Retrofit table tennis net system

Abstract

A gaming net system intended for table tennis that is held precisely and extremely securely in place by a grouping of four linear magnets affixed to the table with their longitudinal axes residing perpendicular to the axis of the table/net and play. The Neodymium magnets are affixed precisely on the table using an alignment template. Further, the magnets sit into magnet recesses in the net post plate to further increase the net post's resistance to movement. The entire net system is quick and easy to install and can be retrofitted onto any table tennis table.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is as follows: 
     
         1 . A table tennis net system that can be retrofitted onto any table tennis table, comprising:
 a pair of planar T shaped net post plates with at least two magnet recesses formed therein a bottom face thereof;   a pair of cylindrical net posts each removably extending, perpendicularly from a recess formed in one of each said pair of net post plates;   at least four net post plate magnets with an adhesive affixed to a bottom face thereof, each magnetically engageable within one of said at least two magnet recesses in each of said net post plates;   at least four table magnets with an adhesive affixed to a bottom face thereof;   a net having two ends, each of which are affixed to one of said pair of net posts;   an alignment template for the precise placement of said net post plate onto said table tennis table; and   wherein said at least four table magnets are affixed by said adhesive to said table top in a precise position indicated by said alignment template, and wherein said net post plate magnets are brought into magnetic coupling with said table magnets.   
     
     
         2 . The table tennis net system of  claim 1  wherein said table magnets and said net post plate magnets are Neodymium linear magnets, and said magnet recesses number eight and said magnets number eight. 
     
     
         3 . The table tennis net system of  claim 1  wherein said net post plate is a planar, T shaped plate having a table arm and a post arm extending planar and perpendicularly from a center of said table arm. 
     
     
         4 . The table tennis net system of  claim 3  further comprising:
 a top piping strip affixed along a top six foot edge of said net; 
 a pair of side piping strips affixed along the said two ends of said net; 
 a net tensioning string constrained by said top piping and extending beyond each of said two ends of said net; 
 wherein said net post has a top plate with a tensioning slot formed therein sized for frictional engagement with said tensioning string and residing perpendicular to the linear axis of said net post and residing parallel with an axial midline of said table tennis table. 
 
     
     
         5 . The table tennis net system of  claim 4  wherein said template has cutouts conforming to a footprint of said magnets, and said template is sized and shaped to conform with said table arm and at least a portion of said post arm. 
     
     
         6 . The table tennis net system of  claim 5  wherein said magnet recesses in said net post plate have a longitudinal axis perpendicular to said axial midline of said table tennis table, and wherein said linear magnets on said table are grouped in four and each said magnet has a longitudinal axis and an axial axis, and each said magnet is arranged with their longitudinal axis colinear with the longitudinal axis of a first adjacent magnet, and their axial axis colinear with a second adjacent magnet. 
     
     
         7 . The table tennis net system of  claim 6  further comprising:
 a first magnet affixed to said net post; 
 a second magnet affixed to said net side piping; and 
 wherein said first and second magnets are shaped identically and magnetically engageble to connect said ends of said net to said net post. 
 
     
     
         8 . A table tennis net system that can be retrofitted onto any table tennis table, comprising:
 a pair of planar T shaped net post plates with at least two magnet recesses formed therein a bottom face thereof;   a pair of cylindrical net posts each removably extending, perpendicularly from a recess formed in one of each said pair of net post plates;   at least four net post plate magnets with an adhesive affixed to a bottom face thereof, each magnetically engageable within one of said at least two magnet recesses in each of said net post plates;   at least four table ferromagnetic strips with an adhesive affixed to a bottom face thereof;   a net having two ends, each of which are affixed to one of said pair of net posts;   an alignment template for the precise placement of said net post plate onto said table tennis table; and   wherein said at least four ferromagnetic strips are affixed by said adhesive to said table top in a precise position indicated by said alignment template, and wherein said net post plate magnets are brought into magnetic coupling with said ferromagnetic strips.