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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1997
Joseph N Epel, Orchard Lake, MI (US);
Herman Foster, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system and method for handicapping a ball game such as tennis or volleyball between opponents of lesser and greater skills, by varying or moving at least one of the parameters of the court on which the game is played, a sufficient amount to balance the disparity in such skills. The parameters described are the net, and court boundary lines which may be defined by electric luminescent tape embedded in, or fastened to, the surface of the court floor in parallel spaced lines which selectively can be lit to define the desired boundary, or, may be defined by projected lines on or adjacent to the floor from narrow beam or laser beam projectors capable of projecting lines at desired locations either from overhead or at floor level.