Portable tennis court

• US 4,088,317 A
• Filed: 01/07/1976
• Issued: 05/09/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
• Inventors: Gierla, Joyce
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Application Number:
  US05/647,080
• Time in Patent Office: 853 Days
• Field of Search: 273/26 A, 273/27, 273/29 B, 273/29 BB, 273/29 BC, 273/30, 273/31, 273/95 R, 273/95 H, 272/3, 242/61, 242/62, 242/74
• US Class Current: 473/474
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 61/00 Tennis nets or accessories for tennis or like games , e.g. volley-ball devices for holding or carrying balls A63B47/00; for table tennis A63B67/04

Abstract

A portable tennis court includes a net assembly consisting of two housings, wherein the net is contained on a reel assembly within one of the housing. The free end of the net assembly is affixed to a mounting rod contained in the other housing whereby the housings can be positioned thirty six feet away from each other. Each housing contains a pair of tape reels therein, wherein tapes are contained on each reel. The tapes are pulled outwardly from the housings to form the boundary lines of the tennis court. Elongated tapes are also provided to form the service lines, end lines, and service box divider line.

Claims

1. A portable tennis court, which comprises:

(a) a pair of cylindrically shaped housings, each said housing having a base, an upwardly extending cylindrically shaped sidewall, a top, and an interior chamber therein, each said sidewall having an elongated longitudinal aperture therethrough and a pair of slot openings therethrough;

(b) a pair of wheels mounted to each said base of each said housing, said wheels adapted to engage the ground;

(c) a reel assembly contained in one said housing;

(d) a mounting means contained in said chamber of said other housing;

(e) a net contained on said reel assembly, said net extending outwardly through said longitudinal aperture of said first housing, inwardly through said longitudinal aperture of said second housing, and affixed to said mounting means in said chamber of said other housing;

(f) means for anchoring each said housing to said ground;

(g) a pair of tape reels mounted for rotation in each said housing; and

(h) an elongated tape associated with each said tape reel, said tapes extending through said slot openings of said housings.

2. A portable tennis court according to claim 1, wherein each said tape has an end snap eyelet and intermediate snap eyelet therein.

3. A portable tennis court according to claim 2 further including a plurality of elongated tapes having end snaps, said end snaps engaging said end snap eyelets of said tapes.

4. A portable tennis court according to claim 1, wherein said mounting means includes a longitudinally placed rod extending between said base and said top of one said housing, a free edge of said net extending through said longitudinal aperture of said one housing, and said free edge of said net affixed to said longitudinally placed rod.

5. A portable tennis court according to claim 1 wherein said means for anchoring comprises said pair of wheels pivotally mounted to each said housing, a suction cup affixed to said base of each housing, said suction cap adapted to engage said ground upon upward rotation of said wheels.

6. A portable tennis court according to claim 1, wherein each said top of each said housing has a hooked shaped handle affixed thereon.

7. A portable tennis court according to claim 1, wherein a crank handle is affixed to each said tape reel, each said crand handle journalled for rotation through said sidewalls of each said housing.

8. A portable tennis court according to claim 1, wherein said tape is formed from a flexible fiberglass plastic.

9. A portable tennis court according to claim 1, wherein said tape is formed from a flexible rubber.