Place-kicking football receiving target
OwnerCharles Phelps Forrestinventor
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Abstract
A football receiving target for practicing place-kicking and improving kicking skills at various distances. The target includes a vertically disposed rim structure, a net secured to the rim, and a pocket sewn in the net to receive footballs. The perimeter of the pocket opening is outlined with a pair of vertical straps and a horizontal strap to simulate the uprights and cross bar of a football goal post. A pair of removable auxiliary straps extend from the rim to the horizontal strap to limit the area of the pocket opening for practicing place kicks at different distances.
Claims13
A football receiving target for practicing placekicking comprising:
- a. a vertically disposed frame having a horizontal top cross bar and a pair of vertical legs;
- b. a backstop net secured to said frame;
- c. a rectangular cutout in said net;
- d. a pocket having an open end and a closed end, said open end being secured to the edges of said rectangular cutout;
- e. a pair of vertical straps and a horizontal strap attached to said net outlining said open end of said pocket whereby said attached straps simulate a football goalpost;
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- f. a pair of auxiliary straps removalbly attachable to said horizontal top bar of said frame and to said horizontal strap, said auxiliary straps being attachable parallel to said vertical straps whereby the opening of said pocket may be limited for practicing field goals from different distances.
A football receiving target comprising:
- a. a knockdown frame including a vertically disposed U-shaped tubular rim having a top cross bar and vertical legs;
- b. a backstop net secured to said rim, said net having a rectangular cutout extending from said cross bar of said rim to a distance less than the total length of said net, the width of said cutout being centered in said net;
- c. a pocket having an open end and a closed end, said open end being secured to the perimeter of said net cutout;
- a pair of vertical straps and a horizontal strap secured to said net outlining the open end of said pocket;
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- e. a pair of auxiliary straps removably attached to said top cross bar and to said horizontal strap, whereby said auxiliary straps limit the size of the open end of said pocket and extend from said cross bar substantially parallel to said vertical straps.
A football receiving target comprising:
- a. a U-shaped base;
- b. a U-shaped frame including a horizontal cross bar and a pair of vertically disposed legs, said frame being formed from a pair of identical L-shaped members joined together to complete said horizontal cross bar;
- c. means for detachably connecting said vertically disposed legs to said base;
- d. a backstop net stretched across and secured to said frame;
- e. a flexible pocket in said backstop net having an open end and a closed end, said open end being attached to said net and forming the middle portion of said net and secured to said cross bar;
- f. a pair of vertical straps and a horizontal strap fixed to said net and outlining said open end of said pocket, said horizontal strap outlining the lower horizontal edge of said open end;
- g. a pair of tabs with gripping faces affixed to oppositely disposed corners of the open end of said pocket where said vertical straps join said horizontal strap;
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- h. a pair of auxiliary straps removably attached to said horizontal cross bar and to said gripping faces of said tabs, whereby said auxiliary straps extend substantially parallel to said vertical straps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.