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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. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1994
Aubrey J Owen, Jr, Ipswich, MA (US);
Henry E St Louis, Jr., Center Ossippee, NH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A basketball hoop assembly for improving the shooting accuracy of a basketball player, includes a basketball frame support for attachment to a basketball backboard; and a plurality of interchangeable basketball hoops, each having a different diameter, from a regulation hoop diameter of eighteen inches to one or more smaller diameters, each of the hoops having a bracket fixedly secured thereto and adapted to securely engage its respective hoop to the frame support such that a center point of each of said hoops is equidistant from the backboard when any one of the hoops is engaged with the frame support means. A hoop support and breakaway mechanism is pivotally secured to a first axle to permit the hoop assembly to pivot downwardly under a predetermined load, the breakaway mechanism including a spring loaded quick release mechanism for releasably capturing the mounting rod.