US 12,465,826 B2
Game paddle
Fabio Kachiwazaki, São Paulo (BR); Austin Kim, Columbia, MD (US); and Richard Lee, Potomac, MD (US)
Assigned to Sport Squad, Inc., North Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed by Sport Squad, Inc., Rockville, MD (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/027,671.
Application 19/027,671 is a continuation of application No. 18/389,174, filed on Nov. 13, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/543,865, filed on Oct. 12, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/535,565, filed on Aug. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0161771 A1, May 22, 2025
Int. Cl. A63B 59/42 (2015.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.01); B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 59/42 (2015.10) [B32B 3/08 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.10); A63B 2209/02 (2013.01); B32B 2262/106 (2013.01); B32B 2266/0214 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pickleball paddle, comprising:
a front surface;
a back surface opposing the front surface;
a core disposed between the front surface and the back surface, the core having an outer boundary including: (i) a first portion shaped and dimensioned to terminate internal to, and spaced apart from, an internal perimeter of the pickleball paddle, and (ii) a second portion shaped and dimensioned to terminate closer to the internal perimeter of the pickleball paddle relative to the first portion;
a gap formed as a void external to the core and positioned between the outer boundary of the core and the internal perimeter of the pickleball paddle, the gap extending around at least the first portion of the outer boundary of the core;
a first filler disposed within at least a portion of the gap beyond the outer boundary of the core;
a frame disposed about at least a head portion of the pickleball paddle along an edge portion thereof, the frame at least partially disposed between the front surface and the back surface along the edge portion, the frame defining a hollow interior portion; and
a second filler disposed within at least a portion of the hollow interior portion of the frame.