ARTIFICIAL FEATHER FOR SHUTTLECOCK, BADMINTON SHUTTLECOCK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ARTIFICIAL FEATHER AND THE BADMINTON SHUTTLECOCK

摘要

Provided are an artificial feather for a shuttlecock and a badminton shuttlecock having excellent flight performance and high durability, and methods of manufacturing the same. The artificial feather for a shuttlecock includes a feather portion, and a shaft connected to the feather portion. The shaft has a cross-shaped or T-shaped cross section in a plane perpendicular to a direction in which the shaft extends. A thin portion (14) thinner than a body portion (13) constituting the cross-shaped or T-shaped cross section in the shaft is formed integrally with the body portion (13) so as to protrude from a side surface of the body portion (13).