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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:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
May. 26, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
James M Ford, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273395 ;
Abstract
A soccerball returner is provided which has a goal portion comprising a ball capturing box-like member with an open front side and a bottom wall which directs a captured ball toward a ball return mechanism. The ball return mechanism includes a ball engaging element, which may be in the form of a motor driven crank arm or a spring loaded solenoid, to impart sufficient momentum to the ball to cause it to be driven away from the soccerball returner.