Patents by Inventor Marc Poggi

Marc Poggi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sports racket having a tubular frame with reinforcing element
    Patent number: 6592475
    Abstract: A sports racket frame including a main body which has an intermediate portion in the vicinity of which is provided at least one reinforcing member which defines, with the intermediate portion, an inner volume therebetween which extends about an outer periphery of the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Babolat VS
    Inventors: Marc Poggi, Yann Bernard, Yvan Le Bozec
  • Racket frame, racket comprising such a frame and set of such frames
    Publication number: 20020052256
    Abstract: This racket frame comprises a main body (18), which presents an intermediate portion (22) in the vicinity of which are provided reinforcing means (26), these reinforcing means defining, with this intermediate portion, an intercalary volume (28) extending over the whole outer periphery of said intermediate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Marc Poggi, Yann Bernard, Yvan Le Bozec
  • Racket stringing guide recessed on the frame side
    Patent number: 6336877
    Abstract: A racket includes a frame in which through-holes are made, shank carrying cleats including a pair of shanks which are engaged in the holes, and a stringing mounted on the frame by threading through the shank-carrying cleats, so as to produce a string pattern within the frame. The shank carrying cleats contact the frame between the through-holes. Each cleat has at least one bearing surface which is located between each pair of adjacent shanks and on which a stringing loop bears. At least some of the bearing surfaces include gaps located between the bearing surfaces and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Babolat VS
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Arroyo, Stéphane Mithieux, Marc Poggi