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Basketball training system

  • US 10,315,090 B2
  • Filed: 11/03/2017
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A ball launching machine comprising:

  • a ball ready holder for receiving a ball to be launched;

    a pivotally mounted launch arm having an upper end and a lower end;

    a throw spring connected to the launch arm;

    a grab arm configured to grab, pull, and release the upper end of the launch arm; and

    a launch drive mechanism for driving the grab arm through a launch drive cycle in which the grab arm pulls the upper end of the launch arm away from the ball to be launched in a rearward and downward arc while increasing spring force of the throw spring, and then releases the upper end of the launch arm so that the throw spring drives the upper end of the launch arm in an upward and forward arc to strike the ball and launch the ball off the ball ready holder, wherein the launch drive mechanism further comprises a guide for engaging the grab arm to guide the grab arm through the launch drive cycle.

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