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US 12,654,086 · App. 17/873,424 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Large net storage in a bag

Inventors: Nicholas J. Markette (Tempe, AZ); Carl J. Metz (Scottsdale, AZ)
A63B71/0036
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,654,086
App. No.
17/873,424
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodied invention is an organized way of storing and transporting a net that is used in a field sport, like soccer or volleyball, where the net corners include connecting tabs inside the storage bag. The net is then stored by a combination of folding and rolling the net, and then pulling the storage bag inside out and around the sporting net. When taking the net out of the bag, the net is pulled out of the other end of the bag, and the labeled corners are readily identified by the clips with labels. The net is then more easily unfolded into the correct shape and orientation without entanglements, and facilitates a quick and easy net installation.

Claims (9)

1 . An organized method of storing a net in a storage bag comprising:

A) providing:

a) a net and a storage bag for storing said net,

b) said net includes at least four net tabs, said net tabs are individually labeled,

c) said storage bag includes bag tabs that matches the number of said net tabs, said bag tabs are individually labeled to match the labels of said net tabs,

d) said storage bag is tubular in shape having a first opening at one end and a second opening on the opposite end, and

e) said net is positioned inside said storage bag by first connecting said bag tabs to said net tabs according to their labels, and

B) storing said net inside said storage bag by inverting said storage bag around said net.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising said net is removed from said storage bag by pulling said net through said second opening.

Continuity (1)
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