Removable shelf inserts and dividers

• US 20070029272A1
• Filed: 07/27/2004
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Wroten
• Original Assignee: Robert Wroten
• Inventors: Wroten, Robert
• Application Number:
  US10/801,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20070029272A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/134
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0006 for pitching
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/025 on rollers or wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 for baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0097 Ball rebound walls with holes or in combination with nets A63B63/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/022 Backstops, cages, enclosures or the like, e.g. for spectator protection, for arresting balls

Abstract

A net for sport practice is provided having one or more apertures therein, the apertures being advantageously sized and shaped for passage of a ball or other object thrown or launched therethrough, in order to promote conditioning of the player'"'"'s aim at a goal, and delivery into a court plane. A specially adapted frame may be employed for supporting the net; however, the net is preferably strung between existing standards, to minimize weight and maximize portability and ease of use. A backstop having inside rebound surfaces may be attached to the frame, for returning the object to the player.

Claims

1. An apparatus for practicing a sport in which it is desired to condition a player'"'"'s aim in throwing or launching a sporting object at a goal plane, the apparatus comprising:

a goal surface lying substantially in the goal plane; and

a plurality of goal apertures formed in and through said goal surface, said apertures being spaced-apart so that the player, in throwing or launching the object toward one of said goal apertures has a predetermined, minimal chance of passing the object through another of said goal apertures.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said goal apertures are sized and shaped according to the size and shape of the object.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a frame member for supporting said net.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a stand member for supporting said frame.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said stand member supports said frame in a substantially upright position.

6. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising one or more hangers for hanging the frame on an existing structure.

7. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said frame is mounted to an existing structure.

8. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a backstop for returning an object passed through one of said goal apertures to substantially the opposite direction from whence the object came.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said backstop is formed to permit at least two rebounds of the object at two inside surfaces thereof.

10. An apparatus for practicing a sport in which it is desired to condition a player'"'"'s aim in throwing or launching a sporting object at a goal plane, the apparatus comprising:

a net forming said goal plane, said net having one or more spaced-apart goal apertures formed in said net for permitting passage of the object through said net.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said goal apertures are sized and shaped according to the size and shape of the object.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said goal apertures are spaced-apart so that a player aiming at one of said goal apertures has a predetermined, minimal chance of passing the object through another of said goal apertures.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a frame member for supporting said net.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a stand member for supporting said frame.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said stand member supports said frame in a substantially upright position.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising one or more hangers for hanging the frame on an existing structure.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said frame is mounted to an existing structure.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a backstop for returning an object passed through one of said goal apertures to substantially the opposite direction from whence the object came.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein said backstop includes a first inside surface having a substantially 45 degree declination and a second, spaced-apart inside surface having a substantially 45 degree inclination to permit two rebounds of the object, a first rebound being at said first inside surface and a second rebound being at said second inside surface.