Apparatus for rebounding soccer balls
AssigneeSoccer Advantage, LLC
InventorJason Weber
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for rebounding a soccer ball to a user, in response to the soccer ball engaging the apparatus. The apparatus includes first and second legs for supporting the apparatus on a surface, and a rebounding member coupled to the first and second legs for use in rebounding the soccer ball to the user. The rebounding member is configured to resiliently deform between a receiving position and a rebounding position. In the receiving position, the rebounding member is generally planar in shape for receiving the soccer ball. And, in the rebounding position, the rebounding member is generally arcuate in shape and operates to impart kinetic energy to the soccer ball for rebounding the soccer ball to the user.
Claims20
An apparatus for rebounding a soccer ball to a user, in response to the soccer ball engaging the apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- first and second legs for supporting the apparatus on a surface, each of the first and second legs defining a lower edge portion configured to engage the surface when supporting the apparatus on the surface;
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- a resilient rebounding member defining first and second sleeves, the first sleeve configured to receive at least a portion of the first leg therein and the second sleeve configured to receive at least a portion of the second leg therein to thereby couple the resilient rebounding member to the first and second legs at a location such that the resilient rebounding member is spaced apart from the surface when the first and second legs are supporting the apparatus on the surface;
- whereby the resilient rebounding member is configured to resiliently deform, in response to the soccer ball engaging the apparatus, for use in rebounding the soccer ball to the user.
An apparatus for rebounding a soccer ball, the apparatus comprising:
- a first leg and a second leg positioned generally parallel to each other;
- stabilizing material coupled to a bottom portion of each of the first and second legs;
- a resiliently deformable rebounding member coupled to each of the first and second legs, the resiliently deformable rebounding member defining first and second sleeves configured to receive at least a portion of the respective first and second legs therein to thereby couple the resiliently deformable rebounding member to the first and second legs;
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- a brace disposed generally between the first and second legs and coupled to each of the first and second legs.
An apparatus for rebounding a soccer ball to a user, in response to the soccer ball engaging the apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- first and second legs for supporting the apparatus on a surface, the first leg including a base and an upright releasably coupled to the base, and the second leg including a base and an upright releasably coupled to the base;
- a brace disposed between the bases of the first and second legs;
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- a rebounding member coupled to the first and second legs, the rebounding member defining first and second sleeves configured to receive at least a portion of the uprights of the respective first and second legs therein to thereby couple the rebounding member to the first and second legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.