Court resurfacing apparatus and process

A method of resurfacing a plurality of side-by-side substantially rectangular court surfaces, each of which has length and width dimensions defined by outer boundary lines, the method comprising:

• (a) providing a resurfacing device including frame means having a forward face, a rearward face, and drive means mounted on said frame means between said forward and rearward faces;
• wherein said frame means has a length dimension at least equal to the width dimension of one of said court surfaces, and wherein said device is provided with resurfacing material spreading and smoothing means mounted on the forward and rearward faces of the frame means, coextensive with the length of said frame means;
• (b) aligning said device outside the outer boundary lines of a first of said plurality of court surfaces and substantially parallel to one of said outer boundary lines such that said forward face of the frame means faces the said one of the outer boundary lines;
• (c) applying a mass of resurfacing material at least between the forward face of the frame means and the said one of the outer boundary lines;
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• (d) actuating said drive means to move said device in a first path across the first of said court surfaces in a forward direction substantially transverse to said one of said outer boundary lines such that said spreading and smoothing means spreads and smooths said resurfacing material substantially uniformly across all of said first of said court surfaces in a single pass;
• (e) moving said device in a second path transverse to said first path to a position outside and substantially parallel to an outer boundary line of a second of said plurality of court surfaces, such that the rearward face of said frame means faces the said outer boundary line of second of said plurality of court surfaces;
• (f) applying a mass of resurfacing material at least between the rearward face of the frame means and the said outer boundary line of said second of said plurality of court surfaces;
• (g) actuating said drive means to move said device across the second of said plurality of court surfaces in a third path opposite in direction but substantially parallel to said first path such that said spreading and smoothing means spreads and smooths said resurfacing material substantially uniformly across all of said second of said plurality of court surfaces in a single pass.

Apparatus for resurfacing a tennis court surface comprising:

• frame means having a length at least equal to the width of a regulation tennis court;
• a plurality of frame supporting wheels mounted on the underside of said frame means;
• selectively engageable drive means mounted on said frame means for effecting movement of said frame means;
• flexible blade means mounted on said frame means forward of said drive means, and extending substantially the length of said frame means;
• flexible brush means mounted on said frame means rearward of said drive means and extending substantially the length of said frame means;
• said flexible blade and brush means adapted to engage a mass of resurfacing material applied to said court surface and to spread and smooth said material as said frame means traverses said court surface.

Apparatus for resurfacing a court surface comprising:

• frame means having a length spanning at least the width of a regulation tennis court;
• a plurality of wheel means mounted on the underside of said frame means;
• selectively engageable drive means for effecting movement of said frame means;
• flexible blade means mounted on, and extending substantially the length of said frame means, said flexible blade means adapted to engage a mass of resurfacing material applied to said court surface and to spread and smooth said material as said frame means traverses said court surface;
• brush means extending across the length of said frame means, co-extensive with said blade means;
• wherein said blade means and brush means are mounted on a plurality of first bracket means located on one side of said device, said first bracket means including first actuating means for selectively alternatively moving either of said flexible blade means or said brush means from a first inoperative position to a second operative position.

Apparatus for resurfacing a tennis court surface comprising:

• frame means having a length at least equal to the width of a regulation tennis court;
• a plurality of frame supporting wheels mounted on the underside of said frame means;
• selectively engageable drive means mounted on said frame means for effecting movement of said frame means;
• first flexible blade means and first brush means mounted on said frame means and extending substantially the length of said frame means, said first flexible blade means and first brush means mounted on a plurality of first bracket means located on one side of said device, said first bracket means including first actuating means for selectively alternatively moving either of said first flexible blade means or said first brush means from a first inoperative position to a second operative position.