Portable adjustable boundary lines

Abstract

Our invention creates portable adjustable boundary lines for any ground surface. These boundary lines create portable adjustable fields, by attaching the webbing lines to lightweight sandbags that can be laid out by anyone on any desired playing surface. Any coach, player, or parent can use this invention to establish a field, a training grid, or a playing area for any sport such as, but not limited to, soccer, football, volleyball, basketball, lacrosse, hockey and baseball. These fields can be created on any ground surface such as grass, synthetic or artificial turf, indoor gymnasium, asphalt, concrete and sand.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]A provisional application was filed on Jun. 18, 2007 with regards to this present nonprovisional application. The application number for that application was 60 / 934,839BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Throughout the years, individuals have utilized many ways to establish boundary lines. At the amateur level, players mark boundary lines and goals with any imaginable apparatus—shoes, cans, sticks, bags, etc. As the level of competition increases, coaches use painted lines, cones, posts, and flags to determine the playing area. At the organized competitive level, most sports determine the dimension of their playing field by using permanent lines.[0003]Generally, boundaries lines are permanently marked on the playing surface for the desired activity. Various approaches are used to mark a boundary lines for a sporting event. Hockey's boundary is established by glass boards; baseball boundaries are distinguished by permanent lines and a outfiel...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]The difference between our invention and prior ones is the ease of portability and adjustability of the boundary lines. Previous devices make it difficult to transport and adjust boundary lines to accommodate a particular sport or a particular training session within a particular sport. The previous devices use stakes that are inserted into the ground that only allow it to be used on soft surfaces. The lines used for demarcation are pre set and do not allow for easy adjustability. Accomplishing both portability and adjustability is made easy with this device.

[0007]In addition, the prior inventions use insertion devices to mark their demarcating regions allowing their use to be only for penetrable surfaces. Our device, on the other hand, consist of lightweight sandbags that permit the user to create boundary on any desired playing surface—such as grass, synthetic or artificial turf, indoor gymnasium, asphalt, concrete and sand. Furthermore, this adjustable marking device can be easily assembled and adjusted by anyone for multiple uses and storage.

Problems solved by technology

Previous devices make it difficult to transport and adjust boundary lines to accommodate a particular sport or a particular training session within a particular sport.

The lines used for demarcation are pre set and do not allow for easy adjustability.

The previous products also provide for an anchoring device that is much heavier and cumbersome, such as a barbell weight, making adjustability very difficult.

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