Racquet display system

Abstract

A racquet display system wherein of the racquets includes a head portion and a handle portion and optionally a throat portion. The head portion of each of the racquets defines a string bed plane. The system includes a first horizontally extending support configured to engage the racquets at first contact points, a second horizontally extending support configured to engage the racquets at second contact points, and a first spacing assembly. The first and second contact points define first and second average heights. The first height is greater than the second height. The system supports the racquets such that the string bed planes are vertical, and parallel with respect to each other. The handle portions of the racquets extend in a direction perpendicular to the first and second supports. Each of the handle portions extends at an angle within the range of 0 to 80 degrees with respect to horizontal.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to a multi-racquet support structure and a system for displaying a plurality of sports racquets.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Sport racquets, such as tennis, racquetball, squash and badminton racquets, are well known and typically include a frame having a head portion coupled to a handle portion. The head portion supports a string bed having a plurality of main string segments interwoven with a plurality of cross string segments. Racquets are made in many different sizes, lengths, weights, shapes, colors and other characteristics. Racquets are also frequently made to meet the needs of certain types of users based upon an age range, a height range, a user skill level or other user characteristics.[0003]Sports racquets are often sold at retail stores where dozens of racquets are displayed on a wall or in an aisle. The walls or aisles typically include outwardly projecting multi-racquet supports structures, often re...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]According to another principal aspect of a preferred form of the invention, a sports racquet display system for displaying a first plurality of sports racquets in an area having a floor includes first and second generally horizontally extending support assemblies and a first spacing assembly. Each of the sports racquets includes a head portion and a handle portion. The head portion of each of the sports racquets defines a string bed plane. The display system has a front configured to be accessible to a user facing the display system. The first generally horizontally extending support assembly is configured to engage the handle portion of the first plurality of racquets at a first plurality of contact points. The first plurality of contact points defines a first average height with respect to the floor. A second generally horizontally extending support assembly is configured to engage the head portion of the first plurality of racquets at a second plurality of contact points. The second support assembly is spaced apart from and is positioned parallel to the first support assembly. The second plurality of contact points defines a second average height with respect to the floor. The first average height is less than the second average height. The first spacing assembly is coupled to at least one of the first and second support assemblies. The first spacing assembly is configured to facilitate the spacing apart of the first plurality of racquets. The first and second support assemblies and the first spacing assembly is configured to support the first plurality of racquets such that the string bed planes are vertically orientated and generally parallel with respect to each other. The display system configured to support the first plurality of racquets such that the head portions are above the handle portions, the string bed planes of the first plurality of racquets are perpendicular to the first and second support assemblies, and each of the handle portions of the first plurality of racquets extend at a projecting angle. The projecting angle being within the range of 5 to 45 degrees with respect to vertical. The display system is configured to enable one of the racquets of the first plurality of racquets to be removed from the display system without disturbing the remaining of the first plurality of racquets.

Problems solved by technology

As a result, many consumers will not remove the outermost racquet, or otherwise move aside a portion of the outermost racquet, to get a better view of the racquets behind the outermost racquet.

In racquet specialty stores, multiple racquets positioned on a single peg make the racquets difficult to access for the racquet professional attempting to quickly display different racquet models or other characteristics to potential customers.

Retrieving a racquet from a peg carrying multiple racquets can be difficult for the consumer to accomplish and can lead to the consumer becoming frustrated.

Further, even when the consumer goes through the trouble of removing a racquet from a multi-racquet peg, if the consumer chooses not to purchase the racquet, he or she may not return the racquets to its original position but rather place on any available peg.

Thus, arrangement of racquets on display at the retail store can become more disorganized overtime.

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