ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,441, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to AEROTEC POWER PTY LTD (Benowa, Australia).
"Sporting articles" was invented by Cameron Kent (Benowa, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerodynamic sporting item, such as a tennis racket, is provided. The item includes a plurality of ridges on a surface of the sporting item. The ridges are aligned with a direction of flow of air across the sporting item when used. The ridges define channels between adjacent pairs of ridges and a plurality of dimples are located in the channels defined by the ridges."
The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2022, under Application No. 18/053,677.
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