Weighted tennis net support post
OwnerTheodore J. Gleasoninventor
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Abstract
The apparatus comprises a base and an upright which upright is used for supporting an obstacle for a missile. The apparatus is especially useful for supporting a tennis net, but does not need to be staked into the ground, neither does it need to be formed of ponderously-weighty material. According to an embodiment of the invention, the base is hollow, the same defining a reservoir therewithin, and the reservoir is fillable with fluent material, such as water or sand, to weight the apparatus -- that it might support the missile obstacle (net, or whatever) with sufficient rigidity. Too, then, the reservoir is ventable -- to discharge the fluent material -- whereby the apparatus can be carried and stored without presenting a weight or storage problem.
Claims3
Apparatus, for use in a game employing a missile and an obstacle therefor, comprising:
- a mounting base having a flat bottom surface;
- said mounting base comprising a hollow container defining a fluent material reservoir therewithin;
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- upright means for supporting a missile obstacle;
- said upright means being integral with said mounting base, and extending from said mounting base at an angle normal to said bottom surface;
- said upright means having first and second opposite sides;
- and wherein
- said mounting base is integrally fixed to said upright means at only one of said first and second sides, to render the other of said sides unobsructed;
- said upright means comprises an elongate, hollow element;
- said hollow element opens into said hollow container to effect a communication of the interior of said hollow element with the interior of said hollow container;
- said elongate, hollow element has inlet means for introducing fluent material thereinto to fill said hollow container and said elongate, hollow element with such fluent material;
- said hollow container and said elongate, hollow element define an interface therebetween along said one side;
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- said hollow container and said elongate, hollow element have a walled void formed therebetween, at said one side, to facilitate an attachment thereat of a missile obstacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.