Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1994-01-24
1996-01-02
Shapiro, Paul E.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
A63B 6308
Patent
active
054801397
ABSTRACT:
A basketball hoop assembly for improving the shooting accuracy of a basketball player, includes a basketball frame support for attachment to a basketball backboard; and a plurality of interchangeable basketball hoops, each having a different diameter, from a regulation hoop diameter of eighteen inches to one or more smaller diameters, each of the hoops having a bracket fixedly secured thereto and adapted to securely engage its respective hoop to the frame support such that a center point of each of said hoops is equidistant from the backboard when any one of the hoops is engaged with the frame support means. A hoop support and breakaway mechanism is pivotally secured to a first axle to permit the hoop assembly to pivot downwardly under a predetermined load, the breakaway mechanism including a spring loaded quick release mechanism for releasably capturing the mounting rod.
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Owen, Jr. Aubrey J.
St. Louis, Jr. Henry E.
Owen, Jr. Aubrey J.
Shapiro Paul E.
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