Basketball practice apparatus
First Claim
1. In combination with a basketball goal assembly including a rim, a backboard, means for affixing said rim to said backboard in a normal relationship therebetween, a device for improving a player'"'"'s accuracy in shooting a basketball into said goal comprising:
- a target;
means for mounting said target above said rim in pivotal movement between two modes of operation with said first mode relatively aligning said target with a vertical centerline normally extending through the plane of said rim and a second mode displacing said target away from said centerline, said target mounting means comprises;
a bracket member having first and second ends;
a pivot assembly at said second end of said bracket member and presenting a horizontal axis therein;
a boom having first and second ends;
means for releasably mounting said bracket member to said backboard with said pivot assembly generally extending above said plane of said rim;
means for mounting said boom member in swingable movement about said horizontal axis of said pivot assembly; and
means for fastening said target to said second end of said boom;
bias means for urging said second end of said boom towards said centerline for an intersection therewith and said target into said first mode so that said target is positioned in a desired curvilinear path of a shot basketball between said shooter and said goal, said basketball traveling through said path contacting said target in a relationship which overcomes said bias and urges said target into said second mode to allow passage of said shot basketball through said underlying goal whereby said target urges said shooter to direct said basketball along said path.
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Abstract
A target practice apparatus for improving the shooting accuracy of a basketball player is releasably mounted to a basketball goal to present a target clearly above the rim and aligned along a vertical centerline of the horizontal plane containing the rim. The target also contains a point of a desired curvilinear path of a shot basketball between the player and goal. Upon proper contact by a shot basketball, the target swings to a position away from the desired path to allow passage of the basketball through the underlying goal. The displaced target is spring biased towards its centerline position so as to offer a proper and easily viewed aiming point awaiting the next shot of the player.
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9 Claims
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1. In combination with a basketball goal assembly including a rim, a backboard, means for affixing said rim to said backboard in a normal relationship therebetween, a device for improving a player'"'"'s accuracy in shooting a basketball into said goal comprising:
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a target; means for mounting said target above said rim in pivotal movement between two modes of operation with said first mode relatively aligning said target with a vertical centerline normally extending through the plane of said rim and a second mode displacing said target away from said centerline, said target mounting means comprises; a bracket member having first and second ends; a pivot assembly at said second end of said bracket member and presenting a horizontal axis therein; a boom having first and second ends; means for releasably mounting said bracket member to said backboard with said pivot assembly generally extending above said plane of said rim; means for mounting said boom member in swingable movement about said horizontal axis of said pivot assembly; and means for fastening said target to said second end of said boom; bias means for urging said second end of said boom towards said centerline for an intersection therewith and said target into said first mode so that said target is positioned in a desired curvilinear path of a shot basketball between said shooter and said goal, said basketball traveling through said path contacting said target in a relationship which overcomes said bias and urges said target into said second mode to allow passage of said shot basketball through said underlying goal whereby said target urges said shooter to direct said basketball along said path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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