Pincer Paddle

Abstract

The “Pincer Paddle” is a novel racquet for use in any suitable sport but especially for table tennis. It allows a player to hit the ball with both the front and back sides of the paddle blade on the both the forehand and backhand, when driving, pushing or smashing. Since a player is allowed to use different rubbers on the front and back of the paddle this can make it easier to add spin to the ball or handle the spin put on the ball by the other player depending on which rubber is selected. The ergonomic design allows a player to make these shots over a greater range of angles even when reaching or when close to the body.

1 . A table tennis paddle with a smoothed edge rectangular cross-sectioned handle, cut at 60° and attached along the longitudinal axis at 90° laterally to the blade so that it slopes past the tail end of the blade having approximate proportions: 17 mm thick (laterally)×40 mm wide (longitudinally)×45 mm along the tip-side edge and 70 mm along the tail-side edge. 
     
     
         2 . In addition to  claim 1 , A rounded rectangular forefinger grip is attached on the top of the blade at the tail end along longitudinal axis, typically the same thickness as the handle, approximate proportions: 17 mm thick, 20 mm high and around 55 mm long tapering to the tail of the paddle so that it forms a continuous line at about 60° to the blade. 
     
     
         3 . Optionally, in addition to  claim 2 , for a right handed player the blade extends out to the left side of the forefinger grip so the blade can be gripped between thumb and middle finger, for a left handed player the blade would instead extend to the right side of the handle and forefinger grip. 
     
     
         4 . Optionally, in addition to  claim 3 , a roughly quarter cylinder arc of wood or similar shape is added as a thumb grip adjacent to the forefinger grip (or moulded from the same piece of wood or plastic) rounded in the longitudinal direction and aligned with the tail of the blade and the edge of the blade extension mentioned in  claim 3 .