Tennis net and method of making

Claim 1

A net particularly adapted for use as a tennis net, comprising: a length of netting having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, with the side edges of the netting being spaced apart from each other and joining the top edge to the bottom edge; a headband having first and second ends comprising thermoplastic material and being folded upon itself along its longitudinal axis and separated along said axis a predetermined distance from each said end to form a pair of free ends at each end thereof, said headband having a medial section enclosing said top edge of the netting along the length thereof and to form a channel for receiving a net support cable and welded along substantially the length of the netting to retain the medial section of the headband on the netting; said headband being unwelded at said free ends and said free end being folded in on themselves and secured to create a reinforced construction; and each of said side edges of said netting having one of its ends attached to a respective first and second end of said reinforced construction.

Claim 6

A method of making a net particularly adapted for tennis, comprising the steps of: providing a substantially rectangular netting of flexible non-metallic threads disposed in a rectilinear mesh; providing an elongated band having thermoplastic material on at least one face thereof; positioning the band adjacent an elongated edge of said length of netting; folding portion of said band along its longitudinal axis upon itself at least part of said elongated edge of the netting; separating said folded portions along said longitudinal axis a predetermined distance from each end of said band to form a pair of free ends at each end thereof; welding said folded portion of the band to said netting along substantially the length of said netting while leaving said free end of the netting unwelded; folding said free end upon themselves to form a plurality of layers; and stitching the plurality of layers to form reinforced edges of said band.

Claim 7

A method of making a net particularly adapted for tennis, comprising the steps of: providing a substantially rectangular netting of flexible non-metallic threads disposed in a rectilinear mesh; providing an elongated band having thermoplastic material on at least one face thereof; positioning the band adjacent an elongated edge of said length of netting; folding portion of said band along its longitudinal axis upon itself at least part of said elongated edge of the netting; separating said folded portions along said longitudinal axis a predetermined distance from each end of said band to form a pair of free ends at each end thereof; welding said folded portion of the band to said netting along substantially the length of said netting while leaving said free end of the netting unwelded; folding said free end upon themselves to form a plurality of layers; and stitching the plurality of layers to form reinforced edges of said band.