# US 5,342,063 A · Apparatus for a ball game

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- Number: US 5,342,063 A
- Document ID: US5342063A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/059,334
- Filed: 1993-05-11
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1992-05-12
- Inventors: Brendan J. O'Brien; Michael A. Ross
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5342063A

## CPC

- A63B 69/0097: {Ball rebound walls (with holes or in combination with nets A63B63/00)}
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

Apparatus for a ball game which includes a plurality of rigid sections which interengage with one another to form a member of rectangular outline which has an arcuate ball returning surface, a plurality of rods each of which is engaged with, and projects outwardly from, a respective section, and sheet material which is engaged under tension with outer ends of the respective rods to assist in maintaining the sections interengaged.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Apparatus for a ball game which includes a plurality of rigid sections which interengage with one another to form a member of rectangular outline which has an arcuate ball returning surface, a plurality of rods each of which is engaged with, and projects outwardly from, a respective section, and sheet material which is engaged under tension with outer ends of the respective rods to assist in maintaining the sections interengaged; the sections being identical and each section being of rectangular outline with a first pair of opposed sides which have complementary fixing formations and a second pair of opposed sides which comprise an outer side, and an inner side with securing formations.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

Apparatus according to claim 1 in which the complementary fixing formations include at least one recessed formation on one of the respective sides and at least one complementary protruding formation on the other respective side.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the securing formations on the said inner side comprise at least one recessed formation and at least one complementary protruding formation.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

Apparatus according to claim 1 in which each section has at least two sockets which are located respectively to one side of each corner formed by the said outer side and the said pair of opposed sides, and each socket is engageable with an end of one of the said plurality of rods.

### Claim 5

A section for use in ball game apparatus, the section being made from a plastics material of rectangular outline and including:
a front surface which at least partly forms an arcuate ball returning surface,
a rear surface,
first and second opposed sides,
the first opposed side having at least one recessed formation,
the second opposed side having at least one complementary protruding formation,
third and fourth opposed sides,
the third opposed side comprising an outer side,
the fourth opposed side comprising an inner side and having at least one recessed formation, at least one complementary protruding formation and two semi-sockets, and
the rear surface having reinforcing formations and two sockets which are located respectively to one side of each corner formed by the said outer side and the said first and second opposed sides.