Patent ID: 6155937
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A self storing net pole adapted to mount a net thereto, the net pole having a retracted position and a raised position, the net pole comprising:a sleeve having an upper end and a lower end, the sleeve being mounted through a surface of a deck, the upper end being flush with the surface,a first telescope member being telescopically and completely received within the sleeve when in the retracted position, the first telescope member sliding telescopically upward to the raised position,a second telescope member being telescopically and completely received within the first telescope member when in the retracted position, the second telescope member sliding telescopically upward to the raised position, andmeans for securing the first telescope member and the second telescope member in the raised position, wherein the securing means comprises a first threading mounted on an inner surface of the upper end of the sleeve engaging with a corresponding first threading mounted on an outer surface of a bottom end of the first telescope member and second threading mounted on an inner surface of a top end of the first telescope member mating with corresponding second threading mounted at an outer surface of a foot end of the second telescope member, the first threading, the corresponding first threading, the second threading and the corresponding second threading being fully rotatable after disengagement whereby the first telescope member, the second telescope member and the sleeve are adapted to be separated and reattached by simple rotation of said first telescope member, second telescope members and the sleeve.