U.S. patent application number 10/251958 was filed with the patent office on 2004-03-25 for basketball shooting kit.
Invention is credited to Huang, Kuo-Lin.
Application Number | 20040058756 10/251958 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 31992854 |
Filed Date | 2004-03-25 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040058756 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Huang, Kuo-Lin |
March 25, 2004 |
Basketball shooting kit
Abstract
A basketball shooting kit includes a board having a hoop
connected thereto and a fabric is wrapped around a mandrel which is
located at a lower edge of the board. The mandrel is cooperated
with a torsion spring so that the fabric is normally wrapped on the
mandrel. A stand is located at a distance from the board and a
leading end of the fabric can be connected to the stand.
Inventors: |
Huang, Kuo-Lin; (Chiai,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE
3458 ELLICOTT CENTER DRIVE-SUITE 101
ELLICOTT CITY
MD
21043
US
|
Family ID: |
31992854 |
Appl. No.: |
10/251958 |
Filed: |
September 23, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
473/433 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 47/025 20130101;
A63B 2063/001 20130101; A63B 63/083 20130101; A63B 69/0071
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
473/433 |
International
Class: |
A63B 069/00 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A basketball shooting kit comprising: a board having a hoop
connected thereto and a fabric wrapped around a mandrel located at
a lower edge of the board, and a stand located at a distance from
the board and a leading end of the fabric connected to the
stand.
2. The basketball shooting kit as claimed in claim 1 further
comprising two side rails pivotably connected to two sides of the
board, two side fabrics connected to two side rails and the fabric
connected to the two side fabrics by two zippers.
3. The basketball shooting kit as claimed in claim 1 further
comprising a rod connected to the leading end of the fabric and the
stand has two receiving tubes between which the rod is engaged.
4. The basketball shooting kit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
mandrel includes a shaft received in the mandrel, a torsion spring
mounted to the shaft and a gear connected to an end of the shaft, a
pawl pivotably engaged with the gear.
5. The basketball shooting kit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
stand includes a U-shaped upright frame and two sleeves connected
to two ends of the upright frame, two U-shaped frames connected to
the two sleeves.
6. The basketball shooting kit as claimed in claim 1 further
comprising a guide member mounted to the shaft and having a surface
contacting a side of the fabric.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a basketball shooting kit
which has board with a hoop and a fabric wrapped around a mandrel.
A stand is located from a distance to the board and the fabric is
connected to the stand. The kit can be easily expanded and
collapsed.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A conventional basketball shooting kit generally includes a
board with a hoop and a foldable frame system is connected to the
board. A fabric is connected to the frame and can be expanded
together with the frame such that balls are stopped by the fabric
and the players need not to chase the balls. The frame system has a
complicated structure which takes time to set it up and to expand
the frame system. Besides, the whole set of the kit is bulky and
not convenient for storage.
[0003] Players expect the basketball shooting kit to be easily to
expand and can be convenient folded.
[0004] The present invention intends to provide a basketball
shooting kit that can be quickly set up by pulling a retractable
fabric from a lower edge of the board and a stand is set a desired
distance from the board so that the fabric is engaged to the
stand.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] In accordance with one aspect of the present invention,
there is provided a basketball shooting kit which comprises a board
with a hoop and a fabric is wrapped onto a mandrel located to a
lower edge of the board. A stand is put at a desired distance from
the board and the fabric is pulled and connected to the stand. The
stand can be folded to be a small size and the board can be engaged
with the folded stand.
[0006] The primary object of the present invention is to provide a
basketball shooting kit that is easily to set up by using a torsion
spring and a mandrel onto which fabric is wrapped.
[0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
basketball shooting kit that has less number of links.
[0008] The present invention will become more obvious from the
following description when taken in connection with the
accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration
only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present
invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] FIG. 1 shows the board and the stand of the basketball
shooting kit of the present invention;
[0010] FIG. 2 shows the basketball shooting kit of the present
invention is in its folded status;
[0011] FIG. 3 shows the stand and the board can be separated;
[0012] FIG. 4 shows the fabric is expanded and connected to the
stand;
[0013] FIG. 5 shows the gear on an end of the shaft in the mandrel
and the pawl is engaged with the gear;
[0014] FIG. 6 shows the fabric is connected to two side fabrics by
zippers;
[0015] FIG. 7 shows the stand can be put at a short distance from
the board which is movably connected to two rails on a wall;
[0016] FIG. 8 shows a detection member is connected to the hoop and
a display member is connected to the board;
[0017] FIG. 9 shows a guide member is mounted to the shaft in the
mandrel, and
[0018] FIG. 10 shows the perspective view wherein the guide member
is mounted to the shaft.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0019] Referring to FIGS. 1, 4 and 5, the basketball shooting kit
of the present invention comprises a board 1 having a hoop 10
connected thereto and two L-shaped side rails 41 are pivotably
connected to two sides of the board 1 by rings on the sides of the
board 1. Two side fabrics 42 are connected to two side rails 41 and
each have a zipper member 43 on an inclined edge thereof. Four
hooks are connected to the back of the board 1 so as to hang the
board 1 on a wall as shown in FIG. 4.
[0020] A fabric 21 is wrapped around a mandrel 24 located at a
lower edge of the board 1 and the mandrel 24 includes a shaft 25
received in the mandrel 24, a torsion spring 26 mounted to the
shaft 25 and a gear 28 connected to an end of the shaft 25. A pawl
27 is pivotably engaged with the gear 28 and functions as a ratchet
mechanism so as to limit the gear from turning in reverse
direction. Therefore, the fabric 21 is normally wrapped on the
mandrel 24 if the player does not pull the fabric 21.
[0021] A stand 30 is located at a distance from the board 1 and
includes a U-shaped upright frame and two U-shaped frames 33, 34.
Two sleeves 31 are connected to two ends of the upright frame and
the two U-shaped frames 33, 34 connected to the two sleeves 31 in a
horizontal plain. Two receiving tubes 35 are connected to an inside
of the upright frame and a rod 29 on a leading end of the fabric 21
is engaged.
[0022] Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the U-shaped frame 34 can be
detached from the sleeves 31 and the two side rails 41 are folded
toward the board 1 so that the board 1 together with the two side
rails 41 can be inserted in the space 32 between the upright frame
30 and the U-shaped frame 33. The detached U-shaped frame 34 is
supported on the hooks on the back of the board 1 Referring to FIG.
6, the fabric 21 has two zipper members 23 as shown in FIG. 4 and
can be engaged with the zipper members 43 on the two side fabrics
42. The fabric 21 and the side fabrics 42 are then define a
U-shaped space in which balls can be kept therein so that the
players need not to purchase the balls all the time.
[0023] FIG. 7 shows that the board 1 may also be movably connected
to two rails 50 on a wall and the height of the board 1 can be
adjusted by a push-button switch. FIG. 8 shows a detection member
11 connected to the hoop and a display member 12 is connected to a
top of the board 1. The detection member 11 is activated when a
ball passes through the hoop and the number of shooting or score
shooting is displayed on the display member 12.
[0024] FIGS. 9 and 10 show that a guide member 60 is mounted to the
shaft 25 and has a cone-shaped surface 61 contacting a side of the
fabric 21 and this makes sure that the fabric 21 can be rewound
properly.
[0025] While we have shown and described the embodiment in
accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those
skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without
departing from the scope of the present invention.
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