Net patching devices
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1. A patching system for a net on a frame and hard points at select nodes of the net including a patching device comprising:
- a pair of spaced sockets each configured to receive a hard point therein; and
a member interconnecting the pair of spaced sockets configured to properly space the hard points.
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Abstract
A patching system for a net in a frame with hard points at select nodes of the net includes a patching device with a pair of spaced sockets each configured to receive a hard point therein. A member interconnects the pair of spaced sockets and is configured to properly space the hard points. Another patching device is for reconnecting hard points to the net frame.
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34 Claims
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1. A patching system for a net on a frame and hard points at select nodes of the net including a patching device comprising:
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a pair of spaced sockets each configured to receive a hard point therein; and a member interconnecting the pair of spaced sockets configured to properly space the hard points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A patching system for a net on a frame and with hard points at select nodes of the net including a net frame patching device comprising:
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a first member securable to a frame member; a second member configured to lock on to a hard point; and a linkage between the first member and the second member patching a broken net chord between a frame member and a hard point. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A patching device for a net with hard points at select nodes of the net, the patching device comprising:
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a first socket including a peripheral side wall with slots therein for chords of the net and an inward lip at a proximal end of the side wall between the slots for retaining a first hard point in the first socket; a second socket including a peripheral side wall with slots therein for chords of the net and an inward lip at a proximal end of the side wall between the slots for retaining a second hard point in the second socket; and a member interconnecting the first and second sockets. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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- 32. The patching device of claim 30 in which each socket includes one or more tensile alignment features.
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32-1. A patching device for a net with hard points at select nodes of the net, the patching device comprising:
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a first socket including flexible fingers which accept a first hard point therebetween when flexed outward and then spring back capturing the first hard point in the first socket; a second socket including flexible fingers which accept a second hard point when flexed outward and then spring back capturing the second hard point in the second socket; and a member interconnecting and spacing the sockets and the first and second hard points apart from each other.
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34. A method of patching a net having hard points at select nodes of the net and a broken net chord between first and second hard points, the method comprising:
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placing the first hard point in a first socket; and placing the second hard point in a second socket spaced from the first socket by a member configured to properly space the hard points.
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