Net patching devices
AssigneeFoster-Miller, Inc.
InventorsRobert G. Holmes, Jr., Brian A. Coppola
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Abstract
A patching system for a net in a frame with hard points at select nodes of the net includes a patching device with a pair of spaced sockets each configured to receive a hard point therein. A member interconnects the pair of spaced sockets and is configured to properly space the hard points. Another patching device is for reconnecting hard points to the net frame.
Claims21
A patching system for a net on a frame and hard points at select nodes of the net including a patching device comprising:
- a pair of spaced sockets, each socket including a peripheral side wall with slots therein for cords of the net and configured to receive a hard point therein;
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- a member interconnecting the pair of spaced sockets configured to properly space the hard points.
A patching device for a net with hard points at select nodes of the net, the patching device comprising:
- a first socket including a peripheral side wall with slots therein for cords of the net and an inward lip at a proximal end of the side wall between the slots for retaining a first hard point in the first socket;
- a second socket including a peripheral side wall with slots therein for cords of the net and an inward lip at a proximal end of the side wall between the slots for retaining a second hard point in the second socket;
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- a member interconnecting the first and second sockets.
A patching device for a net with hard points at select nodes of the net, the patching device comprising:
- a first socket including flexible fingers which accept a first hard point therebetween when flexed outward and then spring back capturing the first hard point in the first socket;
- a second socket including flexible fingers which accept a second hard point when flexed outward and then spring back capturing the second hard point in the second socket;
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- a member interconnecting and spacing the sockets and the first and second hard points apart from each other.
A method of patching a net having hard points at select nodes of the net and a broken net chord between first and second hard points, the method comprising:
- placing the first hard point in a first socket;
- and placing the second hard point in a second socket spaced from the first socket by a member configured to properly space the hard points, each socket including a peripheral side wall with slots therein for cords of the net.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.