BASKETBALL REBOUNDER
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1. A basketball returning apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of poles comprising,at least one front center pole;
at least two front poles, each front pole having a top end portion and a bottom end portion, and each front pole configured to be joined to the at least one front center pole near the bottom end portion;
at least one back center top pole;
at least two front-to-back poles, each front-to-back pole having a front end portion and a back end portion, and each front-to-back pole configured to be joined to the at least one front center pole near the front end portion and to the at least one back center top pole near the back end portion;
at least two back top poles, each back top pole having a bottom end portion, and each back top pole configured to be joined to the at least one back center top pole near the bottom end portion;
at least two back bottom poles, each back bottom pole having a top end portion, and each back bottom pole configured to be joined to the at least one back center pole near the top end portion; and
at least one back center bottom pole having a right end portion and a left end portion, the at least one back center bottom pole configured to be joined to the at least two back bottom poles at the right end portion and the left end portion;
at least one bottom net, the at least one bottom net having a front end portion configured to attach to the at least one front center pole and the at least one bottom net having a back end portion configured to attach to at least one of the at least one back center bottom pole;
at least two side nets, each side net having,a front side portion configured to attach to one of the at least two front poles,a back side portion configured to attach to one of the at least two back top poles, where the back side portion is longer than the front side portion,a top side portion, anda bottom side portion, where the bottom side portion is longer than the top side portion; and
support means for supporting the basketball returning apparatus at a substantially fixed position relative to a backboard.
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Abstract
A basketball rebounder may releasably attach to a backboard. The basketball rebounder may include a frame for supporting the basketball rebounder off the floor at a substantially fixed position relative to the backboard. The basketball rebounder may further include a plurality of nets which may be attached to the frame allowing the basketball rebounder to return a basketball substantially in a direction away from the backboard.
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22 Claims
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1. A basketball returning apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of poles comprising, at least one front center pole; at least two front poles, each front pole having a top end portion and a bottom end portion, and each front pole configured to be joined to the at least one front center pole near the bottom end portion; at least one back center top pole; at least two front-to-back poles, each front-to-back pole having a front end portion and a back end portion, and each front-to-back pole configured to be joined to the at least one front center pole near the front end portion and to the at least one back center top pole near the back end portion; at least two back top poles, each back top pole having a bottom end portion, and each back top pole configured to be joined to the at least one back center top pole near the bottom end portion; at least two back bottom poles, each back bottom pole having a top end portion, and each back bottom pole configured to be joined to the at least one back center pole near the top end portion; and at least one back center bottom pole having a right end portion and a left end portion, the at least one back center bottom pole configured to be joined to the at least two back bottom poles at the right end portion and the left end portion; at least one bottom net, the at least one bottom net having a front end portion configured to attach to the at least one front center pole and the at least one bottom net having a back end portion configured to attach to at least one of the at least one back center bottom pole; at least two side nets, each side net having, a front side portion configured to attach to one of the at least two front poles, a back side portion configured to attach to one of the at least two back top poles, where the back side portion is longer than the front side portion, a top side portion, and a bottom side portion, where the bottom side portion is longer than the top side portion; and support means for supporting the basketball returning apparatus at a substantially fixed position relative to a backboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A basketball returning system configured to operate in conjunction with a backboard and a floor, comprising:
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a first side net and a second side net, each of the first side net and the second side net having, a front top corner; a front bottom corner; a back top corner; and a front bottom corner; side net holding means configured to hold the first side net and the second side net such that the distance between the front top corner of the first side net and the front top corner of the second side net is less than the distance between the back top corner of the first side net and the back top corner of the second side net, while the distance between the front bottom corner of the first side net and the front bottom corner of the second side net is substantially the same as the distance between the back bottom corner of the first side net and the back bottom corner of the second side net; a bottom net; bottom net holding means configured to hold the bottom net at a slope relative to the floor thereby enabling the bottom net to return a basketball impacting the bottom net substantially in a direction away from the backboard; attachment means for attaching the first side net and the second side net to the side net holding means, and the bottom net to the bottom net holding means; and support means for one or more of releasably attaching the basketball returning system to the backboard and sustaining the basketball returning system upon the floor. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A basketball rebounding apparatus for releasably attaching to a backboard holding a basketball rim, comprising:
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a frame having a at least two hooks configured to releasably engage the backboard and having a plurality of legs for supporting the basketball rebounding apparatus off a floor at a substantially fixed position relative to the backboard, the frame extending outwardly around and beneath the basketball rim; a plurality of nets releasably attached to the frame, the plurality of nets in conjunction with the backboard defining a basketball capturing receptacle for receiving a basketball, where the plurality of nets includes opposing side nets and a bottom net, the bottom net extending between bottom portions of the side nets, the bottom portions of the side nets being substantially parallel while top portions of the side nets open away from each other as they extend outwardly away from the backboard, and where the bottom net is disposed slightly below and away from the basketball rim and at a downward slope relative to a line parallel to the floor thereby enabling the bottom net to return a basketball impacting the bottom net substantially in a direction away from the backboard. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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