Patent ID: 8079922

Claim:
A free-standing table tennis ball rebound apparatus for use with a table tennis table having a horizontal rectangular playing surface in which two oppositely arranged shorter sides comprise a front and a back edge and two oppositely arranged longer sides comprise two side edges, and a net extending between the side edges and running parallel to the front and back edges in the center of the playing surface, wherein the apparatus comprises: paired free-standing support stands, each comprising a plurality of legs and surmounted by an uppermost shaft having an uppermost portion adapted for mounting; paired mounting assemblies comprising a shaft collar for engaging the uppermost portion of the uppermost shaft of the support stand, a screw spacer dowel pin inserted through the shaft collar and the uppermost portion of the uppermost shaft of the support stand, and a threaded thumbscrew for inserting through the screw spacer dowel pin, the shaft collar, and the uppermost portion of the uppermost shaft of the support stand; and, a ball rebound board formed of wood and comprising a rectangle having two shorter edges and two longer edges defining two oppositely arranged rebound surfaces, with a frame formed of wood, and wherein wood insert nuts are positioned at the midpoint of each of the two shorter edges for mounting to the paired support stands via the mounting assemblies.