Patent ID: 6277039
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A combination of a catch-net assembly for catching balls which strike a tennis net with standard tennis court structures including the court surface, the net posts and the standard tennis net, wherein said catch-net assembly comprises:A) an auxiliary catch-net attached to or held under and in close proximity to the bottom of the standard tennis net, said auxiliary catch-net extending under and onto each side of the court divided by the standard tennis net, forming a two sided structure, said auxiliary catch-net having attachment means which protrude from it, said auxiliary catch-net having at least one hole through it for providing attachment means; andB) auxiliary brackets designed to receive said attachment means from the auxiliary catch-net, said auxiliary brackets also designed to hold the auxiliary catch-net in a v-shaped position under and onto each side of the court divided by the standard tennis net, said auxiliary brackets being of two types:a) middle brackets which function to receive said attachment means from the auxiliary catch-net and to hold the auxiliary catch-net in a v-shaped position, each said middle bracket having at least one cross bar for providing attachment to at least one other middle bracket, andb) end brackets which function to receive said attachment means from the ends of the auxiliary catch-net near each net post and to hold the auxiliary catch-net in a v-shaped position, said end brackets also having attachment means to the net posts.