Sports net assembly
AssigneeEastPoint Sports Ltd., LLC
InventorMichael J. Nally
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Abstract
A sports net assembly and method of assembling a sports net assembly. The sports net assembly includes a pair of poles spaced a distance apart and positioned substantially vertically. A net having opposing ends is positioned between the spaced apart substantially vertical poles. The top net cord is secured to a cam that is slidably movable along a length of the poles to increase and decrease the tension on the top net cord thereby increasing and decreasing sag in the net between the poles. The bottom net cords and guy-ropes may be releasably secured to the poles with a key lock.
Claims14
A sports net assembly, comprising:
- a pair of poles spaced a distance apart and positioned substantially vertically;
- a net having opposing ends positioned between said spaced apart poles, each of said net opposing ends having a length of a top net cord and a length of a bottom net cord extending therefrom;
- a pair of cams, each slidably movable along a respective one of said poles, said length of said top net cord extending from said opposing ends of said net releasably secured to each of said cams, each of said cams further having an aperture slightly larger than and complimentary to an outer periphery of a portion of said pole along which said cam is slidably movable;
- whereby when said cam is positioned in a plane substantially perpendicular to said pole, said cam is slidably movable along said pole, but when said cam is positioned in a plane that is not substantially perpendicular to said pole, walls of said aperture frictionally engage with said pole outer periphery, thereby frictionally locking said cam with respect to said pole;
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- whereby movement of said cams downwardly along said poles increases tension on said top net cord so as to reduce sag in said net.
A method of assembling a sports net assembly, said method comprising:
- spacing a pair of poles a distance apart and substantially vertically;
- positioning a net having opposing ends between said spaced apart substantially vertical poles, each end of said net having a length of a top net cord and a length of a bottom net cord extending therefrom;
- releasably securing said lengths of said top net cord to a cam on each of said poles, each of said cams having an aperture slightly larger than and complimentary to an outer periphery of a portion of said pole whereby when said cam is positioned in a plane substantially perpendicular to said pole, said cam is slidably movable along said pole, but when said cam is positioned in a plane that is not substantially perpendicular to said pole, walls of said aperture frictionally engage with said pole outer periphery to resist movement thereof;
- slidably moving said cam on each said poles downwardly along said pole to increase tension on said top net cord so as to reducing sag in said net between said poles;
- releasably securing said length of said bottom net cords to said poles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.