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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:
Jan. 10, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Max D Smith, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Indian Industries, Inc., Evansville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273 / ; 5230911 ; 52823 ; 52829 ; 403408 ; 428461 ;
Abstract
A basketball backboard apparatus is disclosed herein which includes a sandwich board comprising rigid front and rear panels and a resilient intermediate layer received therebetween in a sandwich relationship. Rivets are received through apertures in the sandwich board to secure the board members together, and mounting apertures are also provided for mounting the backboard to an external support and for mounting a basketball goal to the backboard. A relatively soft border is secured about the perimeter of the backboard.