Patent ID: 8465383

Claim:
A sports net assembly, comprising: a pair of poles spaced a distance apart and positioned substantially vertically; a net having opposing ends positioned between said spaced apart poles, each of said net opposing ends having a length of a top net cord and a length of a bottom net cord extending therefrom; a pair of cams, each slidably movable along a respective one of said poles, said length of said top net cord extending from said opposing ends of said net releasably secured to each of said cams, each of said cams further having an aperture slightly larger than and complimentary to an outer periphery of a portion of said pole along which said cam is slidably movable; whereby when said cam is positioned in a plane substantially perpendicular to said pole, said cam is slidably movable along said pole, but when said cam is positioned in a plane that is not substantially perpendicular to said pole, walls of said aperture frictionally engage with said pole outer periphery, thereby frictionally locking said cam with respect to said pole; and whereby movement of said cams downwardly along said poles increases tension on said top net cord so as to reduce sag in said net.