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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Geoffrey F Grant, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273 31 ; 3403 / ;
Abstract
A line monitoring apparatus is disclosed which is particularly adapted for use in determining whether a ball lands inside or outside of an area having a premarked boundary, such as a line on a tennis court. The apparatus incorporates electrical circuitry which distinguishes between a player's foot or a ball activating the switching means monitoring so that a player cannot activate an audio or visual indicator. An embodiment of the system includes pressure operated switching means for monitoring the boundary, as well as a service foot fault detector.