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Multiple sport practice system

  • US 5,527,032 A
  • Filed: 04/01/1994
  • Issued: 06/18/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for playing or practicing one or more sports, each of said sports employing a moving object, comprising:

  • (a) a backstop for interrupting the flight of the moving object, said backstop comprising a backstop body and means for releasably attaching the backstop body to an external support, said backstop body having a front face and a back face and an aperture;

    (b) a pouch for collecting a moving object which has passed through the aperture, said pouch being formed of a fabric material and having a pouch body which forms an opening, said pouch body comprising first, second, and third portions, the first portion being located behind the aperture, the second and third portions being attached to one another to form a receptacle for the moving object, the first portion having a width which is wider than that of the third portion, and the second portion having a graduated width which progresses from that of the first portion to that of the third portion; and

    (c) means for releasably attaching the pouch to the back face of the backstop body so that the opening formed by the pouch body surrounds the aperture;

    wherein the configuration of the pouch body causes it to stand away from the back face of the backstop body without the application of an external force to the pouch body.

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