Games using tangible projectile – Playing field or court game; game element or accessory... – Practice or training device
Patent
1997-10-01
1998-10-27
Grieb, William H.
Games using tangible projectile
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...
Practice or training device
473448, 473481, 473485, 473487, A63B 6308, A63B 6900
Patent
active
058271368
ABSTRACT:
A children's basketball backboard and hoop assembly includes a backboard, and a hoop having a rim which is pivotably attached to the backboard, and a net attached to the rim. The assembly further includes an enlarged secondary training rim pivotably attached to the backboard for movement between an operative position wherein the secondary rim is located above the hoop rim in substantially parallel relation to the hoop rim, and a storage position generally parallel to the backboard. The hoop rim is pivotably attached to the backboard for movement between an operative position wherein the rim extends substantially perpendicular to the backboard and a storage position wherein the rim is positioned in closely spaced parallel relation to the backboard. When the secondary training rim is moved to the storage position it is received within a recess extending along an upper peripheral edge of the backboard. The basketball backboard and hoop assembly also includes one set of straps for releasably securing the backboard to a door, and a second set of straps for releasably securing the backboard to a vertical post. The enlarged secondary hoop is intended to be used by relatively young children to guide stray balls downwardly into the hoop, thereby increasing the chances of making a basket.
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Halter Jeffrey T.
Moore Michael A.
Benson Kurt R.
Grieb William H.
Hasbro Inc.
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