Communications: electrical – Systems – Game reporting
Patent
1992-08-17
1994-04-05
Peng, John K.
Communications: electrical
Systems
Game reporting
273 15A, 273 15R, G08B 2300
Patent
active
053009207
ABSTRACT:
A basketball game includes a generally planar backboard supporting a circular hoop having a basketball net extending downwardly therefrom. A center housing is supported beneath the hoop and secured to the backboard. A pair of score indicators having digital score indicating displays are supported on either side of the backboard. A pair of slap actuated depressible slap-pads are secured to and supported by the indicator housings. A flexible score sensor is secured to the center housing and extends into the net passage. The score sensor includes a flexible joint having a flex gauge or strain gauge operative therewith to provide an electrical signal each time the ball is successfully shot by a player and passes through the hoop and basketball net. In the preferred play pattern, the player having successfully scored a basket is able to increment the player's indicated score by slapping the appropriate one of the slap-pads following the successful shot. In the absence of a successful preceding shot, the slap-pads remain ineffective and operation thereof fails to alter the displayed player's score. A multi-jointed, generally tubular support frame supports the backboard and basketball hoop at a predetermined adjustable height.
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Caselli Rick
Cookson Michael
Larsson Ake
Tura Pat
Ekstrand Roy A.
Johnson Tim
Mattel Inc.
Peng John K.
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