Oversized basketball rim device

An oversized basketball rim device for retrofitting onto an existing standard sized basketball rim attached to a backboard of a raised goal which increases an opportunity of making a basket when shooting a basketball, said oversized basketball rim device comprising:

• (a) an upper rim member having a diameter greater than a diameter of such standard sized basketball rim;
• (b) each of a predetermined plurality of spaced apart rod members having an upper portion connected to said upper rim member for directing a basketball from in said upper rim member down through such standard sized basketball rim;
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• (c) an attachment means affixed to a lower portion of each of said predetermined plurality of rod members for attaching said oversized basketball rim device to such standard sized basketball rim.

In combination with a standard basketball arrangement including a rim, a backboard and a means for positioning said rim a predetermined distance above ground level, the improvement comprising:

• (a) an upper rim member having a diameter greater than a diameter of said standard rim;
• (b) a funnel shaped band member having an upper portion connected to said upper rim member for directing a basketball from in said upper rim member down through said standard rim;
• (c) a lower rim member having substantially same diameter as such diameter of said standard rim and connected to a lower portion of said funnel shaped band member for seating against said standard rim;
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• (d) an attachment means affixed to said lower rim member for attaching said upper rim member, said funnel shaped band member and said lower rim member to said standard rim.