Basketball dribble training device and methods
OwnerRonald Halliburtoninventor
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Abstract
A practice aid for dribbling a basketball is disclosed that includes a flat panel and at least one target sensor, an accelerometer, a controller and a display wherein the target sensor detected that impact of a ball on a target and sends a signal to a controller, a accelerometer that detects all impacts of balls on the panel and sends a signal to the controller. and the controller sends a signal to the display that tracks the number of hits of the target and the number of attempts, and displays a score, and the controller also sends a signals to activate and deactivate the target sensor, and accelerometer, and the controller further controls a countdown timer on the display.
Claims9
An amusement device comprising a panel, said panel comprising a front side and rear side, said rear side adapted to be positioned on a horizonal surface so that said front side is oriented in a horizontal plane, and said panel has at least one target on said front side and said front side comprising a flat surface, wherein said target comprises a pressure sensitive switch having a switch actuator that projects from said front side of said panel and can detect the physical impact of an object that contacts said switch actuator, and said switch actuator having a stem extending from a body of said switch and a flange on the terminal end of said stem, and said flange has a flat top surface that is parallel with said flat surface of said front side, and
- a controller, said controller in communication with said switch and receives input signals from said switch and said controller processes said signals and transmits output signals to a display, said output signals containing data comprising the number of impacts on said switch actuator and reflecting a score.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.