Sports net apparatus

• US 4,489,941 A
• Filed: 09/21/1982
• Issued: 12/25/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shin-Shi Shieh
• Original Assignee: Shin-Shi Shieh
• Inventors: Shieh, Shin-Shi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pinkham, Richard C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BROWN, THEATRICE
• Application Number:
  US06/420,661
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• Field of Search: 273/26 A, 273/374, 273/411, 273/328, 273/348, 273/354, 273/29 BC, 273/73 D, 273/73 L, 273/176 B, 273/181 A, 273/181 D, 273/181 E, 273/181 F , 273/181 J, 273/181 K, 273/182 R, 273/402, 273/407, 273/410, 273/397, 273/398, 273/396, 273/300, 273/400, 273/401, 273/389, 273/20 BC, 273/395, 272/65
• US Class Current: 473/197
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games golf cups A63B57/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/022 Backstops, cages, enclosures or the like, e.g. for spectator protection, for arresting balls

Abstract

A sports net and frame includes inner frame members, a substantially rectangular outer frame and a netting material. The inner frame is characterized by at least two adjusting rods, each rod being attached by spring elements in a spaced relationship to a side of the netting material and substantially perpendicular to each other. The outer frame is attached by spring elements to at least two perpendicular sides of the netting material. Adjustable screws attach each adjusting rod to the outer frame whereby adjustment of the screws results in adjusting the tension in the netting material. The outer frame is further provided with elements for attaching a sports net and frame of identical structure.

Claims

1. A movable webwork support for the training and sporting of ball games, comprising a framework surrounded by a tube formation for protection, the interior of said framework comprising a webwork edged with adjustment rods, said tube formation and said webworks being integrated by a number of ring-hooked spring retainers, means connecting said adjustment rods to the edges of said web work and adjusting screws for adjusting the tension of said webwork by displacing said adjustment rods, said adjusting screws extending between said tube formation and said adjustment rods.

2. The movable webwork support for the training and sporting of ball games according to claim 1, wherein said tube formation is provided with a two-way joint to facilitate link-up with another movable webwork support.

3. The movable webwork support for the training and sporting of ball games according to claim 1, wherein said tube formation is formed of metal tubes, plastic tubes, or rubber tubes.

4. The movable webwork support for the training and sporting of ball games according to claim 1, wherein said webwork comprises a fabric of nylon.