US Patent Issued to Wilson Sporting Goods on Dec. 9 for "Racquet configured with increased lateral flexibility with respect to a longitudinal axis" (Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,413, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Wilson Sporting Goods Co. (Chicago).

"Racquet configured with increased lateral flexibility with respect to a longitudinal axis" was invented by William D. Severa (Lombard, Ill.), Michael W. Schaeffer (Venice, Calif.), Eloisa M. Compostizo (Chicago), Robert T. Kapheim (Downers Grove, Ill.), David A. Vogel (Island Lake, Ill.) and Dale J. Zwack (Bartlett, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A racquet including a frame including a head portion, a handle portion, and a throat portion. The head portion forms a hoop that defines a string bed plane. The head portion of the racquet being formed of a fibe...