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US 4,900,036 AGranted
Curved frontboard game
OwnerRichard H. Morganinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for a game somewhat similar to basketball, in which target holes are cut in a curved frontboard which encloses the three open sides of a basketball hoop. Mounting structure is described permitting the three target holes to be just below or just above the existing basketball hoop, at the option of the player. The entire apparatus is mounted on, and clamped to, an existing basketball hoop.
Claims6
Apparatus for a game to be played with a spherical ball, the apparatus being attached to a conventional basket hoop as used in basketball and having a backboard, comprising:
- a convex arcuate frontboard having a multiplicity of holes extending from the backboard on one side of the basket hoop, around the front of the basket hoop, and back to the backboard on the other side of the basket hoop, said holes being located on the sides and front of said frontboard and of a size larger than the basketball,
- whereby the rebound angle of a ball not striking said frontboard squarely is larger, due to the curvature of said frontboard, than the rebound angle of a flat backboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.