Scoreboard for platform tennis
View Patent ↗A paddle scoreboard for platform tennis is provided. The paddle scoreboard is paddle shaped and adapted to engage and hang from the fence of the platform tennis court. The paddle scoreboard includes two paddle plates that sandwich two scoring discs and two set discs that are rotatably connected to and between the paddle plates. Four apertures are provided by the paddle plates so that one of a plurality of indicia for each of the four discs are viewable through each aperture. A peripheral portion of each disc protrudes beyond the perimeter of the paddle plates so that each disc is selectively spinnable for indicating the game and set score through the four apertures.
1. A platform tennis scoreboard for hanging from court-facing surface of a wire fence surrounding a platform tennis court, comprising:
two paddle plates connected so that a plurality of rotatable two-sided scoring discs is sandwiched between the two paddle plates, wherein each paddle plate is paddle shaped, and wherein a peripheral portion of each of the plurality of scoring discs protrudes beyond a perimeter of the two paddle plates;
in each paddle plate, an aperture associated with each of the plurality of scoring discs, wherein one of a plurality of indicia of each scoring disc is selectively visible therethrough; and
a protrusion projecting from a spectator-facing paddle plate of the two paddle plates, wherein the protrusion is centrally disposed along an upper portion of a face of said spectator-facing paddle plate so that when the platform tennis scoreboard is hung from said wire fence, the spectator-facing paddle plate is in a parallel orientation with the said wire fence, whereby each of the plurality of indicia are visible through the associated apertures simultaneously for those on and outside of the platform tennis court, respectively, and whereby an in-play ball hitting the platform tennis scoreboards hits a court-facing paddle plate of the two paddle plates.
2. The platform tennis scoreboard of claim 1 , wherein the two paddle plates are generally coextensive, each define a head portion and a handle portion.
3. The platform tennis scoreboard of claim 2 , further comprising:
a top spacer interconnecting the head portions of the two paddle plates; and
a bottom spacer interconnecting the handle portions of the two paddle plates.
4. The platform tennis scoreboard of claim 3 , wherein the protrusion comprises a fastener that journals through the two paddle plates and the top spacer.
5. The platform tennis scoreboard of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of rotatable two-sided scoring discs comprises two game scoring discs and two set scoring discs; and the apertures comprise two spaced apart pairs of apertures.
6. The platform tennis scoreboard of claim 4 , wherein the protrusion further comprises a wingnut.