Garage storage net

• US 10,258,852 B1
• Filed: 05/25/2018
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walker Sports Innovations, LLC
• Original Assignee: Walker Sports Innovations, LLC
• Inventors: Walker, John David
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham, Mark S
• Application Number:
  US15/990,219
• Time in Patent Office: 326 Days
• Field of Search: 473197, 473439, 473451, 473462, 473494, 473476-478, 473454-456, 473435, 473446, 473473, 473474, 273398-402, 160127, 160201, 211 8601, 211 8701, 211 8801, 211119004, 49 70, 49197, 49199, 232 19
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2063/006 Forming a target or goal by fixing net or target area to garage doorway or garage parts
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0008 for batting
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0011 Catching
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 47/02 for picking-up or collecting
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games golf cups A63B57/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/00 Training appliances or apparatus for special sports training of parachutists B64D23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 for baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0075 Means for releasably holding a ball in position prior to kicking, striking or the like golf tees A63B57/10
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/022 Backstops, cages, enclosures or the like, e.g. for spectator protection, for arresting balls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 33/002 Rolls, strips or like assemblies of bags

Abstract

An athletic training net for receiving projectiles. The training net has a storage sleeve affixed to an upper end, wherein the storage sleeve includes a plurality of upper grommets at an upper end and a plurality of lower grommets at a lower end. The training net further includes a plurality of hook and strap fasteners, with each comprising of a strap secured to a structural member of a garage door and a hook for catching the plurality of upper and lower grommets. The training net has a training configuration and a storage configuration. In the training configuration, the hooks are received by the plurality of upper grommets and the net is vertically suspended form the garage door. In the storage configuration, the plurality of upper grommets remains suspended from the hooks, the net is enfolded in the storage sleeve, and the plurality of lower grommets is secured by the hooks.

Claims

1. A storage net, comprising:

a rear barricade including a lower end and an upper end with a height extending therebetween, and a pair of sides with a width extending therebetween;

a front barricade including a lower end and an upper end with a height extending therebetween, and a pair of sides with a width extending therebetween, the rear and front barricades joined at respective lower ends;

a receiving pocket disposed between the rear and front barricades and adapted to receive and retain items for storage within the net; and

a storage sleeve affixed to the upper end of the rear barricade, wherein the storage sleeve further includes;

an upper end having a plurality of upper grommets;

a lower end having a plurality of lower grommets;

at least two of the upper grommets each vertically aligned with one of the lower grommets.

2. The storage net of claim 1, wherein the storage sleeve has a width greater than or equal to the width of the rear barricade.

3. The storage net of claim 1, wherein the storage sleeve is comprised of a smooth outer surface.

4. The storage net of claim 1, further including a plurality of hook and strap fasteners, wherein each of the plurality of straps is secured around a structural member of a garage door and each of the plurality of hooks is received by one of the plurality of upper grommets.

5. The storage net of claim 1, further including an elastic cord disposed at the upper end of the front barricade, the elastic cord coupling the front barricade with the storage sleeve though at least one of the plurality of upper grommets.

6. The storage net of claim 5, further including a plurality of hook and strap fasteners, wherein each of the plurality of straps is secured around a roller mechanism of a garage door and each of the plurality of hooks is received by a loop formed by the elastic cord.

7. The storage net of claim 6, further including a first storage configuration wherein the rear and front barricades are enfolded in the storage sleeve by securing both the plurality of upper grommets and the plurality of lower grommets with the plurality of hooks.

8. The storage net of claim 6, further including a second storage configuration wherein the plurality of upper grommets remains secured by the plurality of hooks while the plurality of lower grommets is unengaged from the plurality of hooks, thereby allowing the storage net to suspend vertically from the garage door.

9. The storage net of claim 6, further including a lower elastic cord disposed at the lower ends of the rear and front barricades, the lower elastic cord having a length that is less than or equal to a distance between subsequent horizontally-aligned roller mechanisms, such that the elastic cord is under tension when attached to the garage door.

10. The storage net of claim 1, wherein the front barricade is removably affixed to the storage sleeve between the upper grommets and the lower grommets via at least one clip.

11. A storage net, comprising:

a rear barricade including a lower end and an upper end with a height extending therebetween, and a pair of sides with a width extending therebetween;

a front barricade including a lower end and an upper end with a height extending therebetween, and a pair of sides with a width extending therebetween, the rear and front barricades joined at respective lower ends;

a receiving pocket disposed between the rear and front barricades and adapted to receive and retain items for storage within the net;

an elastic cord in mechanical communication with at least one of the front barricade and the rear barricade, the elastic cord adapted to mechanically connect to at least one of a plurality of roller mechanisms disposed on a garage door, and having an unstretched length less than or equal to a distance between subsequent horizontally-aligned roller mechanisms, such that the elastic cord is under tension when attached to the garage door; and

a storage sleeve affixed to the upper end of the rear barricade, the storage sleeve including an upper end having an upper grommet and a lower end having a lower grommet, wherein the storage sleeve is disposed to receive the rear and front barricade therein, such that the rear and front barricades may be enfolded in the storage sleeve.

12. The storage net of claim 11, wherein the storage sleeve further includes:

a plurality of upper grommets disposed at the upper end;

a plurality of lower grommets disposed at the lower end; and

at least two of the plurality of upper grommets each vertically aligned with one of the plurality of lower grommets.

13. The storage net of claim 12, wherein the storage sleeve has a width greater than or equal to a width of the rear barricade.

14. The storage net of claim 12, wherein the front barricade is removably affixed to the storage sleeve between the plurality of upper grommets and the plurality of lower grommets via at least one clip.

15. The storage net of claim 12, further including a first storage configuration wherein the rear and front barricades are enfolded in the storage sleeve by securing both the plurality of upper grommets and the plurality of lower grommets with a plurality of hooks that are in mechanical communication with the elastic cord and at least two of the plurality of roller mechanisms.

16. The storage net of claim 11, further including a plurality of hook and strap fasteners, wherein each of the plurality of straps is secured around one of the plurality of roller mechanisms disposed on the garage door and each of the plurality of hooks is received by a loop formed by the elastic cord.

17. A storage net, comprising:

a liquid impermeable rear barricade including a lower end and an upper end with a height extending therebetween, and a pair of sides with a width extending therebetween;

a front barricade including a lower end and an upper end with a height extending therebetween, and a pair of sides with a width extending therebetween, the lower end of the front barricade affixed proximate to the lower end of the liquid impermeable rear barricade,

a receiving pocket disposed between the liquid impermeable rear barricade and the front barricade, the receiving pocket being adapted to receive and retain items for storage within the net;

whereby the liquid impermeable rear barricade is adapted to prevent exterior substances from contacting the front barricade;

a first fastener on one side of the storage net, a second fastener on an opposite side of the storage net, wherein the first fastener mechanically connects to a first roller mechanism of a garage door and the second fastener mechanically connects to a second roller mechanism that is laterally spaced from the first roller mechanism when the storage net is secured to a garage door;

the widths of the front and liquid impermeable rear barricades each being less than or equal to the distance between first and second laterally spaced roller mechanisms on the garage door on which the storage net is secured; and

a storage sleeve affixed to the upper end of the liquid impermeable rear barricade, the storage sleeve including an upper end having an upper grommet and a lower end having a lower grommet, wherein the storage sleeve is disposed to receive the liquid impermeable rear barricade and the front barricade therein, such that liquid impermeable rear barricade and the front barricades may be enfolded in the storage sleeve.

18. The storage net of claim 17, wherein the storage sleeve further includes:

a plurality of upper grommets disposed at the upper end;

a plurality of lower grommets disposed at the lower end; and

at least two of the plurality of upper grommets each vertically aligned with one of the plurality of lower grommets.

19. The storage net of claim 18, further including a first storage configuration wherein the liquid impermeable rear barricade and the front barricade are enfolded in the storage sleeve by securing both the plurality of upper grommets and the plurality of lower grommets with at least one of the first and second fasteners that are in mechanical communication with at least two horizontally-aligned roller mechanisms.

20. The storage net of claim 17, further including an elastic cord in mechanical communication with at least one of the front barricade and the liquid impermeable rear barricade, the elastic cord adapted to couple with subsequent horizontally-aligned roller mechanisms via the first and second fasteners, the elastic cord having a length less than or equal to a distance between the subsequent horizontally-aligned roller mechanisms, such that the elastic cord is under tension when attached to the garage door.