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US 11,077,358 B2Granted
Corner markers
OwnerVictor A. Muñoz Turowieckiinventor
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Abstract
A demarcation arrangement for a playing zone directed to a sports involving alternating or dual zones while a game is played. The present disclosure includes a corner-shaped device configured to be located at the corner of a sport zone, wherein said corner-shaped structure comprising a particular indicia and configured to be part of the playing zone while it is visually distinctive from the boundaries lines of said playing zone.
Claims6
A tennis court having distinguished markers, comprising:
- a first surface comprising a first material;
- a plurality of vertical lines and horizontal lines comprising a second surface;
- wherein the second surface comprises a second material;
- wherein each line in the plurality of vertical lines and horizontal lines has a width and a length;
- wherein a first set of the plurality of vertical lines and horizontal lines outlines a rectangular perimeter that sets the limit of the tennis court;
- wherein the first set of the plurality of vertical lines outlining the rectangular perimeter includes two parallel doubles sidelines, and the first set of horizontal lines outlining the rectangular perimeter includes two parallel baselines;
- wherein a second set of the plurality of vertical lines and horizontal lines is located within the rectangular perimeter and is arranged to define at least two identical halves of the tennis court, each half comprising two parallel singles sidelines that intersect with each parallel baseline, a service line that intersects with each parallel singles sideline, and a center service line that intersects with the service line of each half;
- wherein the intersection between the two parallel singles sidelines with each parallel baseline includes a section of each parallel singles sideline that perpendicularly crosses the corresponding parallel baseline beyond the width of each parallel baseline, thus forming two t-junctions on each parallel baseline;
- wherein the intersection between the two parallel singles sidelines with each parallel baseline includes an indicia having a width equivalent to the width of the corresponding singles sidelines and having a length equivalent to the width of the corresponding baseline;
- wherein the intersection between the service line of each half with each parallel singles sideline includes a section of the service line that perpendicularly crosses the corresponding parallel singles sideline beyond the width of the corresponding parallel singles sideline, thus forming two t-junctions on each parallel singles sideline;
- wherein the intersection between the service line with each parallel singles sideline includes an indicia having a width equivalent to the width of the service line and having a length equivalent to the width of the corresponding parallel singles sideline;
- wherein the intersection between the center service line with the service line of each half includes a section of the center service line that perpendicularly crosses each service line beyond the width of the corresponding service line, thus forming a t-junction on the corresponding service line;
- wherein the intersection between the center service line with the service line of each half includes an indicia having a width equivalent to the width of the center service line and having a length equivalent to the width of the service line;
- wherein each indicia comprises the first material of the first surface;
- wherein each section comprises the second material of the second surface;
- and wherein the first surface and the second surface are visually different from each other.
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