US 12,257,486 B1
Pickleball paddle
Mark Myrhum, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Ogio International, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/810,359.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/621,688, filed on Jan. 17, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/534,776, filed on Aug. 25, 2023.
Int. Cl. A63B 59/42 (2015.01); A63B 60/24 (2015.01); A63B 102/08 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 59/42 (2015.10) [A63B 60/24 (2015.10); A63B 2102/08 (2015.10); A63B 2209/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pickleball paddle comprising:
a body comprising a face section and a handle section, the face section having a perimeter;
a grip attached to the handle section;
a first visible weight member positioned in the perimeter of the face section and a second visible weight member positioned in the perimeter of the face section, wherein the first visible weight member and the second visible weight member each has a mass ranging from 2 to 10 grams, wherein the first visible weight member and the second visible weight member each has a thickness ranging from 5 mm to 15 mm, a length ranging from 3 to 7 cm, and a width ranging from 1 to 2 cm, wherein each of the first visible weight member and the second visible weight member is composed of tungsten material;
wherein the pickleball paddle has a moment of inertia greater than 6700 g-cm2 about a Y-axis;
wherein the pickleball paddle has a length ranging from 15 to 17 inches and a width ranging from 7 inches to 8 inches.