US 5,842,699 A · Basketball game apparatus

Abstract

A collapsible playing section is removably attached to a player console and include casters as a stand alone amusement unit. A background includes three vertically aligned hoops, the medially one being rotated in a plane periodically out of alignment with the other two hoops which are stationary. One or more players in a coin operated game toss five balls in an attempt to pass the ball through all three hoops. A spring loaded telescoping link assembly for operating the moving hoop prevents ball jams. Points and prizes are assigned and awarded based on the number of hoops rung by a given player. More or fewer hoops, their speed of motion and the relative position of the movable hoop of hoops differ in different embodiments.

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Dependent claims

A basketball game apparatus comprising:

A plurality of basketball hoops secured in vertical alignment on a first vertical axis one over the other such that a basketball falling through the topmost one of said hoops falls through each lower hoop of said plurality of hoops, at least one of said plurality of hoops being fixedly secured on said vertical axis;
and
means for periodically displacing at least one further one of said plurality of hoops different than said at least one fixedly secured hoops in and out of said vertical alignment to preclude said basketball falling through a lower hoop from an upper one of said hoops unless the upper and lower hoops are aligned.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Basketball game apparatus

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Basketball game apparatus

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Abstract

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