Safety nets system

Abstract

A tensioned cable and two small nets system used on a tennis court to keep tennis balls that are hit into the tennis net from rolling out into the playing area. The two nets are approximately as long but not as high as the tennis net and are located parallel and on opposite sides of the tennis net. The smaller nets are connected to the cable that surrounds the net posts and the tennis net through the means of four horizontal posts with each pair of horizontal posts being connected by an adjustable metal strap and each pair of horizontal posts used on one net post. The adjustable metal strap joins each pair of horizontal posts at a width just wide enough to make them fit snugly against the sides of the vertical net posts forming a horizontal crossbar on each net post. An adjustable fastener is located on the same end but opposite side of the horizontal posts as the metal strap. The adjustable fastener is tightened to keep the horizontal posts in place temporarily until the cable is tightened. The cable is tightened by a tensioning device and passes through or over the outside ends of the horizontal posts pressing the inside edges of the horizontal posts to the sides of the net posts thus keeping them solidly in place and forming the crossbars that hold the cable and smaller nets in place.

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