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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:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Mark Noonan, New Canaan, CT (US);
Inventor:
Mark Noonan, New Canaan, CT (US);
Assignee:
Nootools II, LLC, New Canaan, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 47/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 47/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of apparatus and methods for retaining (e.g., controlling, funneling, redirecting, gathering, and/or capturing, etc.) tennis balls hit into tennis nets, to inhibit or prevent the tennis balls from bouncing off or rolling away from a tennis net back onto the main playing surface of a tennis court.