IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR FIRMLY FIXING LAWN TENNIS POLES TO THE GROUND
Year: 1884

page_text: I FREDERICK COOKE of N° 12 and 13 Addington Street, Lambeth in the
County of Surrey Lawn Tennis Bat Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR FIRMLY FIXING LAWN TENNIS
POLES TO THE GROUND to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the Poles used in the Game known as Lawn Tennis and
its object is chiefly to provide convenient means for making the poles fast to the
ground so as to keep the poles in an upright position when the strain of the net
cord is put upon the poles for this purpose I employ the hereinafter described
Apparatus applicable thereunto.
1st The pole plate and socket attached with catch or hook attached for the
purpose of connecting pole plate to ground or surface plate the base of pole being
inserted into socket on poleplate and fastened thereto by bolts or screws.
2nd The ground or surface plate with right angle flange is slotted to receive
catch or hook on poleplate by which means the two plates are fastened together
the pole plate resting upon ground or surface plate.
3rd The holdfast or ground prong is a broad solid plate driven into the ground
in front of pole i.e. between the two poles when placed in position for the gaine
and directly under straining pressure of pole plate the net cord being strained
across the two poles-the ground or surface plate is connected to holdfast or ground
prong by means of bolts and screw nutts passing through flange of ground or surface
plate and through ground prong.
4th If preferablo to do away with ground or surface plate then tho holdfast or
ground prong or broad plate is driven in a slanting position into the ground behind
the pole i.e. not between the poles and the poleplate alone being connected to
holdfast or ground prong by hook or catch the poleplate resting upon the ground
the holdfast or broad plate prong is the only prong or ground fastening used in my
invention the relative position of the parts and design I claim to be my true
invention and design-the whole of the parts described to be made of iron or wood
or other substance.
Daled AL:
1004

page_text: IN
I FREDERICK COOKE of No 12 and 13 Addington Street Lambeth in the
County of Surrey Lawn Tennis Bat Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
invention for IMPROVEMENTS
my
APPLIANCES FOR FIRMLY FIXING LAWN
TENNIS POLES TO THE GROUND and in what manner the same is to bo performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to the poles used in the game known as Lawn Tennis, and
its object is chiefly to provide convenient means for making the poles fast to the
ground so as to keep the poles in an upright position when the strain of the net
cord is put upon the Poles-For this purpose I employ the hereinafter described
apparatus applicable thereunto as shewn by the accompanying drawing.
1. The poleplate A with polesocket B attached thereto is connected to Ground
Surfaceplate C by means of catch or hook D for the purpose of removing the
pole E without interfering with Ground Surfaceplate C which remains level with
the ground surface and fastened to ground hold fast the base of pole being inserted
into polesocket B on poleplate A and fastened thereto by means of screw or
otherwise.
2. The Ground Surfaceplate C is slotted to receive catch or hook D on poleplate A
by which means the poleplate A is connected to ground surface plate C the pole
plate A resting upon ground surface plate C. The ground surface plate Cand
ground holdfast or broad prong F are fastened together by means of angle iron G
with rivets or otherwise.
3 The ground holdfast or roadprong F is one broad solidplate driven into the
ground either in front of or behind the pole. In front of pole shall mean between
the two poles when placed in position for the game as shewn by Section H behind
the pole shall mean the opposite of in front of pole as shewn by Section L. The
apparatus being designed and adapted so as to be applicable for the ground holdfast
or prong to be placed either in front or behind the pole for the said purpose and
use when placed in position for the game though very much better for the ground
holdfast to be placed in front of pole as the straining pressure of poleplate will
then be thrown directly over and on to the ground holdfast or broad prong the net
cord being strained across the two poles.
4 The ground holdfast or broad prong standing at right angles to net line when
in position for the game is the only ground fastening used in my invention the
relative parts and their positions herein described and design I claim to be my truc
invention and design (especially) the pressure of poleplate being thrown directly
over and on to ground holdfast or broadprong.
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
1 The design and use of one broad ground prong or ground holdfast F as the
only ground fastening.
2 The design and positions of poleplate A and pole socket B to ground hold-
fast F.
3 The design and mode of connecting poleplate A to ground surfaco plate C by
means of slot and catch or hook D.
E

page_text: 4 The design and mode of more firmly fixing the ground holdfast F by means of
the straining pressure of net cord being thrown directly over and on to the
ground holdfast F.
5 The manufacture of the whole of the parts described in the said Invention.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1884.