Patents Represented by Attorney Terence P. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 6527656
    Abstract: A two-piece grommet assembly for a sports racquet. The sports racquet includes a frame having a plurality of grommet holes and at least one racquet string. The grommet assembly includes first and second grommet members. The first grommet member includes a first strip and at least two spaced-apart barrels extending generally perpendicular from the first strip. Each barrel includes a first string hole and is configured to extend through a separate grommet hole in the frame. The second grommet member includes a second strip and at least two spaced-apart pegs extending generally perpendicular from the second strip. Each peg has a second string hole. The second strip contacts the first strip, and the pegs extend into the barrels such that the first and second string holes are generally co-axially aligned. The first grommet member is configured to substantially isolate the pegs and the second strip from the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Po-Jen Cheng, William D. Severa, Kristin M. Bachochin
  • Patent number: D457208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Murphy, Douglas G. Guenther
  • Patent number: D458324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignees: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Topkey Corporation
    Inventors: Walter W. C. Shen, Po-Jen Cheng
  • Patent number: D469139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Sheets, Carl E. Scheie, Douglas J. Thiel
  • Patent number: D469487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: William D. Severa, Po-Jen Cheng, Gerald J. LeVault
  • Patent number: D469488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: William D. Severa, Po-Jen Cheng, Gerald J. LeVault
  • Patent number: D469836
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Robert J. Mendralla, Jr., Douglas J. Thiel, Carl E. Scheie, Robert T. Thurman
  • Patent number: D478641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventor: Michael K. Kuehne