DUAL SURFACE FOR SPORT EVENT OR GAME

• US 20040209696A1
• Filed: 04/16/2003
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Renata Marcinkowska
• Original Assignee: Renata Marcinkowska
• Inventors: Marcinkowska, Renata
• Granted Patent: US 6,814,669 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 472/92
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/02 Tennis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/002 Games using balls, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 19/02 Shaping of the surface of courts according to the necessities of the different games surface construction E01C

Abstract

A hybrid tennis court with one type of surface applied to one side of the net from the net to the back fence and a different type of surface applied to the other side of the net from the net to the back fence. A hybrid court is useful as a teaching tool, for exhibitions, for injured players, and for adding a new dimension to the game of tennis. Also included in this invention is a golf course with two or more different types of surfaces used on different putting greens or a putting green with two ore more different types of surfaces on the same green or different types of surfaces on different fairways.

Claims

1. A tennis court having a center net, said tennis court comprising:

a first surface of one type of material on one side of the net and a second surface of different type of material on the other side of the net.

2. The tennis court of claim 1, wherein said first surface is from the net to a back end of the court and the second surface is from the net to a back end on the other side of the court.

3. The tennis court of claim 1, wherein each of said first surface and said second surface are selected independently from the group consisting of hard court, artificial clay, carpet, grass and clay.

4. The tennis court of claim 1, wherein said first surface and said second surface are laid on top of a base surface.

5. A tennis court comprising a center net, a first side on one side of the net and a second side on the other side of the net, the improvement comprising:

a first surface of one type of material on said first side of the net and a second surface of a different type of material than said first surface on said second side of the net.

6. A golf course having putting greens and fairways, the improvement comprising at least one of the putting greens having a different type of surface than the other putting green(s) and/or at least one of the fairways having a different type of surface than the other fairways.

7. The golf course of claim 6, wherein said types of surfaces are different types of grass surfaces.

8. The golf course of claim 6, wherein said different types of surfaces are different lengths of cutting heights.

9. The golf course of claim 6, wherein at least one of said putting greens has different types of surfaces on the same putting green.

10. The golf course of claim 9, wherein said different types of surfaces on the same putting green comprise different types of grasses on the same putting green.

11. The golf course of claim 9, wherein said different types of surfaces on the same putting green comprise different cutting heights of grasses on the same putting green.