An Improved Manufacture or Construction of Corner and Half Court Pins for Lawn Tennis Grounds.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1887.
Complete Left, 18th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 20th May, 1887.
An Improved Manufacture or Construction of Corner and Half Court
Pins for Lawn Tennis Grounds.
L, HENRY LUNN of the firm Lunn and Company, 3 and 5 Bridge Street,
Horncastle, in the county of Lincoln, Lawn Tennis Outfitters, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain detail construction or manufacture of corner
pins and half court pins for Lawn Tennis Gounds and known as Col. Godfrey's
Marking Pins.
According to Col. Godfrey's original arrangement the flat or line indicators
both corner and half court had spikes attached to their underside to be forced
into the ground to mark or indicate the boundary or limitation for the game to be
played.
Now according to my invention, I stamp out or otherwise manufacture the marking
pins with the flat and the spikes as a combined article of malleable metal, the spikes of
which can be readily turned at right or other angle to that of the flat for entering the
ground and fixing the "pins" in position.
The spikes may be fluted to give additional strength if desired.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said H. Lunn.

page_text: An Improved Manufacture or Construction of Corner and Half Court
Pins for Lawn Tennis Grounds.
I HENRY LUNN of the firm Lunn and Company, 3 and 5 Bridge Street, Horncastle,
in the county of Lincoln, Lawn Tennis Outfitter, do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to certain detail construction or manufacture of corner pins
and half court pins for Lawn Tennis Grounds and known as Col. Godfreys Marking
Pins.
According to Col. Godfrey's original arrangement the flat or line indicators,
both corners and half court, had spikes attached to their underside to be forced
into the ground to mark or indicate the boundary, or limitation for the game to be
played.
Now according to my invention which is illustrated in the annexed drawings
Figures 1, 2, I stamp out or otherwise manufacture, but preferably by casting, the
marking pins with the flat portion A and the spikes B as a combined article of
malleable metal, the spikes B of which are at an angle as at Figures 1 and 2 so that
they can be readily turned at right or other angle to that of the flat as indicated at
Figures 3 and 4 which represent a corner and half court pin respectively for entering
the ground and fixing the "pins" in position.
The spikes B may be fluted as indicated at Figure 5 to give additional strength if
desired.
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
The manufacture of corner and half court pins used in Lawn Tennis and similar
games with flat portions and spiked portions from single pieces of metal preferably cast
to an approximate shape and the spikes bent to the desired angle as hereinbefore
described and as shown in the annexed drawings.
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H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said H. Lunn.