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Vintage 1971 Seamless Ken Rose wall Autograph aluminum Tennis Racquet
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Description Brand: Seamless Model: Ken Rosewall Autograph
This is a classic aluminum frame produced for Ken Rosewall, an Australian tennis great. • great condition frame, ready for play, well preserved • Original leather grip • Ken Rosewall Autograph • Original "Seamless" cover included, excellent shape Excerpt from "The Encyclopedia of Tennis", edited by Max Robertson, 1974, page 315: "Now a division of Dart Industries Inc., the original company was established in 1877 as the Seamless Rubber Company. Since the 1920's it has made all types of inflated balls and recently produced an alloy-framed tennis racket. It's consultant is Ken Rosewall (1970 US Open Champion and voted 1970 Player of the Year.)" SEAMCO Sporting Goods (also called Seamless until 1971), New Haven, Conn.,USA Patents: US 3 664 669 Application filed Sept., 1969, Patented May, 1972 Game racket with strong support insert means Abbreviated claim: ...inside channel in the inside of the head of a racket with support means in this channel for the strings... Inventor: Peter A. Latham And Paul E. Brefka This patent was applied to produce the Ken Rosewall racquet Taken from an ad in "World Tennis", March 1971: Seamless Ken Rosewall Autograph, frame made of extruded aluminum with string supports arranged inside channel of the profile. This racket was produced by Arco for Seamless and introduced to the public in 1971
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| Brand: | Seamless | Model: | Ken Rosewall Autograph |
This is a classic aluminum frame produced for Ken Rosewall, an Australian tennis great. • great condition frame, ready for play, well preserved • Original leather grip • Ken Rosewall Autograph • Original "Seamless" cover included, excellent shape Excerpt from "The Encyclopedia of Tennis", edited by Max Robertson, 1974, page 315: "Now a division of Dart Industries Inc., the original company was established in 1877 as the Seamless Rubber Company. Since the 1920's it has made all types of inflated balls and recently produced an alloy-framed tennis racket. It's consultant is Ken Rosewall (1970 US Open Champion and voted 1970 Player of the Year.)" SEAMCO Sporting Goods (also called Seamless until 1971), New Haven, Conn.,USA Patents: US 3 664 669 Application filed Sept., 1969, Patented May, 1972 Game racket with strong support insert means Abbreviated claim: ...inside channel in the inside of the head of a racket with support means in this channel for the strings... Inventor: Peter A. Latham And Paul E. Brefka This patent was applied to produce the Ken Rosewall racquet Taken from an ad in "World Tennis", March 1971: Seamless Ken Rosewall Autograph, frame made of extruded aluminum with string supports arranged inside channel of the profile. This racket was produced by Arco for Seamless and introduced to the public in 1971