MARKING OUT LAWN TENNIS COURTS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, ALFRED AUGUSTUS TOWN ATTREE, of Springfield House, Worthing in the
County of Sussex, Esquire do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
MARKING OUT LAWN TENNIS COURTS to be as follows:-
A tube of metal 14 inch in diameter is flattened at one end till the sides nearly
meet forming a spreader. At the other end is affixed a conical tube of metal
3 inches long and tapering from 11 inch to 3/8 inch in diameter at the upper end
Parallel with & 1/16 inch distant from the lower side of this & in a plane with the
flat of the spreader, a section of a tube of 14 inch diameter, 4 inches long, is joined
on at the juncture of the spreader & the conical tube. A similar section works on
a hinge affixed to the upper side of the same juncture. The conical tube being
inserted inside the spout of any watering pot, these two sections by means of two
screws & nuts clamp tightly the exterior of the spout. The watering pot is then
partly filled with whitening (or chalk) & water & the spreader drawn along close
to the ground.

page_text: I, ALFRED AUGUSTUS TOWN ATTREE, of Springfield House, Worthing, in the
County of Sussex, Esquire do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
MARKING OUT LAWN TENNIS COURTS, No 2849, March 4th 1885 and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
A tube of tin or other metal, 14 inch in diameter & 3 inches long is flattened
at one end for a length of 1 inch till the sides nearly meet forming a spreader, the
mouth of which is two inches wide, be these dimensions little more or less. The
lower of the sides thus pressed together is cut back an inch leaving an upper
tongue projecting an inch over the lower one. At the other end of the spreader
is affixed a conical, tube of tin or other metal, 3 inches long & tapering 'from
1 inch in diameter at it's juncture with the spreader to 3/8 inch in diameter at
the open or upper end. Parallel with, & 1/16 inch distant from, the lower side
of this tube & in a plane with the mouth of the spreader a quarter section of a
tube of tin or other metal, of 14 inch diameter, 4 inches long (be these and the
following dimensions little more or less) is joined on at the juncture of the
spreader and the conical tube, & projecting beyond the said conical tube, a length
of one inch. A similar section works on, a hinge affixed to the upper side of the
same juncture. The conical tube being inserted as far as possible inside the spout
of any ordinary garden watering pot, these two sections by means of 2 metal
clamps, screws & nuts, clamp tightly the exterior of the spout. The watering
pot is then partly filled with whitening, or chalk & water, and, a guiding line
being laid down, the spreader is drawn along close to the ground, leaving a line
two inches broad.
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;
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
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1. Simplicity, as the apparatus in adaptable to any ordinary garden watering
pot, which serves as the reservoir for the whitening or chalk and water.
2. Portability, as it can be carried in the Pocket.
3. That it can be used to mark starting lines & distances in figures on grass for
Handicaps at Athletic Sports, etc.
Deted this 4th day of May 1885.