Games using tangible projectile – Playing field or court game; game element or accessory... – Goal or target structure for projectile; element thereof
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-06
2001-01-16
Pierce, William M. (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...
Goal or target structure for projectile; element thereof
C473S489000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06174249
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to basketball net installation systems and more particularly pertains to a new basketball net installation system for quickly and easily installing a basketball net on a basketball net hoop.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of basketball net installation systems is known in the prior art. More specifically, basketball net installation systems heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,607,871; U.S. Pat. No. 4,063,768; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 345,899; U.S. Pat. No. 5,634,733; U.S. Pat. No. 1,363,456; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,471,604.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new basketball net installation system. The inventive device includes a net assembly including a net and a resting frame. The resting frame has an annular lower channel therearound. The net is extended through the resting frame with an upper end of the net coupled to the resting frame. The net has a plurality of spaced apart loops coupled to the upper end of the net and outwardly radiating from the resting frame. The system also includes a mounting assembly having an annular hanging frame and a pole with a top end connected to the hanging frame with a support frame. A plurality of downwardly depending hooks are coupled to the hanging frame around the outer perimeter of the hanging frame. Each hook is inserted into a corresponding loop of the net such that the net depends from hooks.
In these respects, the basketball net installation system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of quickly and easily installing a basketball net on a basketball net hoop.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of basketball net installation systems now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new basketball net installation system construction wherein the same can be utilized for quickly and easily installing a basketball net on a basketball net hoop.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new basketball net installation system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the basketball net installation systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new basketball net installation system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art basketball net installation systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a net assembly including a net and a resting frame. The resting frame has an annular lower channel therearound. The net is extended through the resting frame with an upper end of the net coupled to the resting frame. The net has a plurality of spaced apart loops coupled to the upper end of the net and outwardly radiating from the resting frame. The system also includes a mounting assembly having an annular hanging frame and a pole with a top end connected to the hanging frame with a support frame. A plurality of downwardly depending hooks are coupled to the hanging frame around the outer perimeter of the hanging frame. Each hook is inserted into a corresponding loop of the net such that the net depends from hooks.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new basketball net installation system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the basketball net installation systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new basketball net installation system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art basketball net installation systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new basketball net installation system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new basketball net installation system which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new basketball net installation system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such basketball net installation system economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new basketball net installation system which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new basketball net installation system for quickly and easily installing a basketball net on a basketball net hoop.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new basketball net installation system which includes a net assembly including a net and a resting frame. The resting frame has an annular lower channel therearound. The net is extended through the resting frame with an upper end of the net coupled to the resting frame. The net has a plurality of spaced apart loops coupled to the upper end of the net and outwardly radiating from the resting frame. The system also includes a mounting assembly having an annular hanging frame and a pole with a top end connected to the hanging frame with a support frame. A plurality of downwardly depending hooks are coupled to the han
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