Portable scoring device
OwnerDelmar D. Pettisinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a portable scoring device which includes a retractable and extendable post section equipped with a ground penetrating tip and a foot brace for driving and anchoring the post section into the ground, a main frame for retractably housing the post section and supporting the post section in an extended and ground penetrating position, a score display panel affixed to the frame, and a latching mechanism for latching the post section to the frame in the extended and retracted position.
Claims12
A compact and portable scoring device which when anchored onto ground in an upright position serves as a temporary scoreboard, said device comprising:
- (a) a mounting frame;
- (b) a retractable and extendable post section mounted to said frame with said post section including a terminating ground penetrating tip and a radially protruding appendage which serves as a brace for forcing the penetrating tip of the post section into the ground and as a stabilizing brace for maintaining the anchored device in the upright position;
- (c) a score display panel supported by said frame;
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- (d) means cooperatively associated with said frame for retaining the post section in an extended ground penetrating position and means cooperatively associated with said frame for retaining the post section in a retracted position within said frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.