EP0201062A2 - Score indicating device for tennis - Google Patents

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EP0201062A2
EP0201062A2 EP86106059A EP86106059A EP0201062A2 EP 0201062 A2 EP0201062 A2 EP 0201062A2 EP 86106059 A EP86106059 A EP 86106059A EP 86106059 A EP86106059 A EP 86106059A EP 0201062 A2 EP0201062 A2 EP 0201062A2
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  • the present invention relates to marking the score during tennis games. It relates, more particularly, to a small device enabling a tennis player to score the score of the game himself.
  • US Patent 4,172,595 describes a score marker of the above type, which adapts to the end of the handle of the racket, which it matches the octagonal shape. It essentially consists of a base pierced with two parallel slots and two sliders respectively engaged in these slots along which indexing means make it possible to immobilize them in four determined positions corresponding respectively to points 0.15, 30 and 40.
  • the present invention aims to provide a score marker for tennis which offers this possibility.
  • the marker shown in Figures 1 and 2 has, as a basic element, a disc-shaped plate 10, which is pierced by three elongated rectilinear slots 12, 14 and 16, forming the letter U.
  • the slots 12 and 14, which have the same length, are parallel to the axis x'x of the disc and arranged symmetrically with respect to it. They are offset towards the upper half (in FIG. 1) of the disc, thus leaving, in its lower half, room for the slot 16.
  • the latter is perpendicular to the axis x'x and has a length which roughly corresponds to the distance between the outer edges of the parallel slots 12 and 14.
  • each slot delimited by two parallel walls, opens onto the front face 10a of the plate by a flared portion 18 (for reasons of simplification, not shown in FIG. 1) and on its rear face 10b by a simple rectangular groove 20.
  • This is itself pierced by small cylindrical housings, or positioning notches, 22 which are centered on the axis of the slots.
  • the slots 12 and 14 include four of these housings, regularly spaced.
  • the slot 16 has only three. The middle housing is centered on the axis x'x of the wafer, while the other two are in the extension of the axes of the slots 12 and 14.
  • the three slots 12, 14 and 16 are each intended to receive a cursor 24 made of an elastically deformable material.
  • This comprises a body 26 and, at its respective ends, a rounded head 28 bearing on the front face 10a and a circular base 30 of diameter corresponding to that of the positioning notches 22.
  • the body 26 has two parallel flat faces which are opposite the walls of the slot. The base and the body are cut in half by a central notch 32. The introduction of the sliders into the slots is facilitated by the presence of the flared portions 18.
  • the cursor 24 is shown, in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the two states that it can occupy, depending on its position along the slot.
  • the cursor When, as shown on the right-hand side of the figures (slot 14), the cursor is not at the level of one of the inscriptions on the face 10a of the plate, its base 30 is wedged between the walls of the slot and the 'notch 32 allows the two halves of the body 26 to approach.
  • the cursor is brought to the level of an inscription on the plate, the base 30 takes place in the positioning notch 22, at the same time as the two halves of the body 26 move apart, due to their elasticity, to return to their rest position.
  • the base plate 10 and the three sliders 24 are advantageously made of plastic, such as a polystyrene or a product sold under the name of "Delrin". Of course, there is nothing to prevent the plate from being made of metal. It is preferable, too, that the plate and the sliders be of different colors.
  • This device allows the player not only to mark his own points and those of his opponent by placing the sliders of slots 12 and 14 at the level of inscriptions 0, 15, 30 and 40, but also to indicate if there is equality and, if not, to which player belongs. the advantage by placing the cursor of the slot 16 level respectively with the inscription D or the inscription A located in the extension of the slot 12 or 14 allocated to the player who benefits it.
  • a double-sided adhesive 34 making it possible to stick the marker on a tennis racket, preferably at the end of its handle.
  • any other fixing means in particular by screwing or gluing, can be used.
  • the racket is not the only support to which the marker according to the invention can be attached.
  • the plate 10 may include an ear 36, or any similar means, for hanging a chain or cord 38 allowing the marker to be worn as a pendant.
  • This can also, as illustrated in FIG. 4, be fixed or integrated into a bracelet 40 to be worn like a watch.
  • the invention is not limited to a particular form of plate. None prevents, for example, that it is oval, square, rectangular, even triangular or trapezoidal, It is particularly interesting, when the marker is intended to adapt to the end of the racket handle , to give the plate 10 the same shape as this end, generally octagonal, as shown in FIG. 5.
  • an H-shaped arrangement can be used or, as shown in Figure 6, the three slots can be arranged along the sides of an isosceles or equilateral triangle (in the case of the figure).
  • the equality-advantage slot 16 is located on the base of the triangle and the points slots 12 and 14 are along its two equal sides. The latter are symmetrical with respect to an axis x'x on which the slot 16 has its midpoint. Note in passing that this figure gives an embodiment of a plate 10 of square shape.
  • the figure gives the example of another embodiment, in which the slots of points 12 and 14 are arcs of a circle symmetrical with respect to an axis x'x.
  • the slot 16 rectilinear, is then arranged along the axis y'y, perpendicular to the two axes, at the center of the circle.
  • the base plate 10 has a circular shape.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates the possibility of using as the basic element 10 the middle part of a wristwatch which, in the example shown, has a rounded shape.
  • the stitch slots 12 and 14 then extend respectively from 8 to 11 h. and from 4 to 1 h., while the slot 16, whose midpoint is at 6 o'clock, extends from 5 to 7 h.
  • the flexibility of the sieve is then taken advantage of so that, the marker being applied to a cord, its legs 42 carry out the fixing by hooking on the two adjacent cords.
  • the base can be fully incorporated.

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Abstract

The invention comprises a score marker for tennis including a base pierced with three slots arranged in U form. Each slot is provided with a cursor associated with positioning means which in the case of the two parallel slots enables retention of the cursor in four predetermined positions so as to display the points 0, 15, 30 and 40 and in the case of the third slot enables retention of the cursor in three predetermined positions in which it indicates in the central position equality of the players and in the end positions to which player the advantage belongs.

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La présente invention se rapporte au marquage du score lors des parties de tennis. Elle concerne, plus particulièrement, un dispositif de petites dimensions permettant à un joueur de tennis de marquer lui-même le score de la partie.The present invention relates to marking the score during tennis games. It relates, more particularly, to a small device enabling a tennis player to score the score of the game himself.

Le brevet US 4.172.595 décrit un marqueur de score du type ci-dessus, qui s'adapte à l'extrémité du manche de la raquette dont il épouse la forme octogonale. Il est essentiellement constitué d'une base percée de deux fentes parallèles et de deux curseurs respectivement engagés dans ces fentes le long desquelles des moyens d'indexage permettent de les immobiliser en quatre positions déterminées correspondant respectivement aux points 0,15,30 et 40.US Patent 4,172,595 describes a score marker of the above type, which adapts to the end of the handle of the racket, which it matches the octagonal shape. It essentially consists of a base pierced with two parallel slots and two sliders respectively engaged in these slots along which indexing means make it possible to immobilize them in four determined positions corresponding respectively to points 0.15, 30 and 40.

Un tel système n'offre pas cependant la possibilité d'indiquer, lorsque les deux joueurs ont atteint un score de 40, s'il y a égalité ou, dans le cas contraire, à quel joueur appartient l'avantage. Or cette information est, elle aussi, très utile au joueur.However, such a system does not offer the possibility of indicating, when the two players have reached a score of 40, whether there is a tie or, if not, to which player the advantage belongs. This information is also very useful to the player.

La présente invention a pour but de fournir un marqueur de score pour le tennis qui offre cette possibilité.The present invention aims to provide a score marker for tennis which offers this possibility.

Ce but est atteint grâce aux moyens revendiqués.This goal is achieved by the means claimed.

Les caractéristiques de l'invention ressortiront de la description qui va suivre, faite en regard des dessins annexés, et donnant, à titre explicatif mais nullement limitatif, diverses formes de réalisation avantageuse d'un tel marqueur. Sur ces dessins, où les mêmes éléments sont désignés par les mêmes numérosde référence:

  • -la figure 1 est une vue en plan d'une première réalisation d'un marqueur de score selon l'invention;
  • -la figure 2 est une vue en coupe du marqueur de la figure 1;
  • -la figure 3 illustre la possibilité de porter le marqueur selon l'invention en pendentif;
  • -la figure 4 représente une variante de l'invention dans laquelle le marqueur est assô- cié à un bracelet;
  • -Ies figures 5,6; et 7 montrent d'autres formes de réalisation du marqueur;
  • -la figure 8 représente l'association du marqueur à une montre; enfin,
  • -la figure 9 illustre la possibilité d'accrocher le marqueur au tamis d'une raquette de tennis.
The characteristics of the invention will emerge from the description which follows, given with reference to the appended drawings, and giving, by way of explanation but in no way limiting, various advantageous embodiments of such a marker. In these drawings, where the same elements are designated by the same reference numbers:
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment of a score marker according to the invention;
  • FIG 2 is a sectional view of the marker of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the possibility of wearing the marker according to the invention as a pendant;
  • FIG. 4 represents a variant of the invention in which the marker is associated with a bracelet;
  • -Ies Figures 5,6; and 7 show other embodiments of the marker;
  • FIG. 8 represents the association of the marker with a watch; finally,
  • FIG. 9 illustrates the possibility of hanging the marker on the sieve of a tennis racket.

Le marqueur représenté sur les figures 1 et 2 a, comme élément de base, une plaquette 10 en forme de disque, qui est percée de trois fentes rectilignes allongées 12,14 et 16, formant la lettre U. Les fentes 12 et 14, qui ont la même longueur, sont parallèles à l'axe x'x du disque et disposées symétriquement par rapport à lui. Elles sont décalées vers la moitié supérieure (sur la figure 1) du disque, laissant ainsi, dans sa moitié inférieure, la place pour la fente 16. Celle-ci est perpendicuali- re à l'axe x'x et a une longueur qui correspond grossièrement à la distance séparant les bords extérieurs des fentes parallèles 12 et 14.The marker shown in Figures 1 and 2 has, as a basic element, a disc-shaped plate 10, which is pierced by three elongated rectilinear slots 12, 14 and 16, forming the letter U. The slots 12 and 14, which have the same length, are parallel to the axis x'x of the disc and arranged symmetrically with respect to it. They are offset towards the upper half (in FIG. 1) of the disc, thus leaving, in its lower half, room for the slot 16. The latter is perpendicular to the axis x'x and has a length which roughly corresponds to the distance between the outer edges of the parallel slots 12 and 14.

Les trois fentes ont, dans le sens de l'épaisseur de la plaquette 10, des profils tout à fait identiques. Comme le montre la figure 2, chaque fente, délimitée par deux parois parallèles, débouche sur la face avant 10a de la plaquette par une portion évasée 18 (pour des raisons de simplification, non représentée sur la figure 1) et sur sa face arrière 10b par une simple rainure rectangulaire 20. Celle-ci est elle-même percée de petits logements cylindriques, ou crans de positionnement, 22 qui sont centrés sur l'axe des fentes. Les fentes 12 et 14 comportent quatre de ces logements, régulièrement espacés. La fente 16 n'en comporte que trois. Le logement du milieu est centré sur l'axe x'x de la plaquette, tandis que les deux autres se trouvent dans le prolongement des axes des fentes 12 et 14.The three slots have, in the direction of the thickness of the plate 10, completely identical profiles. As shown in FIG. 2, each slot, delimited by two parallel walls, opens onto the front face 10a of the plate by a flared portion 18 (for reasons of simplification, not shown in FIG. 1) and on its rear face 10b by a simple rectangular groove 20. This is itself pierced by small cylindrical housings, or positioning notches, 22 which are centered on the axis of the slots. The slots 12 and 14 include four of these housings, regularly spaced. The slot 16 has only three. The middle housing is centered on the axis x'x of the wafer, while the other two are in the extension of the axes of the slots 12 and 14.

Des inscriptions 0, 15, 30 et 40 sont avantageusement portées, entre les fentes 12 et 14, au niveau de leurs quatre crans de positionnement 22. La lettre D, pour "DEUCE" (signifiant "égalité à quarante"), est inscrite en face du cran central de la fente 16, tandis que la lettre A, pour "AVANTAGE", est inscrite en face de ses deux autres crans.Inscriptions 0, 15, 30 and 40 are advantageously carried, between the slots 12 and 14, at their four positioning notches 22. The letter D, for "DEUCE" (meaning "equal to forty"), is inscribed in opposite the central notch of slot 16, while the letter A, for "ADVANTAGE", is written opposite its two other notches.

Les trois fentes 12, 14 et 16 sont destinées à recevoir chacune un curseur 24 réalisé en un -matériau élastiquement déformable. Celui-ci comporte un corps 26 et, à ses extrémités respectives, une tête arrondie 28 prenant appui sur la face avant 10a et une embase circulaire 30 de diamètre correspondant à celui des crans de positionnement 22. Le corps 26 présente deux faces planes parallèles qui sont en regard des parois de la fente. L'embase et le corps sont coupés en deux par une entaille médiane 32. L'introduction des curseurs dans les fentes est facilitée par la présence des portions évasées 18.The three slots 12, 14 and 16 are each intended to receive a cursor 24 made of an elastically deformable material. This comprises a body 26 and, at its respective ends, a rounded head 28 bearing on the front face 10a and a circular base 30 of diameter corresponding to that of the positioning notches 22. The body 26 has two parallel flat faces which are opposite the walls of the slot. The base and the body are cut in half by a central notch 32. The introduction of the sliders into the slots is facilitated by the presence of the flared portions 18.

Le curseur 24 est montré, sur les figures 1 et 2, dans les deux états qu'il peut occuper, selon sa position le long de la fente. Lorsque, comme représenté sur la partie droite des figures (fente 14), le curseur ne se trouve pas au niveau d'une des inscriptions portées sur la face 10a de la plaquette, son embase 30 est coincée entre les parois de la fente et l'entaille 32 permet aux deux moitiés du corps 26 de se rapprocher. Lorsque, comme représenté sur la partie gauche des figures (fente 12), le curseur est amené au niveau d'une inscription de la plaquette, l'embase 30 prend place dans le cran de positionnement 22, en même temps que les deux moitiés du corps 26 s'écartent, du fait de leur -élasticité, pour reprendre leur position de repos.The cursor 24 is shown, in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the two states that it can occupy, depending on its position along the slot. When, as shown on the right-hand side of the figures (slot 14), the cursor is not at the level of one of the inscriptions on the face 10a of the plate, its base 30 is wedged between the walls of the slot and the 'notch 32 allows the two halves of the body 26 to approach. When, as shown on the left-hand side of the figures (slot 12), the cursor is brought to the level of an inscription on the plate, the base 30 takes place in the positioning notch 22, at the same time as the two halves of the body 26 move apart, due to their elasticity, to return to their rest position.

La plaquette de base 10 et les trois curseurs 24 sont avantageusement réalisés en plastique, tel qu'un polystyrène ou un produit commercialisé sous le nom de "Delrin". Bien entendu, rien ne s'oppose à ce que la plaquette soit réalisée en métal. Il est préférable, aussi, que la plaquette et les curseurs soient de couleurs différentes.The base plate 10 and the three sliders 24 are advantageously made of plastic, such as a polystyrene or a product sold under the name of "Delrin". Of course, there is nothing to prevent the plate from being made of metal. It is preferable, too, that the plate and the sliders be of different colors.

Ainsi est réalisé un marqueur de score pour le tennis, qui est à la fois simple, robuste, léger, peu coûteux et d'utilisation facile. Ce dispositif permet au joueur non seulement de marquer lui-même ses points et ceux de son adversaire en plaçant les curseurs des fentes 12 et 14 au niveau des inscriptions 0, 15, 30 et 40, mais aussi d'indiquer s'il y a égalité et, dans le cas contraire, à quel joueur appartient. l'avantage en plaçant le curseur de la fente 16 niveau respectivement de l'inscription D ou de l'inscription A se trouvant dans le prolongement de la fente 12 ou 14 attribuée au joueur qui l'avantage.Thus is produced a score marker for tennis, which is at the same time simple, robust, light, inexpensive and easy to use. This device allows the player not only to mark his own points and those of his opponent by placing the sliders of slots 12 and 14 at the level of inscriptions 0, 15, 30 and 40, but also to indicate if there is equality and, if not, to which player belongs. the advantage by placing the cursor of the slot 16 level respectively with the inscription D or the inscription A located in the extension of the slot 12 or 14 allocated to the player who benefits it.

Il est utile de fixer sur la face arrière 10b de la plaquette un adhésif double-face 34 permettant de coller le marqueur sur une raquette de tennis, de préférence à l'extrémité de son manche. Naturellement, tout autre moyen de fixation, notamment par vissage ou collage, peut être utilisé.It is useful to fix on the rear face 10b of the wafer a double-sided adhesive 34 making it possible to stick the marker on a tennis racket, preferably at the end of its handle. Naturally, any other fixing means, in particular by screwing or gluing, can be used.

La raquette n'est pas le seul support auquel le marqueur selon l'invention peut être fixé. Par exemple, comme représenté sur la figure 3, la plaquette 10 peut comporter une oreille 36, ou tout moyen analogue, pour y accrocher une chaîne ou cordelette 38 permettant de porter le marqueur en pendentif. Celui-ci peut aussi, comme illustré par la figure 4, être fixé ou intégré à un bracelet 40 pour être porté comme une montre.The racket is not the only support to which the marker according to the invention can be attached. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the plate 10 may include an ear 36, or any similar means, for hanging a chain or cord 38 allowing the marker to be worn as a pendant. This can also, as illustrated in FIG. 4, be fixed or integrated into a bracelet 40 to be worn like a watch.

L'invention n'est pas limitée à une forme particulière de plaquette. Rien ne s'oppose, par exemple, à ce qu'elle soit de forme ovale, carrée, rectangulaire, voire triangulaire ou trapézoïdale, Il est particulièrement intéressant, lorsque le marqueur est destiné à s'adapter à l'extrémité du manche de raquette, de donner à la plaquette 10 la même forme que cette extrémité, généralement octogonale, ainsi que représenté sur la figure 5.The invention is not limited to a particular form of plate. Nothing prevents, for example, that it is oval, square, rectangular, even triangular or trapezoidal, It is particularly interesting, when the marker is intended to adapt to the end of the racket handle , to give the plate 10 the same shape as this end, generally octagonal, as shown in FIG. 5.

En ce qui concerne les trois fentes de marquage, d'autres dispositions que celle représentée sur les figures 1,2,3,4 et 5 peuvent être adoptées, dans lesquelles les deux fentes de marquage des points sont disposées symétriquement, tandis que la fente de marquage de l'égalité ou de l'avantage est disposée pour que ses deux extrémités se trouvent respectivement, de manière non équivoque,à proximité des fentes de points.With regard to the three marking slots, other arrangements than that shown in Figures 1,2,3,4 and 5 can be adopted, in which the two dot marking slots are arranged symmetrically, while the slot marking equality or advantage is arranged so that its two ends are respectively, unequivocally, near the slots of points.

C'est ainsi, par exemple, qu'une disposition en H peut être utilisée ou que, comme représenté sur la figure 6, les trois fentes peuvent être disposées le long des côtés d'un triangle isocèle ou équilatéral (dans le cas de la figure). La fente d'égalité-avantage 16 se trouve sur la base du triangle et les fentes de points 12 et 14 sont le long de ses deux côtés égaux. Ces dernières sont symétriques par rapport à un axe x'x sur lequel la fente 16 a son point milieu. On notera au passage que cette figure donne un exemple de réalisation d'une plaquette 10 de forme carrée.For example, an H-shaped arrangement can be used or, as shown in Figure 6, the three slots can be arranged along the sides of an isosceles or equilateral triangle (in the case of the figure). The equality-advantage slot 16 is located on the base of the triangle and the points slots 12 and 14 are along its two equal sides. The latter are symmetrical with respect to an axis x'x on which the slot 16 has its midpoint. Note in passing that this figure gives an embodiment of a plate 10 of square shape.

La figure donne l'exemple d'une autre réalisation, dans laquelle les fente de points 12 et 14 sont des arcs de cercle symétriques par rapport à un axe x'x. La fente 16, rectiligne, est alors disposée selon l'axe y'y, perpendiculaire des deux axes, au centre du cercle. La plaquette de base 10 a, dans cet example, une forme circulaire.The figure gives the example of another embodiment, in which the slots of points 12 and 14 are arcs of a circle symmetrical with respect to an axis x'x. The slot 16, rectilinear, is then arranged along the axis y'y, perpendicular to the two axes, at the center of the circle. In this example, the base plate 10 has a circular shape.

On se référera maintenant à la figure 8 qui illustre la possibilité d'utiliser comme élément de base 10 la carrure d'une montre-bracelet qui, dans l'exemple représenté, a une forme arrondie. Les fentes de points 12 et 14 s'étendent alors respectivement de 8 à 11 h. et de 4 à 1 h., tandis que la fente 16, dont le point milieu est sur 6h., s'étend de 5 à 7h..Reference will now be made to FIG. 8 which illustrates the possibility of using as the basic element 10 the middle part of a wristwatch which, in the example shown, has a rounded shape. The stitch slots 12 and 14 then extend respectively from 8 to 11 h. and from 4 to 1 h., while the slot 16, whose midpoint is at 6 o'clock, extends from 5 to 7 h.

La figure 9, enfin, montre une réalisation particulière du marqueur selon l'invention, dans laquelle la plaquette de base 10, de forme rectangulaire, possède sur deux côtés opposés deux paires de pattes 42, en forme de gouttière, permettant l'accrochage au tamis 44 d'une raquette, dans sa partie la plus proche du manche. La souplesse du tamis est alors mise à profit pour que, le marqueur étant appliqué sur un corde, ses pattes 42 réalisent la fixation en s'accrochant sur les deux cordes adjacentes.FIG. 9, finally, shows a particular embodiment of the marker according to the invention, in which the base plate 10, of rectangular shape, has on two opposite sides two pairs of legs 42, in the shape of a gutter, allowing the attachment to the sieve 44 of a racket, in its part closest to the handle. The flexibility of the sieve is then taken advantage of so that, the marker being applied to a cord, its legs 42 carry out the fixing by hooking on the two adjacent cords.

Il faut signaler, aussi, qu'au lieu d'ëtre fixée a l'extrémité du manche d'une raquette, la base peut y être carrément incorporée.It should be noted, too, that instead of being attached to the end of the handle of a racket, the base can be fully incorporated.

Afin d'assurer que, dans leur position représentée sur la partie droite de la figure 2, les curseurs 24 ne puissent être facilement extraits, il est avantageux de prévoir, à la base des parois de chaque fente, entre les crans de positionnement 22, de petits épaulements 46 (représentés seulement sur la figure 2) qui sont espacés l'un de l'autre d'une distance inférieure au diamètre des crans et ont sensiblement la même profondeur que ceux-ci. Les extrémités des embases 30 viennent ainsi prendre place dans ces épaulements de manière à garantir l'ancrage des curseurs dans la base pour toute position de ceux-ci le long de leur fente.In order to ensure that, in their position shown on the right-hand side of FIG. 2, the cursors 24 cannot be easily extracted, it is advantageous to provide, at the base of the walls of each slot, between the positioning notches 22, small shoulders 46 (shown only in Figure 2) which are spaced from each other by a distance less than the diameter of the notches and have substantially the same depth as these. The ends of the bases 30 thus take their place in these shoulders so as to guarantee the anchoring of the sliders in the base for any position of these along their slot.

Il est évident que le même principe pourrait être utilisé pour permettre aux joueurs de marquer leurs scores respectifs en ce qui concerne le nombre de jeux gagnés lors d'un set.It is obvious that the same principle could be used to allow players to score their respective scores with regard to the number of games won in a set.

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Marquer de score pour le tennis, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte: -une base comportant trois fentes dont les deux premières, de même longueur, sont disposées symétriquement et constituent des échelles pour le marquage des points respectifs 0,15,30 et 40 des joueurs, et dont la troisième est disposée pour que ses deux extrémités se trouvent respectivement, de manière non équivoque, à proximité des deux autres fentes et permet d'indiquer, lorsque les deux joueurs ont atteint le score de 40, s'il y a égalité ou, dans le cas contraire, à qui appartient l'avantage; -trois curseurs respectivement disposés dans lesdites fentes, le long desquelles ils peuvent coulisser; et -des moyens de positionnement servant, d'une part, à retenir les curseurs des deux premières fentes dans quatre positions déterminées où ils affichent les points 0,15,30 et 40 et, d'autre part, à retenir le curseur de la troisième fente dans trois positions déterminées où il indique, en position médiane, que les deux joueurs sont à égalité et, dans les deux positions extrêmes, que l'avantage appartient au joueur dont les points sont affichés sur l'échelle la plus proche. 1. Score score for tennis, characterized in that it includes: -a base comprising three slots of which the first two, of the same length, are arranged symmetrically and constitute scales for marking the respective points 0.15, 30 and 40 of the players, and the third of which is arranged so that its two ends are find respectively, unequivocally, close to the other two slots and allows to indicate, when the two players have reached the score of 40, if there is a tie or, if not, who owns the advantage ; -three sliders respectively disposed in said slots, along which they can slide; and positioning means serving, on the one hand, to retain the cursors of the first two slots in four determined positions where they display the points 0.15, 30 and 40 and, on the other hand, to retain the cursor of the third slot in three determined positions where it indicates, in the middle position, that the two players are equal and, in the two extreme positions, that the advantage belongs to the player whose points are displayed on the nearest scale. 2. Marqueur de score selon la revendication 1, caractérisé : -eh ce que lesdits moyens de positionnement sont constitués par des logements ménagés dans la face arrière de la base et centrés sur les fentes, ces logements, régulièrement espacés, étant au nombre de quatre pour les fentes de marquage des points et de trois pour la troisième fente; et - en ce que lesdits curseurs, réalisés en un matériau élastiquement déformable, comportent chacun un corps adapté à coulisser dans sa fente et, aux extrémités respectives dudit corps, une tête prenant appui sur la face avant de la base et une embase de forme complémentaire de celle desdits logements, le corps et l'embase comportant une etaille médiane grâce à laquelle ladite embase est, selon la position du curseur, soit positionnée dans un logement soit coincée entre les parois de la fente. 2. Score marker according to claim 1, characterized: -eh that said positioning means consist of housings formed in the rear face of the base and centered on the slots, these housings, regularly spaced, being four in number for the dot marking slots and three for the third slot; and - in that said sliders, made of an elastically deformable material, each comprise a body adapted to slide in its slot and, at the respective ends of said body, a head bearing on the front face of the base and a base of complementary shape that of said housings, the body and the base comprising a median size thanks to which said base is, depending on the position of the slider, either positioned in a housing or wedged between the walls of the slot. 3. Marqueur de score selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite base est de forme octogonale.3. Score marker according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that said base is of octagonal shape. 4. Marqueur de score selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les fentes de marquage des points sont rectilignes et parallèles, tandis que la troisième fente, également rectiligne, leur est perpendiculaire.4. Score marker according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the dot marking slots are rectilinear and parallel, while the third slot, also rectilinear, is perpendicular to them. 5. Marqueur de score selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les trois fentes sont disposées le long des côtés d'un triangle.5. Score marker according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the three slots are arranged along the sides of a triangle. 6. Marqueur de score selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les fentes de marquage des points sont des arcs de cercle,symétriques par rapport à un diamètre dudit cercle, tandis que la troisième fente est rectiligne, a son point milieu au centre du cercle et est disposée perpendiculairement audit diamètre.6. Score marker according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the dot marking slots are arcs of a circle, symmetrical with respect to a diameter of said circle, while the third slot is straight, its midpoint in the center of the circle and is arranged perpendicular to said diameter. 7. Marqueur de score selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que ladite base est constituée par la carrure d'une montre et en ce que les trois fentes sont réparties le long de ladite carrure.7. Score marker according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that said base is constituted by the middle of a watch and in that the three slots are distributed along said middle. 8. Marqueur de score selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens permettant de le fixer à un support.8. Score marker according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises means making it possible to fix it to a support. 9. Marqueur de score selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens sont un adhésif double-face.9. Score marker according to claim 8, characterized in that said means are a double-sided adhesive. 10. Marqueur de score selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens sont constitués par des pattes recourbées permettant de l'accrocher au tamis d'une raquette.10. Score marker according to claim 8, characterized in that said means consist of curved legs allowing it to be hung on the sieve of a racket. 11. Marqueur de score selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que sa base est intégrée à un bracelet.11. Score marker according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that its base is integrated into a bracelet. 12. Marqueur de score selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que sa base est intégrée à l'extrémité du manche d'une raquette.12. Score marker according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that its base is integrated at the end of the handle of a racket.
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