摘要 |
For a sports racquet (10) including a frame (12) with a head portion (14) encompassing an open region (24), a hybrid stringing arrangement (26) is defined by a plurality of main strings (28) and a plurality of cross strings (30) composed of dissimilar materials that are applied under tension to the head portion (14) and extended across the open region (24) thereof in an interwoven grid pattern. All of the strings of the one plurality of the main strings (28) and cross strings (30) of the stringing arrangement (26) are composed of a metallic structural material, such as a stainless steel alloy, coated externally with an outer player of synthetic non-structural material, such as a suitable polymer. All of the strings of the other plurality of main strings (28) and cross strings (30) of the stringing arrangement (26) are composed of one or the other of an animal gut structural material or a synthetic structural material, such as a suitable polymer. |