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US 5,626,339 AGranted
Structural foam basketball backboard with inmold graphics
AssigneeHuffy Corporation
InventorsRandy R. Schickert, James N. Fitzsimmons
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Abstract
A basketball backboard formed of a structural foam material such as structural foam polypropylene. The backboard is provided with an inmolded graphics sheet formed of the same material as that used to form the backboard. The graphics sheet of material is formed with pores to receive the printing inks whereby a desired visual graphics display is provided on an exposed facing surface of the graphics sheet. The backboard is formed as a high strength rigid structure having good rebound characteristics.
Claims14
A basketball backboard comprising:
- a rigid backboard structure formed from molded plastic defining a front face and a rear face, said front face including graphics and a border area surrounding said graphics, and
- at least one recess defining a sculpted three-dimensional appearance in said front face, said at least one recess being formed in said border area during molding of the backboard structure.
A basketball backboard comprising:
- a backboard structure formed of a structural foam material;
- a sheet of graphics material attached to a front face of said backboard structure;
- a recess formed in said front face of said backboard structure adjacent to substantially the entire periphery of said sheet of graphics material;
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- wherein said sheet of graphics material includes a printed side facing away from said backboard structure.
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A basketball backboard comprising:
- a backboard structure formed of a structural foam material;
- a sheet of graphics material attached to a front face of said backboard structure, said sheet of graphics material including a printed side facing away from said backboard structure;
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- a border portion on said front face surrounding said sheet of graphics material, said border portion including grooves defining a sculpted three-dimensional appearance on said front face.
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