Pickleball ball stop device

Abstract

The present disclosure is for a pickleball ball stop device and a method of applying and using a pickleball ball stop device. A pickleball ball stop device includes a resilient material that may be placed on a pickleball court for holding pickleball balls or stopping errant pickleball balls. The resilient material has an exposed adhesive surface for holding or stopping the pickleball balls. The resilient material may be placed directly on the boundary of a pickleball court. The resilient material may be placed in the outer court of a pickleball court. The resilient material may be removable, replaceable, and reusable.

1 . A pickleball ball stop device, the pickleball ball stop device comprising:
 a resilient material comprising a front and a back, the back secured to a pickleball court and the front comprising an exposed adhesive surface comprising a pickleball ball adhered thereto.   
     
     
         2 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 1 , wherein the back is releasably secured to the pickleball court. 
     
     
         3 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 1 , wherein the pickleball court comprises a pickleball boundary surrounding a pickleball inner court and separating the pickleball inner court from a pickleball outer court. 
     
     
         4 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 3 , wherein the back of the resilient material is secured to the pickleball boundary. 
     
     
         5 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 3 , wherein the back of the resilient material is secured in the pickleball outer court outside of the pickleball inner court. 
     
     
         6 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 3 , wherein the resilient material surrounds a majority of a perimeter of the pickleball inner court. 
     
     
         7 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 6 , wherein the resilient material is in independent sections, such that it is discontinuous about the perimeter of the pickleball inner court. 
     
     
         8 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 6 , wherein the resilient material is continuous about the perimeter of the pickleball inner court. 
     
     
         9 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 1 , wherein the back comprises an adhesive for securing the resilient material to the pickleball court and the adhesive of the back is the same as an adhesive of the adhesive surface of the front. 
     
     
         10 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 1 , wherein all surfaces of the resilient material are covered by an adhesive. 
     
     
         11 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 1 , wherein the resilient material is a polymeric material that may be rolled up into a roll and unrolled onto the pickleball court. 
     
     
         12 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 1 , wherein the back of the resilient material is secured to the pickleball court by friction between the back of the resilient material and the pickleball court. 
     
     
         13 . The pickleball ball stop device of  claim 1 , wherein the resilient material is secured about a perimeter of a pickleball inner court except for one or more lateral sides between a non-volley line of the pickleball court and a net of the pickleball court, the one or more lateral sides being perpendicular to the net in a direction of the net extending across the pickleball inner court. 
     
     
         14 . A method of applying and using the pickleball ball stop device of  claim 1 , the method comprising the steps of:
 unrolling a continuous length of the resilient material from a roll of the resilient material onto the pickleball court; and   positioning the continuous length of the resilient material onto the pickleball court with the back secured to a surface of the pickleball court and the front exposed.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14  further comprising the step of:
 removing a removable film covering the adhesive surface from the adhesive surface to expose the adhesive surface. 
 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14  further comprising the step of:
 cutting the continuous length of the resilient material to a length corresponding to at least a part of a pickleball boundary that defines a pickleball inner court. 
 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14  further comprising the step of:
 adhering one or more pickleball balls to the adhesive surface by rolling the one or more pickleball balls across the adhesive surface wherein the one or more pickleball balls are stopped by adhering the one or more pickleball balls to the adhesive surface. 
 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14  further comprising the step of:
 rerolling the resilient material into the roll of the resilient material for reuse. 
 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15  further comprising the step of:
 reapplying the film covering to the adhesive surface, covering the adhesive surface; and 
 rerolling the resilient material into the roll of the resilient material. 
 
     
     
         20 . A pickleball court, the pickleball court comprising:
 a pickleball boundary surrounding a pickleball inner court and separating said pickleball inner court from a pickleball outer court;   a resilient material comprising a front and a back, the back secured to the pickleball boundary or the pickleball outer court and the front comprising an exposed adhesive surface for adhering a pickleball ball thereto.