Basketball training device
AssigneeLeonard Nash
InventorHollis Burnett
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Abstract
Device for improving the accuracy of shooting a basketball, comprising an annular member shaped to define the desirable path of the shot basketball, a ball striking flap disposed within the annular member, and electronic indicators in communication with the ball striking flap to indicate that a ball, although passing through the device, was shot with a less than ideal trajectory path. In a second embodiment, the device also comprises a user guideline, foot placement pads, means for increasing the visibility of the top annular surface and securing straps for securing the annular member to the standard rim of the basketball goal.
Claims4
A basketball training device for use with a standard basketball goal, the standard basketball goal having a standard rim and backboard, said device comprising
- a principal annular member, said principal member comprising:
- top and bottom annular surfaces, the bottom annular surface lying substantially in the same plane as the rim of the goal, the top annular surface tangential to the bottom annular surface;
- an angle between 20 and 30 degrees between the annular surfaces at the point of tangency and defining the relative positions of the annular surfaces and consequently the desirable trajectory of an ideally shot ball;
- a means for securing the principle annular member to the standard rim;
- a ball striking flap disposed within the principle annular member at a location where it will be struck only by a ball with a undesirable trajectory;
- an indicator switch in communication with the ball striking flap such that the indicator switch is activated upon contact by the ball striking flap when the ball striking flap is hit by a ball thrown by the user;
- a power source in electrical communication with the indicator switch;
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- one or more electronic indicators in electrical communication with the power source and indicator switch, such that the indicator is in turn activated by the indicator switch when the ball striking flap is struck by a ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.