Kit for adapting a tennis court of one size to a court of smaller size

Abstract

An adaptation kit is used for adapting a standard tennis court into at least one tennis court of a smaller size. The kit has a hook for attachment to the center strap anchor of the standard tennis court and a hook for attachment to a link in a fence bounding the standard court. The kit includes a net suspension line extendible between the hooks, and a pair of posts, each post having a foot for engagement with the ground and a support element at its top for supporting the net suspension line. The kit includes a net suspended from the net suspension line. The kit can include a cross-strap extending between the attachments, the cross strap, in use, extending at ground level directly between the center strap anchor and the link.

1 . An adaptation kit for adapting a standard tennis court into at least one tennis court of a smaller size comprising a first attachment piece for attachment to the center strap anchor of the standard tennis court, a second attachment piece for attachment to a link in a fence bounding the standard tennis court, a net suspension line extending between the first and second attachments, first and second posts each post having a foot for engagement with the ground to support the posts, each post having a support element at its top for supporting the net suspension line, and a net suspended from the net suspension line. 
     
     
         2 . An adaptation kit as claimed in  claim 1 , the adaptation kit further comprising a cross strap extending between the second attachment piece and the first attachment piece, the cross strap deployable to extend directly at ground level between the center strap anchor and the link. 
     
     
         3 . An adaptation kit as claimed in  claim 2 , the line including a first line part forming a first cross strap portion for extending at ground level from one of the first and second attachment pieces, and a second line part for extending from a first junction point at the end of the first line part remote from said one attachment piece to the support element at one of the posts. 
     
     
         4 . An adaptation kit as claimed in  claim 2 , the cross-strap and the or each foot having respective formations thereon, which formations are interengageable to prevent relative lateral movement between the or each foot and the cross strap. 
     
     
         5 . An adaptation kit as claimed in  claim 3 , the line further including a third line part forming a second cross strap portion for extending at ground level from the other of the first and second attachment pieces, and a fourth line part for extending from a second junction point at the end of the third line part remote from said other attachment piece to the support element at the other of the posts. 
     
     
         6 . An adaptation kit as claimed in  claim 2 , the cross strap being of web form. 
     
     
         7 . An adaptation kit as claimed in  claim 2 , the cross strap having apertures therein to enable pinning of the cross strap to the ground. 
     
     
         8 . An adaptation kit as claimed in  claim 3  in which the junction is a stitched junction. 
     
     
         9 . An adaptation kit as claimed in  claim 1 , each of the posts inclined to the plane of its respective foot. 
     
     
         10 . A standard tennis court adapted by the use of an adaptation kit to provide at least one tennis court of a smaller size than said standard tennis court, the standard tennis court having a first attachment piece of the kit attached to the center strap anchor of the standard tennis court, a second attachment piece of the kit attached to a link in a fence bounding the standard tennis court, a net suspension line of the kit extending between the first and second attachments, first and second posts of the kit, each post having a foot engaging the ground to support a respective post and having a support element at its top for supporting the net suspension line, a net suspended from the net suspension line between the respective posts and a line adjuster mounted in the line. 
     
     
         11 . A court as claimed in  claim 10 , further comprising a cross strap extending directly at ground level between the center strap anchor and the link. 
     
     
         12 . A court as claimed in  claim 11 , the line including a first line part forming a first cross strap portion extending at ground level from one of the first and second attachments pieces, and a second line part extending from a first junction point at the end of the first line part remote from said one attachment piece to the support element at one of the posts. 
     
     
         13 . A court as claimed in  claim 11 , the cross-strap and the or each foot having respective formations thereon, which formations are interengageable to prevent relative lateral movement between the or each foot and the cross strap. 
     
     
         14 . A court as claimed in  claim 12 , the line further including a third line part forming a second cross strap portion extending at ground level from the other of the first and second attachment pieces, and a fourth line part extending from a second junction point at the end of the third line part remote from said other attachment piece to the support element at the other of the posts. 
     
     
         15 . A court as claimed in  claim 11 , the cross strap being of web form. 
     
     
         16 . A court as claimed in  claim 11 , the cross strap having apertures therein at which the cross strap is pinned to the ground. 
     
     
         17 . A court as claimed in  claim 12 , the junction being a stitched junction. 
     
     
         18 . A court as claimed in  claim 10 , each of the posts inclined to the plane of its respective foot.