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Fluorescent table tennis assembly

  • US 3,971,560 A
  • Filed: 03/21/1975
  • Issued: 07/27/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination with a source of ultra violet light, a tennis table assembly that may be used in the dark that includes a flat, horizontal, rectangular surface, a transverse vertically extending net that divides said surface into first and second portions, a resilient hollow ball, and a pair of paddles that define striking surfaces thereon, said table tennis assembly being characterized by:

  • a. first means that outline the outer boundary of said surface, said first means fluorescing and being visible when exposed to said ultra violet light;

    b. second means that outline the edges of said net, said second means fluorescing and being visible when exposed to said ultra violet light;

    c. third means carried on said ball, said third means fluorescing and being visible when exposed to said ultra violet light; and

    d. fourth means that cover said striking surface, said fourth means fluorescing and being visible when exposed to said ultra violet light, and said table tennis assembly capable of being used in the dark when exposed to said ultra violet light due to the boundary of said playing surface, the edges of said net, said ball, and said striking surfaces being visible to the players using said assembly.

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