Tennis net anchoring device and method of anchoring a tennis net

An anchoring device in combination with a tennis net having a net bottom portion including an aperture with a bottom grommet coupled thereto, the tennis net being selectively removably coupled at each opposing end to an anchor post, spanning a width of a tennis court defined by a tennis court surface, wherein a rigid anchor post is recessed below the tennis court surface, and, wherein the improvement comprises:

• a unitary body of a rigid material including:
• a middle portion with an upper end and a bottom end opposing the upper end of the middle portion;
• two net-retention members each extending downwardly from the upper end of the middle portion to define an arcuate net-support surface facing in a direction toward the bottom end of the middle portion, the net-support surface being operable to enable support of the bottom grommet of the tennis net, both net-retention members terminating at respective free net ends, and both net-retention members flanking the middle portion;
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• two ground-retention members extending downwardly from the bottom end of the middle portion, each ground-retention member having an arcuate portion with a ground-retention surface facing in a direction toward the net-support surfaces of the net-retention members, the ground-retention surface forming an anchor post insertion channel operable to enable insertion of the anchor post, both ground-retention members terminating at respective free ground ends, the free ground ends being operable to enable maneuvering of the anchor post within the anchor post insertion channel, and both ground-retention members disposed in off-set configurations with respect to the middle portion, the unitary body, spanning from the free ground ends of the two ground-retention members to the free net ends, having no moving parts.

An anchoring device consisting of:

• a unitary body of a rigid material defined by a top portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion, the unitary body further being defined by a generally linear shape, the unitary body including:
• the middle portion being defined by an upper end and a bottom end opposing the upper end;
• two net-retention members being defined by an arcuate T-shape, each net-retention member extending downwardly from the upper end of the middle portion to define an arcuate net-support surface facing in a direction toward the bottom end of the middle portion, the net-support surface of each respective net-retention member being aligned with one another and have a corresponding shape, both net-retention members terminating at respective free net ends, both net-retention members flanking the middle portion;
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• two ground-retention members being defined by a generally J-shape, the ground-retention members extending downwardly from the bottom end of the middle portion, each ground-retention member having an arcuate portion with a ground-retention surface facing in a direction toward the net-support surfaces of the net-retention members, the ground retention surface of each respective ground-retention member being aligned with one another and have a corresponding shape, both ground-retention members terminating at respective free ground ends, both ground-retention members being disposed in off-set configurations with respect to the middle portion, the unitary body, spanning from the free ground ends of the two ground-retention members to the free net ends, having no moving parts.