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

• Current Assignee: Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
• Inventors: Brown, Robert Leon
• Primary Examiner(s): Pinkham, Richard C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, T.
• Application Number:
  US05/601,805
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• Field of Search: 273/29 R, 273/31, 273/29 A, 273/29 BA, 273/29 BB, 273/29 B, 273/29 BC, 273/29 BD, 273/29 BE, 273/29 BF
• US Class Current: 473/474
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 61/02 Posts; Revolvably-mounted posts ; Straining or adjusting devices on the posts, e.g. coin- or time operated

Abstract

A kit for constructing a tennis court on asphalt, concrete, or grass. The kit includes flexible tape for forming the lines of the court and a mechanism for anchoring the tape to the ground. A portable center court net assembly is provided with a mechanism for anchoring the assembly to the ground. The kit also includes portable side and end net assemblies for retaining tennis balls which are hit out of bounds. The end and side assemblies are provided with post supports, each post having a tripod base to render the net assemblies easily erected and dismantled.

Claims

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.