Basketball-type game and apparatus for playing the same
AssigneeLeonard Holtz
InventorAlan Hochfeld
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Abstract
Apparatus for a game to be played with a ball including a basket assembly adapted to be mounted to a ceiling or other elevated horizontal surface and defining at least two openings at a bottom thereof receivable of the ball. The basket assembly defines an interior space adjacent and above the openings such that the ball enters into the interior space of the basket assembly when passing in an upward direction through the openings. The interior space in the basket assembly adjacent to and above each opening constitutes a basket. Points are scored upon the passage of the ball through one of the openings into a basket. If the openings are connected to one another, then points can be scored when the ball passes into one basket and through the interior space of the basket assembly to the other basket.
Claims26
A game, comprising:
- a ball;
- and
- a basket assembly including a pair of basket members, each of said basket members defining a closed top, closed sides and a single opening at a bottom through which said ball is passable and a hollow interior space adjacent and above said opening such that said ball enters into and exits from the interior space only through said opening,
- said basket members being connected to one another to provide a predetermined spacing between said openings defined thereby,
- said interior space in each of said basket members being isolated from said interior space in the other of said basket members such that said ball is not passable between said basket members,
- whereby points are allotted to players based on the number of times said ball is thrown by said players though said openings in said basket members.
An apparatus for a game to be played with a ball, comprising:
- a basket assembly defining at least first and second openings at a bottom thereof receivable of the ball, said basket assembly defining an interior space adjacent and above said first and second openings such that the ball enters into the interior space of said basket assembly when passing in an upward direction through said first and second openings;
- a mounting member connected to said basket assembly;
- and
- attachment means arranged on said mounting member for attaching said mounting member to a ceiling or other elevated surface.
An apparatus for a game to be played with a ball, comprising:
- a unitary basket member defining first and second openings at a bottom thereof receivable of the ball, said basket member defining an interior space adjacent and above said first and second openings such that the ball enters into the interior space of said basket member when passing in an upward direction through said first and second openings,
- said first opening being arranged at one end portion of said basket member such that a portion of said basket member adjacent said first opening constitutes a first basket and said second opening being arranged at an opposite end portion of said basket member such that a portion of said basket member adjacent said second opening constitutes a second basket,
- said basket member including a passage connecting said first and second openings and a third opening in communication with said passage and enabling removal of the ball from the interior space of said basket assembly, said third opening being arranged between said first and second openings.
An apparatus for a game to be played with a ball, comprising:
- a basket assembly defining at least first and second openings at a bottom thereof receivable of the ball and a hollow interior space adjacent and above each of said first and second openings such that the ball enters into the interior space above said first and second openings when passing in an upward direction through said first and second openings, respectively;
- and
- attachment means arranged on said basket assembly for attaching said basket assembly to a ceiling or other elevated surface.
A game, comprising:
- a ball;
- a basket assembly including a pair of basket members, each of said basket members defining a closed top, closed sides and a single opening at a bottom through which said ball is passable and a hollow interior space adjacent and above said opening such that said ball enters into and exits from the interior space only through said opening, said basket members being connected to one another to provide a predetermined spacing between said openings defined thereby;
- and
- mounting means arranged on each of said basket members for mounting said basket assembly to a ceiling or other elevated surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.