Patent ID: 7429225

Claim:
A tennis net lifter system for assisting a player to practice various skills-improvement tests, said tennis net lifter system comprising: first and second upstanding portable lifter posts positioned adjacent to stationary anchor posts of an existing tennis net assembly stretching across a width of a tennis court, said first and second lifter posts being registered parallel to said anchor posts and traveling along entire longitudinal lengths thereof respectively; means for connecting said first and second lifter posts to said anchor posts such that said first and second lifter posts remain at a substantially stable and vertical positions during playing conditions; means for telescopically locking said first and second lifter posts at selected heights above said anchor posts respectively; a lifter net section operably coupled to said first and second lifter posts and positioned adjacent to an existing net of said tennis net assembly; and means for selectively raising and lowering said lifter net section along a vertical plane aligned parallel with said existing net such that the player can vertically and uniformly bias said lifter net section along the entire width of the tennis court; wherein the existing net remains stationary while said lifter net section is selectively raised and lowered along the vertical plane; a plurality of rectilinear rods vertically aligned along a longitudinal length of said lifter net section, each of said rods being orthogonally registered to a around surface and being removably affixed to the existing net, each of said rods including a C-shaped locking clasp attached approximately midway a longitudinal length thereof, said C-shaped locking clasps being directly abutted with said lifter net section in such a manner that said rods can withstand lateral external forces from a tennis ball during playing conditions, said C-shaped clasps being slidably positional along the width of the existing tennis net such that said rods can be equidistantly juxtaposed side-by-side as desired by the player.