EP0340027B1 - Support portable de filet pour jeux de raquette et de balle - Google Patents

Support portable de filet pour jeux de raquette et de balle Download PDF

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EP0340027B1
EP0340027B1 EP19890304283 EP89304283A EP0340027B1 EP 0340027 B1 EP0340027 B1 EP 0340027B1 EP 19890304283 EP19890304283 EP 19890304283 EP 89304283 A EP89304283 A EP 89304283A EP 0340027 B1 EP0340027 B1 EP 0340027B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B61/00—Tennis nets or accessories for tennis or like games, e.g. volley-ball
    • A63B61/02—Posts; Revolvably-mounted posts ; Straining or adjusting devices on the posts, e.g. coin- or time operated
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B61/00—Tennis nets or accessories for tennis or like games, e.g. volley-ball
    • A63B61/04—Straining or adjusting devices for nets, e.g. centre strainers, single-double adjusters, net height meters

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  • This invention relates to a portable net support assembly for racket and ball games. It has particular, but not exclusive application, to tennis nets, especially for use in playing the lawn tennis based games of Short or Compact Tennis (Trade Marks).
  • the posts which support tennis and like racket and ball game nets are usually permanently anchored (eg. in concrete) to oppose the bending movements applied thereto by the nets when the latter are tensioned to the required height for play.
  • the posts may be releasably received in sockets but the whole support net assembly is not portable. Attempts to provide a portable racket and ball game net support assembly have not been successful to date.
  • US-A-3998455 discloses a free-standing portable tennis net support assembly comprising telescopically expandable stretcher means interconnecting a pair of net anchoring means.
  • the net anchoring means are bent to provide a horizontal short arm portion, a horizontal long arm portion, a vertical portion and a vertical strut member.
  • the stretcher means and interconnected net anchoring means are disposed in an upstanding position on a playing surface by use of footing means.
  • Each of the footing means comprises a tubular member and an end flange portion.
  • a "T"-shaped member allows the footing means to be slidably positioned along long arm portions between the vertical strut members.
  • the net is tensioned by moving the upper portions of the net anchoring means towards each other with a resultant flexure of the stretcher means towards the playing surface. It is stated that the footing means act as a "quasi fulcrum so that, despite its minimal weight, the net supporting system is firmly anchored with respect to the playing surface in use".
  • the present invention provides a portable net support assembly for a racket and ball game, said assembly including: a pair of self-supporting posts for standing on a playing court surface and strut means interconnecting the posts and spaced above the supporting court surface; characterised in that foot means depend from the strut means at the centre thereof to contact the court surface so as to provide a fulcrum to oppose bending movements applied to the posts upon tensioning a net between said posts.
  • the invention also provides a portable net assembly for a racket and ball game comprising a portable net support assembly of the invention and a net supported by and extending between the posts thereof.
  • At least one of the posts will include winding means for tensioning a net between the posts.
  • the posts have detachable feet and/or are tubular to enable them to be filled with ballast, eg. sand.
  • ballast eg. sand.
  • each post has a horizontal arm adjacent its lower end and is braced by an oblique member interconnecting the post upright and said arm.
  • the horizontal arms will form part of or be connected to the strut means.
  • the strut means preferably is collapsible and comprises two or more telescopically or otherwise axially connectable members, especially tubular members.
  • the horizontal arms, if present can be integral with the terminal members of the collapsible strut means.
  • net engaging means for example hooks are provided at spaced intervals along the strut means to secure the net thereto.
  • net-engaging means are provided on each of the strut members.
  • the assembly comprises a pair of posts 10, 11, each having a tubular upright 12, a horizontal arm 13 and an oblique brace 14 interconnecting said upright and arm.
  • a winding mechanism 15 (with a rachet) is mounted on one post 10 and an anchor hook 16 is provided on the other post 11.
  • Lower net cord hooks 17 are provided on the arms 13.
  • Each post has a detachable foot 18 of hollow box section closed by end caps 19 and a peg 20 received in frictional engagement in the lower ends of the post upright 12.
  • the feet 18 may be filled with ballast, eg. sand, if so desired.
  • the arms 13 are joined by a strut formed of six tubular members 19-24 interconnected by suitable male/female friction couplings. As shown in FIG. 1 the tubular members are aligned with (and connected to) the arms 13 and are spaced above the court surface.
  • a foot 25 is formed integrally with tubular section 21 and contacts the court surface.
  • the support assembly and net become balanced in tension when the net is at the correct playing height. If further tension is applied to the net to raise it further, this will tend to overload the tubular sections and they will tend to bow in the horizontal direction, indicating that too much tension has been applied to the net.
  • the support assemblies can be used for tennis, volley, or badminton or other racket and ball sports.
  • One particularly suitable application is for the tennis-based game operating under the Trade Mark "COMPACT TENNIS", in which case the posts will be 80-100 cm high and spaced 6-8 m apart.
  • the support assembly can be compactly packed for transport and easily assembled on site (and disassembled and packed for further transport).
  • the winding mechanism 15 can be replaced by one located within the post 12 in the manner of a conventional tennis net support post. Further, hooks 17 can be, and preferably are, provided on each strut member 19-24.

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  1. Ensemble portable de support de filet pour un jeu de raquettes et de balle, cet ensemble comprenant:
       une paire de poteaux autoporteurs (10, 11) destinés à se dresser sur la surface d'un terrain de jeu, et
       des moyens d'entretoisement (19-24) qui relient les poteaux (10, 11) et sont à distance au-dessus de la surface de support du terrain;
       caractérise en ce que des moyens formant pied (25) font saillie vers le bas sur les moyens d'entretoisement (19-24), au milieu de ceux-ci, pour prendre contact avec la surface du terrain et constituer ainsi un point d'appui qui s'oppose aux mouvements de flexion exercés sur les poteaux (10, 11) au moment où un filet (26) est tendu entre lesdits poteaux (10, 11).
  2. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les poteaux (10, 11) comportent des pieds tubulaires détachables (18) susceptibles d'être remplis de lest.
  3. Ensemble selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel chaque poteau (10, 11) comporte un bras horizontal (13) à proximité de son extrémité inférieure et est maintenu rigide par une pièce oblique (14) qui relie le montant (12) du poteau audit bras (13).
  4. Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel les moyens d'entretoisement sont démontables et comprennent deux ou plusieurs pièces (19-24) qui peuvent être assemblées axialement, par emboîtement ou autrement.
  5. Ensemble selon la revendication 4, dans lequel les poteaux (10, 11) comportent des bras horizontaux respectifs (13) qui sont formés d'une seule pièce avec les pièces d'extrémité desdits moyens d'entretoisement démontables.
  6. Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, dans lequel des moyens (17) d'accrochage du filet sont prévus à intervalles espacés le long des moyens d'entretoisement pour fixer le filet (26) à ces derniers.
  7. Ensemble selon la revendication 4, dans lequel des moyens (17) d'accrochage du filet sont prévus sur chacune des pièces d'entretoisement (19-24).
  8. Ensemble de filet portable pour un jeu de raquettes et de balle, comprenant un ensemble portable de support de filet selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7 et un filet supporté par les poteaux dudit ensemble et s'étendant entre eux.
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US5393051A (en) * 1992-06-30 1995-02-28 Forster Inc. Adjustable net
DE19530061C2 (de) * 1995-08-16 1998-01-29 Erhard Leonhard Soehne Pfostenhalterung für ein Volleyballnetz
FR3020278B1 (fr) * 2014-04-25 2017-12-29 Stephane Descoubes Dispositif de jeu de balles ou volants comprenant filet autoporteur et marquage au sol integre
CN104117192B (zh) * 2014-08-12 2016-08-24 韩三喜 便携式羽毛球场地网柱桩

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US3998455A (en) * 1975-02-18 1976-12-21 National Associates (U.S.A.) Inc. Free standing portable and knockdown tennis net supporting system
AU529169B2 (en) * 1977-10-21 1983-05-26 James Jacobs Brian Supporting means for tennis and like games nets
FR2551982B1 (fr) * 1983-09-19 1986-05-23 Razny Jean Marie But de football
DE8704887U1 (fr) * 1987-04-02 1987-05-27 Potutschnig, Wolfgang

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