Indoor/outdoor portable basketball scoreboard

A portable electronic scoreboard apparatus comprising:

• a housing with a display face;
• an electronic mechanism disposed within said housing, said electronic mechanism being capable of receiving input information, processing such input information according to a mode of operation, and displaying output information;
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• a score registering assembly in electronic signal communication with said electronic mechanism, said score registering assembly capable of placement in a position remote from said electronic mechanism and adjacent to a basketball goal and capable of detecting the successful passage of a basketball through the basketball goal and signaling said electronic mechanism thereof and capable of distinguishing mere contact of a basketball with the inner portion of a basketball goal from successful passage of a basketball through the basketball goal;
• said score registering assembly comprising:
• a switch for detecting successful scores and communicating such successful scores to said electronic mechanism;
• a paddle being movable between a ready position and a reactive position, said paddle being in actuating communication with said switch, and said paddle being capable of placement beneath a rim of the basketball goal such that a basketball successfully passing through the basketball goal moves said paddle from the ready position to the reactive position thereby actuating said switch.

A portable electronic scoreboard apparatus comprising:

• a housing with a display face;
• an electronic mechanism disposed within said housing, said electronic mechanism being capable of receiving input information, processing such input information according to a mode of operation, and displaying output information;
• and
• a score registering assembly in electronic signal communication with said electronic mechanism, said score registering assembly capable of placement in a position remote from said electronic mechanism and adjacent to a basketball goal and capable of detecting the successful passage of a basketball through the basketball goal and signaling said electronic mechanism thereof and capable of distinguishing mere contact of a basketball with the inner portion of a basketball goal from successful passage of a basketball through the basketball goal;
• said score registering assembly further comprising an attachment assembly comprising:
• a pair of arms each having a foot for engagement with a rim plate portion of the basketball goal and a series of successive notches;
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• a knob having a gear for engagement with said notches such that as said knob is turned, said gear turns to engage successive notches thereby advancing said pair of arms such that if said nob is turned one direction said foot of each arm moves closer together and if said knob is turned the other direction said foot of each arm moves farther apart.

A portable electronic scoreboard apparatus comprising:

• a housing with a display face;
• an electronic mechanism disposed within said housing, said electronic mechanism being capable of receiving input information, processing such input information according to a mode of operation, and displaying output information;
• and
• a score registering assembly in electronic signal communication with said electronic mechanism, said score registering assembly capable of placement in a position remote from said electronic mechanism and adjacent to a basketball goal and capable of detecting the successful passage of a basketball through the basketball goal and signaling said electronic mechanism thereof and capable of distinguishing mere contact of a basketball with the inner portion of a basketball goal from successful passage of a basketball through the basketball goal wherein said score registering assembly communicates with said electronic mechanism through a standard modular telephone cord extending between said score registering assembly and said electronic mechanism.

A portable electronic scoreboard apparatus comprising:

• a housing with a display face;
• an electronic mechanism disposed within said housing, said electronic mechanism being capable of receiving input information, processing such input information according to a mode of operation, and displaying output information;
• and
• a score registering assembly in electronic signal communication with said electronic mechanism, said score registering assembly capable of placement in a position remote from said electronic mechanism and adjacent to a basketball goal and capable of detecting the successful passage of a basketball through the basketball goal and signaling said electronic mechanism thereof and capable of distinguishing mere contact of a basketball with the inner portion of a rim of a basketball goal from successful passage of a basketball through the basketball goal, said score registering assembly comprising:
• a switch for detecting successful scores and communicating such successful scores to said electronic mechanism;
• a paddle being movable between a ready position and a reactive position, said paddle being in actuating communication with said switch, and said paddle being capable of placement beneath a rom of the basketball goal such that a basketball successfully passing through the basketball goal moves said paddle from the ready position to the reactive position thereby actuating said switch;
• and
• an attachment assembly comprising:
• a pair of arms each having a foot for engagement with a rim plate portion of the basketball goal and a series of successive notches;
• and
• a knob having a gear for engagement with said notches such that as said knob is turned, said gear turns to engage successive notches thereby advancing said pair of arms such that if said knob is turned one direction said foot of each arm moves closer together and if said knob is turned the other direction said foot of each arm moves farther apart.