Patent ID: 7975641
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tennis scoring system for use by at least a first player and a second player playing a tennis match on a tennis court having a tennis net, comprising: a display unit disposed in a position visible to said first and second players, said display unit having first and second scoring bars, said first and second scoring bars for use, respectively, by said first and second players; and a plurality of colored indicia areas arrayed on each of said first and second scoring bars, said colors of said colored indicia areas of said first scoring bar being of a different color from said color of said colored indicia areas of said second scoring bar, each of said colored indicia areas of each of said first and second scoring bars representing one of the games played in said tennis match, said color of one of said first colored indicia areas in said first scoring bar to be changed in sequence whenever said first player wins a game and said color of one of said second colored indicia areas in said second scoring bar to be changed in sequence whenever said second player wins a game until one of said players has won a first set in said match, said color of one of said first colored indicia areas in said first scoring bar to be changed in sequence to a different color whenever said first player wins a game in a second set of said match and said color of one of said second colored indicia areas in said second scoring bar to be changed in sequence to a different color whenever said second player wins a game in said second set until one of said players has won said second set, said tennis match continuing until one of said players has won two sets, said score of said tennis match consisting of games and sets won by said first and second players; said first and second scoring bars displaying the score of games and sets won by said first and second players during said tennis match.