Patent ID: 9469945
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A63B,E01C,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. A ball gathering and court drying system for use with a tennis court or the like, comprising: a) an air source comprising a compressor operatively connected to a cylindrical plenum disposed at at least one location chosen from the group: beneath a net installed across a width of a tennis court and adjacent at least one edge of a tennis court for supplying pressurized air to at least one nozzle, said at least one nozzle having a tapered portion adjacent a discharge end thereof; b) at least one nozzle disposed along and operatively connected to said cylindrical plenum and operatively disposed so as to receive compressed air therefrom, each of said at least one nozzle having a discharge orifice proximate a distal end aimed toward said tennis court for discharging compressed air theretoward; and c) a ball receiving sub-system disposed along at least one edge of said tennis court opposite said cylindrical plenum; wherein said cylindrical plenum and said at least one nozzle disposed therealong and movable in a vertical plane between a stored position below an upper surface of said tennis court and a raised operational position wherein at least a portion of said at least one nozzle is above said upper surface of said tennis court.