Target game system with ball return device
OwnerAndrew Murray Douglasinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a ball return device for a target-tyle game, which may comprise a main container configured to support at least one target; top catch panels coupled to a top edge of the main container and configured to extend upwards and outwards with respect to the top edge of the main container and to create a backboard which directs a ball thrown at the backboard into the main container; and a ball return channel configured to convey balls from the main container to a player located remotely from the main container, wherein the top catch panels are configured to fold onto the main container, and wherein the ball return device is configured to pack into a compact unit.
Claims12
A ball return device for a target-style game, the device comprising:
- a main container configured to support at least one target;
- top catch panels coupled to a top edge of the main container and configured to be selectively folded inwards and outwards from the main container,
- wherein, when folded outwards, the top catch panels extend upwards and outwards with respect to the main container to create an angled backboard configured to catch and direct a ball thrown at the backboard into the main container;
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- a ball return channel configured to convey a ball from the main container to a player located remotely from the main container,
- wherein the ball return device is configured to pack into a compact unit,
- wherein the main container is in the form of a box or a rectangular prism, and includes vertical walls comprising a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls extending between the front wall and the rear wall, the top edges of said vertical walls defining top edges of the main container including a front top edge, a rear top edge, and side top edges,
- wherein, when folded inwards, the top catch panels are configured to fold flat onto the top of the main container and to create a top wall which is perpendicular to the vertical walls of the main container and has a square or rectangular geometry,
- wherein the top catch panels include two side panels each including a bottom edge connected to a respective side top edge of main container, and a rear panel including a bottom edge connected to the rear top edge of main container,
- wherein each of the two side panels and rear panel is configured to rotate about its respective connecting edge for being selectively foldable inwards and outwards from the main container,
- wherein the top catch panels further include a first rear corner panel connected between the rear panel and a first one of the two side panels, and a second rear corner panel connected between the rear panel and a second one of the two side panels.
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