Basketball safety return
First Claim
1. A basketball safety apparatus, comprising:
- netting used in combination with a basketball hoop;
a plurality of moveable pole support bases said bases being adapted to be positioned in proximity to said basketball hoop and a driveway that connects to a street;
a plurality of poles adapted to be mounted vertically in said pole support bases said poles having a height approximately the height of the basketball hoop;
said netting connected to said vertically mounted poles, said netting having mesh size sufficient to stop a basketball; and
said poles and bases being mounted and arranged so that said netting forms a barrier in one or more directions from said basketball hoop and across said driveway.
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Abstract
A basketball safety return apparatus utilizes a plurality of moveable pole support bases and a plurality of poles adapted to be mounted vertically in the pole support bases. Netting is connected to the vertically mounted poles and the poles and bases are mounted and arranged so that the netting forms a barrier behind the basketball hoop and along at least one side. The basketball safety return apparatus may be readily assembled, positioned, disassembled and stored. The inexpensive apparatus of the present invention prevents the basketball from rolling into the neighbor'"'"'s yards and more importantly from rolling down a driveway into a street where it may be retrieved without sufficient attention to avoid a child being hit by a vehicle approaching on a street.
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48 Claims
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1. A basketball safety apparatus, comprising:
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netting used in combination with a basketball hoop; a plurality of moveable pole support bases said bases being adapted to be positioned in proximity to said basketball hoop and a driveway that connects to a street; a plurality of poles adapted to be mounted vertically in said pole support bases said poles having a height approximately the height of the basketball hoop; said netting connected to said vertically mounted poles, said netting having mesh size sufficient to stop a basketball; and said poles and bases being mounted and arranged so that said netting forms a barrier in one or more directions from said basketball hoop and across said driveway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A basketball safety apparatus, comprising:
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a basketball hoop mounted in proximity to a driveway which connects to a street; a plurality of vertically mounted poles, each of said poles being mounted in a moveable base; at least one additional pole vertically mounted in a moveable base; said moveable bases being positioned in proximity to said basketball hoop and said driveway; said poles being connected together by removable netting and arranged in proximity to said basketball hoop and said driveway such that said at least one additional pole causes said netting to form a barrier in two approximately orthogonal directions one of which forms a barrier across said driveway; and each of said poles being provided with a plurality of fasteners for connecting said removable netting to said poles. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. Apparatus in the form of a kit for assembling a basketball safety structure, comprising:
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said kit to be assembled for use in connection with a basketball hoop mounted in proximity to a driveway which connects to a street; at least four moveable pole support bases adapted to be positioned in proximity to said basketball hoop; at least four poles adapted to be mounted vertically in said pole support bases; at least three sections of netting adapted to be connected to said vertically mounted poles; said poles and bases being adapted to be mounted and arranged so that three of said poles and two sections of said netting form a barrier in one direction from said basketball hoop and the third section of said netting and said fourth pole form a barrier in a second direction from the basketball hoop with at least one of said sections forming a barrier across said driveway; and said poles being approximately eleven feet high and said netting being at least ten feet high wherein it is unlikely for a basketball to bounce off of said basketball hoop and over said netting. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A ball safety apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of vertically mounted poles, each of said poles being mounted in a moveable base; at least one additional pole vertically mounted in a moveable base; each of said moveable bases adapted to be positioned in proximity to a basketball hoop mounted near a driveway; each of said poles being comprised of at least two mating components; said poles being connected together by netting and arranged such that said at least one additional pole causes said netting to form a barrier in two substantially orthogonal directions, and across said driveway; and said poles being at least eleven feet high and said netting being at least ten feet high. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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