ELEMENT FOR USE IN MAKING A PLAYING SURFACE

摘要

1504811 Tennis court surface A BIBI-ROUBI and R BIBI-ROUBI 11 April 1975 [18 April 1974] 14890/75 Heading A6D [Also in Division E1] A tennis court surfacing element 1 e.g. of plastics, comprises an upper face formation 10 and edge formations forming a plurality of side faces. Each side face has coupling means comprising a male hook portion 19a, 20a having a downwardly directed shank 19a and a terminal laterally projecting part 20a and a female eye or loop portion 14 projecting laterally from the side face and defining an opening the axis of which is normal to the general plane containing the upper face formation. The hook is capable of play in the eye of an adjacent similar panel to allow for thermal expansion and each eye has a resilient web 16 to further accommodate each expansion. The upper face formation 10 may provide apertured hexagonal cells to facilitate drainage.