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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:
Jul. 03, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig D Jenkins, Lakewood, CO (US);
Scott E Jenkins, Lakewood, CO (US);
Jerold D Jenkins, El Paso, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273 / ;
Abstract
A tennis ball return apparatus associated with a tennis net which has its lower edge disconnected from supporting posts to enable balls striking the net to drop substantially straight downwardly rather than rebounding from the net with the apparatus of this invention causing the tennis balls which strike the net and drop downwardly to enter a channel-shaped area having a horizontal tray or trough in the bottom thereof which has a driven endless cord with knots thereon for returning the balls to a putter-type mechanism to project the balls back towards the base line of a tennis court.