AN IMPROVED LAWN-TENNIS POLE
Year: 1885

page_text: I, CARLTON WATSON CARLTON, of Chalfont St. Peter in the county of Bucks
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
LAWN-TENNIS POLE," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved lawn tennis pole and is designed for the
purpose of rendering such poles more portable and more readily fixed into the
ground.
The pole is constructed in two parts, of metal tubing one part being of smaller
diameter than the other and capable of sliding telescopically therein so as to
occupy less space when not in use. When drawn out to the full length, the pole
will be of regulation height, and the parts are secured by means of a screw cap,
lock nut, thumb screw or other convenient device.
The bottom of the lower half of the pole is pointed and a bracket is fixed
thereto at right angles which also carries a small point such bracket affording a
secure foundation for the pole and resisting the tendancy of the net to draw the
tops of the poles inwards. The bracket may be made to slide on and off, the lower
portion of the pole being secured by a collar & binding screw or nut.
To keep the poles more rigid a cord is attached to the top and bottom thereof
and this cord passes through a projecting pin attached to a sliding bracket.
The nearer the bracket is moved towards the bottom of the pole the more the
cord is tightened.
HUGHES & SON,
5, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Petitioner,

page_text: I CARLTON WATSON CARLTON of Chalfont St. Peters in the County of Bucks
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED LAWN
TENNIS POLES 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 an improved lawn tennis pole and is designed for the
purpose of rendering such poles more portable and more readily fixed into the
ground.
.
The pole is constructed in two parts of metal tubing one part being of smaller
diameter than the other and capable of sliding telescopically therein so as to
occupy less space when not in use When drawn out to the full length the pole
will be of regulation height and the parts are secured by means of a screw cap
lock or thumb screw or other convenient device.
The bottom of the lower half of the pole is pointed and a bracket is fixed
thereto at right angles which also carries a small point such bracket affording a
secure foundation for the pole and resisting the tendency of the net to draw the
tops of the poles inwards The bracket may be made to slide on and off the lower
portion of the pole being secured by a collar and bind screw or nut.
To keep the poles more rigid a cord is attached to the top and bottom thereof
and this cord passes through a projecting pin attached to a sliding bracket The
nearer the bracket is moved towards the bottom of the pole the more the cord is
tightened.
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 constructing the said pole of two parts capable of sliding telescopically in
one another also constructing the same with á bracket at right angles to afford a
secure foundation for the pole also constructing the same with a cord attached to
the top and bottom passing through a projecting pin attached to a sliding bracket
so as to keep the pole more rigid.
Dated the 10th day of Octohon 1996