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Granted Patent B2
US 10,493,342 · App. 15/793,749 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Ball stowable support

Inventor: Kevin Chunhao Tsai (Kaohsiung, TW)
Assignee: Medal Sports (Taiwan) Corporation
A63B67/002A63B1/00A63B47/00A63B63/007A63B2210/50
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Patent No.
US 10,493,342
App. No.
15/793,749
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for a ball stowable support is provided. The apparatus includes a frame, an elastic cover secured to the frame, and at least one leg supporting the frame. Each leg of the at least one leg has an opening. The opening is configured to retain a ball.

Claims (20)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a frame;

an elastic cover secured to the frame and having a game-playing surface; and

at least one leg supporting the frame beneath the game-playing surface, each leg of the at least one leg having an opening offset from the elastic cover when the at least one leg supports the frame, the opening including a means to retain a ball.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each leg of the at least one leg is pivotably attached to the frame.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each leg has a ground-engaging state and a stowed state, the pivotable attachment of each leg having approximately 90 degrees of rotation between the stowed state and the ground-engaging state.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein, in the ground engaging state, each leg comprises a frame receiving end with a frame receiving opening approximately perpendicular to the opening configured to retain the ball.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each leg has a front side, a rear side, and an inner wall defining the opening, the inner wall tapering through the opening from the front side to the rear side.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the inner wall has slits, each slit extending from the rear side towards to front side.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a frame;

an elastic cover secured to the frame and having a game-playing surface; and

at least one leg supporting the frame beneath the game-playing surface, each leg of the at least one leg having an opening offset from the elastic cover when the at least one leg supports the frame, the opening configured to retain a ball, and

wherein each leg is pivotably attached to the frame at a frame receiving end having a distal side and a proximal side, the frame receiving end having an opening extending from the distal side to the proximal side configured to receive a portion of the frame.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the opening of the pivotable frame receiving end has a radius of curvature corresponding to a radius of curvature of the frame.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a frame;

an elastic cover secured to the frame and having a game-playing surface; and

at least one leg supporting the frame beneath the game-playing surface, each leg of the at least one leg comprising an opening configured to retain a ball and offset from the elastic cover when the at least one leg supports the frame, each leg of the at least one leg is pivotably attached to the frame and comprising a ground-engaging state and a stowed state, the pivotable attachment of each leg having approximately 90 degrees of rotation between the stowed state and the ground-engaging state, and

wherein, in the stowed state, each leg is approximately parallel to the elastic cover.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2017
From: TSAI, KEVIN CHUNHAO
To: MEDAL SPORTS (TAIWAN) CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190118056A1 · Apr 25, 2019