Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1984-06-25
1986-08-19
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
A63B 6100
Patent
active
046065431
ABSTRACT:
A practice tennis court for practicing serving the tennis balls consists of the complete forward part of a tennis court back to the net and only the service area beyond the net. Behind the service area is an end net or other backstop to stop the balls without rebounding. At the end of the court behind the user, there is a continuous rake extending across the court for sweeping used balls to the back of the service area and beyond where the balls are swept into a trough extending from side to side to discharge the spent balls to a side collection point or through a center collection outlet for discharging balls to a center collection point or to a ball projecting machine. As needed, the rake is moved to sweep the spent balls from the forward portion of the court under the net and across the service end of the court and into the trough for removal. An alternate embodiment uses the same ball collection system on a full size court with a ball projector for practicing ball return. The ball collection rake is driven by a self contained motor which reverses and returns to the starting point after sweeping the balls into the collection trough.
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patent: 3184239 (1965-05-01), Heuser
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patent: 4116436 (1978-09-01), Bjorhn
patent: 4215865 (1980-08-01), Pilati
Brown Ti
Mosely Neal J.
Pinkham Richard C.
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