US 5,611,539 AGranted

Pole sport court

AssigneeICON Health & Fitness, Inc.

InventorsScott R. Watterson, William C. Lay, John Frodsham, John C. Heath, William T. Dalebout

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Abstract

A game system includes two uprights formed of three telescoping sections. The lower section extends into a base which is positioned into the supporting surface or related ground. A plurality of securing structures are positioned along the length of each upright to receive a net. The net has at least two elastically-deformable straps extending away therefrom for securing the net to the uprights for use at least two sports. Alternate game structure may be secured to the upright, including a tetherball, a soccer ball, a soccer net, a golf ball receiving net, and a baseball practice structure. Also, net-securing structure may be secured to one of the uprights to receive a net for storage.

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Dependent claims

A game system comprising:

a first upright positioned to extend upwardly from a support surface, said first upright having a length and a plurality of net-securing structures associated therewith and spaced apart along said length;
a second upright positioned to extend upwardly from a support surface, said second upright having a length and a plurality of net-securing structures associated therewith and spaced apart along said length;
a game net having right securing means for connection to a first selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said first upright at a first position along the length thereof for use as a net in a first game and to a second selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said first upright at a second position along the length thereof for use as a net in a second game, said game net having left securing means for connection to a first selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said second upright at a first position along the length thereof for use as a net in a first game and to a second selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said second upright at a second position along the length of said second upright for use as a net in said second game;
a first base securable to a support surface and a second base securable to a support surface wherein said first base is a receptacle sized to snugly and removably receive said first upright and wherein said second base is a receptacle sized to snugly and removably receive said second upright;
said first base has a flange attached to said first receptacle and means for securing said first flange to a support surface wherein said first receptacle is positioned through and into said support surface:
said second base has a flange attached to said second receptacle and means for securing said second flange to a support surface wherein said second receptacle is positioned through and into said support surface;
a first cap snugly and removably positioned alternately into said first receptacle to cover the upper end thereof and into the first upright to cover the upper end thereof:
and
a second cap snugly and removably positionable alternately into said first receptacle to cover the upper end thereof and into the first upright to cover the upper end thereof.

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A game system comprising:

a first upright positioned to extend upwardly from a support surface, said first upright having a length and a plurality of net-securing structures associated therewith and spaced apart along said length;
a second upright positioned to extend upwardly from a support surface, said second upright having a length and a plurality of net-securing structures associated therewith and spaced apart along said length;
a game net having fight securing means for connection to a first selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said first upright at a first position along the length thereof for use as a net in a first game and to a second selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said first upright at a second position along the length thereof for use as a net in a second game, said game net having left securing means for connection to a first selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said second upright at a first position along the length thereof for use as a net in a first game and to a second selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said second upright at a second position along the length of said second upright for use as a net in said second game, said game net having a top and a bottom and said right securing means of said game net including an upper strap member positioned to secure the top of said game net to a selected one of said net-securing structures of said first upright and a lower strap member positioned to secure the bottom of said game net to a selected another of said net-securing structures of said first upright, one of said upper strap members and said lower strap members being formed of an elastically-deformable material and the other of said upper strap and said lower strap being formed of a substantially inelastically-deformable material.

A game system comprising:

a first upright positioned to extend upwardly from a support surface, said first upright having a length and a plurality of net-securing structures associated therewith and spaced apart along said length;
a second upright positioned to extend upwardly from a support surface, said second upright having a length and a plurality of net-securing structures associated therewith and spaced apart along said length;
a game net having right securing means for connection to a first selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said first upright at a first position along the length thereof for use as a net in a first game and to a second selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said first upright at a second position along the length thereof for use as a net in a second game, said game net having left securing means for connection to a first selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said second upright at a first position along the length thereof for use as a net in a first game and to a second selected of said plurality of net-securing structures of said second upright at a second position along the length of said second upright for use as a net in said second game;
and
attaching means secured to one of said first upright and said second upright proximate to removably receive a game structure;
and
wherein the other of said first upright and said second upright has a connecting structure secured thereto at a selected height above the support surface below the shoulders of a user standing proximate the other of said first upright and said second upright, and wherein said game system includes a line extending between said attaching means and said connecting structure with a ball transport means positioned to move along said line, said ball transport means having a ball suspension means connected thereto to suspend a ball attached to said ball suspension means for striking by a user.

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A game system having:

a first upright positioned to extend upwardly from a surface, said first upright having at least two net-securing structures associated therewith and spaced from each other;
a second upright positioned to extend upwardly from a surface, said second upright having at least two net-securing structures associated therewith and spaced from each other;
a net member for positioning between said first upright and said second upright, said net member having a top and a bottom;
first securing means for securing said game net to said two net-securing structures associated with said first upright, said first securing means including an upper strap member positioned to secure the top of said net member to one of said two net-securing structures and a lower strap member to secure the bottom of said net member to the other of said two net-securing structures, one of said upper strap members and said lower strap members being made of an elastically-deformable material and the other being made of an essentially inelastically-deformable material;
and
second securing means for securing said game net to said two net-securing structures associated with said second upright, said second securing means including an upper strap member positioned to secure the top of said net member to one of said two net-securing structures and a lower strap member to secure the bottom of said net member to the other of said two net-securing structures, one of said upper strap member and said lower strap member being made of an elastically-deformable material and the other being made of an essentially inelastically-deformable material.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.