QUICK DETACHABLE BASKETBALL MACHINE

• US 20080042358A1
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saint-Fun International Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Saint-Fun International Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Chan-Yih, Chiang, Cheng-Chun
• Granted Patent: US 7,404,562 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/317.3
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2063/001 Targets or goals with ball-returning means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0071 for basketball
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/38 Ball games; Shooting apparatus

Abstract

A quick detachable basketball machine comprising a front cabinet unit and a rear cabinet unit is disclosed. The front cabinet unit has an electronic coin slot box, two lower side panels, two upper side panels detachably connected to the lower side panels at the top, an oblique baffle obliquely detachably coupled between the upper side panels, an outer guide board detachably supported between the lower side panels, and two stop blocks mounted on the outer guide board. The rear cabinet unit has a bottom box, a vertical back rack hinged to the rear side of the top wall of the bottom box and holding a rim hoop ring, two side panels respectively hinged to two opposite lateral sides of the top wall of the bottom box and connectable to the bottom side of the vertical back rack, and a top plate bridging the side panels.

Claims

1. A quick detachable basketball machine comprising a front cabinet unit and a rear cabinet unit, wherein:

said front cabinet unit comprises an electronic coin slot box, two lower side panels bilaterally detachably connected to a back wall of said electronic coin slot box, two upper side panels respectively detachably connected to a respective top side of said lower side panels, an oblique baffle obliquely detachably coupled between said two upper side panels, an outer guide board detachably supported between said lower side panels, and two stop blocks bilaterally mounted on said outer guide board; and

said rear cabinet unit comprises a bottom box, said bottom box having a top wall and a back wall, a vertical back rack coupled to a rear side of the top wall of said bottom box and movable relative to said bottom box between a vertical position and a horizontal position where said vertical back rack is closely attached to the top wall of said bottom box, said vertical back rack holding a rim hoop ring at a front side thereof, and two side panels respectively hinged to two opposite lateral sides of the top wall of said bottom box and turnable relative to said bottom box between an operative position and a non-operative position where said two side panels are respectively closely attached to two opposite lateral sides of said bottom box.

2. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said two lower side panels of said front cabinet unit each have an oblique rail for supporting said outer guide board.

3. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said outer guide board has two side notches at two opposite sides for positioning said stop blocks.

4. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said front cabinet unit further comprises a crosspiece detachably connected between said two lower side panels, said lower side panels each having a mounting hole for receiving said crosspiece.

5. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rear cabinet unit further comprises a top plate for bridging the side panels of said rear cabinet unit.

6. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rear cabinet unit comprises a motor-driven lifting means adapted to move said rim hoop ring vertically relative to said vertical back rack.

7. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said vertical back rack has a back door means.

8. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower side panels are detachably connected to the back wall of said electronic coin slot box in such a manner that the pitch between said lower side panels is adjustable.

9. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electronic coin slot box has a plurality of female coupling portions bilaterally symmetrically disposed at the back wall at different elevations, said female coupling portions each comprising a plurality of horizontally spaced coupling holes;

said lower side panels of said front cabinet unit each have a plurality of male coupling portions selectively connectable to the coupling holes of the female coupling portions of said electronic coin slot box.

10. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper side panels of said front cabinet unit each have a plurality of bottom mounting holes;

the lower side panels of said front cabinet unit each have a plurality of top mounting rods respectively inserted into the bottom mounting holes of the upper side panels of said front cabinet unit.

11. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper side panels of said front cabinet unit each have an oblique track at an inner side for supporting said oblique baffle.

12. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rear cabinet unit further comprises an inner guide board detachably supported between the two side panels, said inner guide board being hinged to said bottom box and turnable downwards, and a gate transversely mounted in said inner guide board and vertically movable between a first position below the elevation of said rear guide board and a second position above the elevation of said rear guide board.

13. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rear cabinet unit further comprises hinge means coupled between said vertical back rack and said bottom box.

14. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said vertical back rack has two bottom through holes;

said bottom box has two side jambs bilaterally hinged to the back wall thereof for supporting said vertical back rack, said side jambs each having a top upright screw respectively inserted into the bottom through holes of said vertical back rack and locked thereto with a respective lock nut.

15. The quick detachable basketball machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said front cabinet unit and said rear cabinet unit are respectively equipped with a plurality of wheels and elevation-adjustable foot members.