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Tennis game apparatus kit

  • US 3,980,299 A
  • Filed: 08/04/1975
  • Issued: 09/14/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A kit for forming a tennis court on asphalt, concrete, or grass, which comprises:

  • a. a plurality of tape members for forming the sides, the ends, the service sides, and half court lines of said tennis court, each said tape member having a plurality of apertures therethrough;

    b. an anchoring means extending downwardly through each said aperture to secure each said tape member to the ground;

    c. a center court net assembly, said center net assembly including a pair of end poles, a center pole and a horizontally extending rectangularly shaped net member having each of its ends detachably mounting onto a said end pole and a central portion detachably attached to said center pole, each said end and center pole including a cylindrically shaped rod having one externally threaded end, a disc shaped base having a plurality of holes therethrough and a center top threaded opening therein, said threaded end of said rod threadably engaging into said threaded opening of said base, and U-shaped brackets affixed onto each said rod, said net member having means for attaching said net to said U-shaped bracket;

    d. a spike extending downwardly through said holes to secure each said base to said ground;

    e. a pair of end net assemblies and a pair of side line net assemblies;

    each said end net assembly including a net and foldable tripod poles for holding each said net in a substantially vertical plane to form a ball retaining boundary around a tennis game playing area defined by said plurality of tape members;

    each said pole being provided with a foldable leg tripod base.

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