APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPORTS THROWING CAGE

• US 20160236063A1
• Filed: 02/05/2015
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OZ Ring Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: OZ Ring Pty Limited
• Inventors: Bowman, Trevor
• Granted Patent: US 9,889,366 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 65/04 Throwing-hammers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 65/10 Discus discs; Quoits
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/022 Backstops, cages, enclosures or the like, e.g. for spectator protection, for arresting balls

Abstract

Apparatus and method for sports throwing cage. The apparatus might be a pole with multiple curtain couplings and multiple points of contact, a support, and a bend. The curtain couplings hang a vertical net curtain. The support and the bend adapt the bent pole to provide an offset from the vertical net curtain.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a pole including at least one arm each including a plurality of curtain couplings adapted to vertically hang a vertical net curtain to create a sports throwing cage to contain an implement as thrown in an athletic event, wherein said plurality of curtain couplings create at least two points of contact on the pole to hang said vertical net curtain.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said pole includes a support, a top pole and a bend, with said pole having a pole height and said bend situated in said pole at a bend height,

wherein said support is coupled through said bend to the top pole and the arm having curtain couplings adapted to hang the vertical net curtain;

and said pole being adapted to form an offset between said pole and said vertical net curtain.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a second or additional arm coupled to said pole, each arm including at least two of said curtain couplings.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 further comprising:

a multiplicity of branch poles, coupled to the pole, wherein each of said branch poles supports at least one of said arms, each including at least two of said curtain couplings.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said at least one arm is essentially horizontal.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

said support having a rectangular cross section or a round cross section for at least part of a length of said bent pole.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a package to create at least one pole.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

said sports throwing cage including at least one or more said poles.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said sports throwing cage includes a second pole supporting a multiplicity of branch poles wherein each of said branch poles supports a second multiplicity of said arms each including at least two of said curtain couplings.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said sports throwing cage includes a third instance of said pole including a horizontal arm supporting said multiplicity of said curtain couplings.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said at least two of said poles include at least two arms each including at least two of said curtain couplings.

12. A method comprising:

providing a pole including at least one arm each including a plurality of curtain couplings adapted to support a vertical net curtain, and

adapting the plurality of curtain couplings to vertically hang the vertical net curtain to create a sports cage to contain an implement as thrown in an athletic event, wherein said plurality of curtain couplings create at least two points of contact on the pole to hang said vertical net curtain.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein said pole includes a support, a top pole and a bend, with said pole having a pole height and said bend situated in said pole at a bend height,

wherein said support is coupled through said bend to the top pole and the arm having curtain couplings adapted to hang the vertical net curtain;

and adapting said pole to form an offset between said pole and said vertical net curtain.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a pole including at least plural arms each including a plurality of curtain couplings adapted to vertically hang a vertical net curtain to create a sports throwing cage to contain an implement as thrown in an athletic event, wherein said plurality of curtain couplings create at least two points of contact on the pole to hang the vertical net curtain,

wherein said pole includes a support, a top pole and a bend, with said pole having a pole height and said bend situated in said pole at a bend height,

wherein said support is coupled through said bend to the top pole that supports the plural arms having curtain couplings adapted to hang the vertical net curtain; and

adapting said pole to form an offset between said pole and said vertical net curtain.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 further comprising:

a multiplicity of branch poles, coupled to the pole, wherein each of said branch poles supports at least one of said arms, each including at least two of said curtain couplings.