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US 9,174,107 B2Granted
Customizable enclosure system for tennis courts
OwnerTodd Dettorinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a novel customizable and retractable enclosure system particularly suited for tennis courts. The customizable and retractable enclosure system of the present invention includes windscreen panel assemblies connected to vertical support members using a system of highly tensioned cables and eliminates the use of a chain link fence.
Claims12
A customizable enclosure system comprising:
- (a) at least two vertical support members fixedly attached in a concrete foundation at prescribed distances;
- (b) at least two cables for connecting the at least two vertical support members, the at least two cables suspended along a horizontal direction at a predetermined distance from one another and running substantially parallel to one another, wherein a first cable of the at least two cables is fixedly attached to a first vertical support member, of the at least two vertical support members, and positioned at a top point measured from an apex of the first vertical support member and is fixedly attached to a second vertical support member, of the at least two vertical support members, at a corresponding top point measured from an apex of the second vertical support member;
- and a second cable of the at least two cables is attached to the first vertical support member and positioned at a relative bottom point, distal to the top point, measured from the apex of the first vertical support member and is fixedly attached to a second vertical support member at a corresponding bottom point distal to the top point, measured from the apex of the second vertical support member;
- (c) fastening means for fixedly attaching the first cable to the first vertical support member at the top point of the first vertical support member and the corresponding top point of the second vertical support member and for fixedly attaching the second cable to the first vertical support at the bottom point of the first vertical support member and the corresponding bottom point of the second vertical support member;
- (d) tensioning means for tensioning the first cable to a vertical support member at the top point of the vertical support member and for tensioning the second cable to a vertical support member at the bottom point of the vertical support member;
- (e) a windscreen panel having at least two reinforced seams, a first reinforced seam, of the at least two reinforced seams, disposed on a horizontal direction along the length thereof of a top edge of the windscreen panel;
- a second reinforced seam, of the at least two reinforced seams, disposed on a horizontal direction along the length thereof of a bottom edge of the windscreen panel, the first and second reinforced seams further including a plurality of grommets wherein the grommets are substantially evenly spaced along the lengths of the top and bottom edges thereof;
- and (f) a first pocket defining a cavity, the first pocket being fixedly attached to the windscreen panel and extending vertically along the full height of a side of the windscreen panel between the first and second reinforced seams for receiving a rigid support member for tensioning the windscreen panel.
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