The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Shoot-a-way, Inc., Upper Sandusky, OH (US);
Inventor:
John G. Joseph, Upper Sandusky, OH (US);
Assignee:
Shoot-A-Way, Inc., Upper Sandusky, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/40 (2006.01); A63B 71/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 69/0071 (2013.01); A63B 69/408 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A63B 71/0009 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0018 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0675 (2013.01); A63B 2214/00 (2020.08); A63B 2225/093 (2013.01); A63B 2225/096 (2013.01);
Abstract
A basketball launching device and related systems and methods which compensate for player height are provided. A controller in electronic communication with a user interface and a launching mechanism causes a player information prompt to be generated at the user interface, receives data from the user interface in response to the player information prompt which includes an indication of player height, and causes the launching mechanism to launch the basketballs with a level of force or speed where the level of force or speed is selected, and varies, based on the player height indicated.