US 5,205,564 AGranted

Ball catching net apparatus

OwnerCatherine B. Lamberti, Nancy L. Honea +1inventors

InventorsCatherine B. Lamberti, Nancy L. Honea, Rodney D. Every

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Abstract

A ball catching net apparatus which has a back net from which extends, in a parallel relationship, sidewalls with a top wall interconnecting between the parallel sidewalls. The top wall, sidewalls and the back wall define a ball confining area. Within this ball confining area is located a pair of downwardly extending nets which are mounted on a mounting frame. Each of the downwardly extending nets can be used separately or together in order to achieve maximum absorption of the energy from the ball that is being directed into these nets. The mounting frame is to be pivotable between an extended position and a retracted position with the retracted position being located directly against the back net. Both of the downwardly extending nets are to be rolled up, each on a roller, into a storing position on the mounting frame. The mounting frame includes a forward extension which is separately pivotable relative to the remaining portion of the mounting frame and it is on this forward extension that one of the downwardly extending nets is mounted. The sidewalls of the ball catching net apparatus as well as the top wall can be folded into juxtaposition with the back net when the net apparatus is not being used.

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A ball catching net apparatus comprising:

an outer net arrangement having parallel spaced-apart sidewalls which are connected by a top wall, said sidewalls having lower edges adapted to be located directly adjacent the supporting surface upon which said ball catching net apparatus is located, said outer net arrangement enclosing a ball confining area, said ball confining area having an open front and a closed back, said closed back having a back net, through said open front, there is to be conducted a ball at a trajectory that is to be contained by said ball catching net apparatus;
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an internal net assembly mounted within said ball confining area, said internal net assembly comprising a first net and a second net located in juxtaposition, both said first net and said second net extending substantially the entire width and height of said ball confining area, both said first net and said second net being mounted on a mounting frame, said mounting frame being moveable within said ball confining area between a retracted position and an extended position, with said mounting frame in said retracted position, both said first net and said second net being located substantially against said back net, with said mounting frame in said extended position, both said first net and said second net being located spaced from said back net.

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