Abstract: A games racket comprising a shaft and a head formed by a continuous frame section having a plurality of apertures adapted to receive the strings of the racket and a protective bumper strip attached to the outer face of the frame section, the bumper strip comprising an inner face which conforms generally to the shape of at least a substantial part of the width of the outer face of the frame section and being formed with a plurality of apertures aligned with the apertures in the frame section to receive the strings of the racket therethrough.

Abstract: The game racket comprises a frame made from extruded metal bent symmetrically to form a substantially circular or elliptical frame portion and a pair of symmetrical shafts. In the region of the throat where the frame portion merges with the shafts there is provided an extruded metal throat-piece of which one wall completes in combination with said frame a striking area. The throat-piece has side walls formed complementary to the shafts. Holes pass through the throat-piece walls and align with holes provided in the frame and shafts and serve to receive the racket strings which draw the shafts towards the throat-piece and hold the latter under compression at the throat region.