc~- l-4) prlnted thereon
Th lndlcator l- adaptablo to both rlght and left handed t-nnl~
play rr, th- only dlff-r-nce b-lng ln the applicatlon of the
lnv ntlon to th t-nnlc racket handl-

Representative Drawing