Having Resilient Blade Facing Patents (Class 473/529)
  • Patent number: 8613679
    Abstract: The proposed device enables to improve cushioning properties, increase ball flying speed, improve twisting of a ball. The said technical effect is achieved owing to that the proposed bat comprises a base, a handle and an elastic pad connected to the base outer surface. Protrusions on the elastic pad are distributed evenly. The said protrusions are made T-shaped, in the form of a leg and a head combined with the said leg. The legs are connected to the elastic pad. The heads of the neighboring T-shaped protrusions are brought into contact therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Start
    Inventor: Lidiya Mikhailovna Zhesterova
  • Patent number: 8371969
    Abstract: A ball-striking sole for a table tennis paddle comprises a flexible coating (118) of elastic material, one face (135) of which is lined with elastically deformable pimples (120) which protrude from said face. The cross section of said pimples is greater in their region (122) of attachment to this coating than in the region close to their opposite end (124) and the side wall (125) of these pimples has a concave curved profile over at least a part of the height of the pimple between these two regions. This sole is used particularly successfully in a table tennis paddle in which the face of said sole (112) lined with pimples (120) is directed towards the inner side of the blade (115) of the paddle such that the free ends (124) of the pimples, the lateral surface of which has a concave curved profile (125), are pressed against a layer (126) of elastic material, secured to the blade, the modulus of elasticity of which is much lower than that of the elastic coating (118) of the sole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Daniel Berton, Adam Jara, Olivier Muhlhoff
  • Publication number: 20110319207
    Abstract: A ball-striking sole for a table tennis paddle comprises a flexible coating (118) of elastic material, one face (135) of which is lined with elastically deformable pimples (120) which protrude from said face. The cross section of said pimples is greater in their region (122) of attachment to this coating than in the region close to their opposite end (124) and the side wall (125) of these pimples has a concave curved profile over at least a part of the height of the pimple between these two regions. This sole is used particularly successfully in a table tennis paddle in which the face of said sole (112) lined with pimples (120) is directed towards the inner side of the blade (115) of the paddle such that the free ends (124) of the pimples, the lateral surface of which has a concave curved profile (125), are pressed against a layer (126) of elastic material, secured to the blade, the modulus of elasticity of which is much lower than that of the elastic coating (118) of the sole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., SOCIETE DE TECHNOLOGIE MICHELIN
    Inventors: Daniel Berton, Adam Jara, Olivier Muhlhoff
  • Patent number: 7559861
    Abstract: A table tennis racket includes a rubber (4) attached onto a blade (3) and easily removable without releasing any air-polluting gas. Opposing surfaces of the blade (3) and the rubber (4) have fine pores and lands of a micro-foam material, and the rubber (4) is removably held on the blade (3) with a vacuum suction force produced between the blade (3) and rubber (4) when pressed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignees: Adco Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Yoshihara, Naoko Okada
  • Patent number: 6910978
    Abstract: A game racket has a frame having a head portion and a handle portion extending from the head portion. A head cover covers inner and outer frame surfaces of the head portion. At least one elastic panel extends across the inner frame surface of the head portion and is connected to the head cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Inventor: John Scott Cooper
  • Patent number: 6551206
    Abstract: A multi-purpose racket. The multi-purpose racket includes a striking blade and a shaft. The striking blade includes a hollow substrate consisting of first and second flat sheets and partition walls successively arranged between the two flat sheets to form cells in the substrate. In this striking blade, a hard layer is attached to the outer surface of the first sheet of the substrate for allowing a user to strike a ball strongly. A sub-layer is attached to the outer surface of the second sheet of the substrate and acts as a cushion. In addition, a soft layer is attached to the outer surface of the sub-layer and has densely packed hook members over its whole external surface. The racket of this invention allows a user to strike various kinds of balls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Inventor: Woong Soo Ha