A sports racquet with string port holes and a method for fabricating such a sports racquet

摘要

A sports racquet having a plurality of string port holes and conventional string holes is formed of a single tube of prepreg material. When molded, mold elements press opposed portions of the prepreg tube into contact with one another, and shape the adjoining prepreg material into a string port hole blanks. The portion of the pressed-together material which initially blocks the string port hole is removed after molding so that the string port holes extend through the frame. Alternatively, the mold elements cause the prepreg tube to follow a serpentine shape, thereby defining string port holes which are open alternately along the top and bottom surface of the frame. A pair of cover rings may be secured to the top and bottom racquet surfaces to cover the open sides of the string port holes. 2b 2bF 32a 34 FIG. 2a 32a 32a 38 34 FIG. 2b 367 3732a 38 34 32b FIG. 2c 3632b C) Coo co CD w Co co co CO, (0 ci