Ball and elevated court sport

Abstract

A multiple player team sport, rules and equipment combining features of volleyball, dodge ball, hand ball and table tennis. Two player teams are positioned opposite one another with multiple elevated playing surfaces between them. A tennis ball sized spheroid is initially served by one team from one of its elevated playing surfaces toward and onto the opposing team's playing surface. When the ball is not successfully returned, the last team successfully striking the ball is awarded a point. The elevated playing surfaces are opposed tables with provisions allowing players to approach the center line to be in positions for a kill shot, including rounded corners and tapered shapes to provide suitably large strike areas for the ball to be played onto while not restricting the players' ability to move forward and attack the opposing court.

1 . An elevated court sport set comprising:
 a heavy tennis ball type spherical projectile struck only by player hands and bodies;   four elevated contact surfaces on four separate table tops, each of said four elevated contact surfaces being tapered to form a trapezoidal shape, wherein said four elevated surfaces are adequate to withstand athletic play, player collisions and sharply struck kill shots of said heavy tennis ball type spherical projectile, and structure supporting such four elevated contact surfaces is of sufficient rigidity to withstand kill shots of said heavy tennis ball type projectile and frequent player collisions with said contact surfaces;   wherein each of two teams having two players each is assigned two of said four elevated contact surfaces, and wherein said players are unrestricted as to location from which they may strike said heavy tennis ball type projectile, each of said four elevated contact surfaces tapered to form a trapezoidal shape arranged such that the smaller end is nearer the player assigned said surface, the larger end nearer the opponent.   
     
     
         2 . The elevated court sport set as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said four elevated contact surfaces are designed to allow said players to move freely in and around them such that players may strike the projectile from positions in front of, beside and behind any of the four elevated contact surfaces. 
     
     
         3 . The elevated court sport set as set forth in  claim 2  wherein said four elevated trapezoidal shaped contact surfaces have rounded corners. 
     
     
         4 . The elevated court sport set as set forth in  claim 3  wherein said four elevated trapezoidal shaped contact surfaces are supported by a height adjustable supporting structure. 
     
     
         5 . The elevated court sport set as set forth in  claim 4  wherein said height adjustable supporting structure comprises a plurality of telescoping and lockable legs for each of said separate table tops. 
     
     
         6 . The elevated court sport set as set forth in  claim 5  wherein said four elevated contact surfaces are tilted by independently adjustable legs to provide for a greater angle of reflection when said tennis ball type projectile strikes it. 
     
     
         7 . The elevated court sport set as set forth in  claim 6  wherein said four contact surfaces each comprise at least a half inch thick slab made to withstand 600 pounds of force. 
     
     
         8 . The elevated court sport set as set forth in  claim 7  wherein said legs comprise aluminum or steel composite made to withstand 600 pounds of force.