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Granted Patent B2
US 11,027,180 · App. 16/400,508 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Asymmetric basketball net to support ball return

Inventor: Mark Costin Roser (Hebron, CT)
A63B63/083A63B2063/001A63B2209/00
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Patent No.
US 11,027,180
App. No.
16/400,508
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a basketball net designed to facilitate preferred directional momentum to an exiting basketball. The basketball net is designed and constructed in a manner such that the basketball exiting the net has desired exit-trajectory and rotational spin. The present invention enables the basketball leaving the net to return towards the preferred direction, which is, field of play instead of an undefined random direction. The asymmetry is induced by either substituting existing cord segments with those having elastomeric properties, or surface treatment on internal face of the net at particular sections so as to create frictional differentiation.

Claims (29)

1. An asymmetric basketball net assembly comprising:

an asymmetric net comprising at least one cord, wherein the at least one cord comprises a plurality of segments;

said asymmetric net having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end is broader than the lower end;

said asymmetric net having at least one fore section comprising one or more of the plurality of segments, at least one rear section comprising one or more of the plurality of segments, and at least two side sections each comprising one or more of the plurality of segments;

wherein at least a portion of the one or more segments in each of the at least two side sections have varying elasticity, wherein one or more of the segments more proximate to the at least one fore section are less elastic than one or more of the segments more proximate to the at least one rear section; and

wherein at least one of the at least two side sections comprises a panel of solid material, wherein at least a portion of two or more of the plurality of segments contained within the given side section are molded into at least a portion of the solid material.

2. The asymmetric basketball net assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the panel of solid material comprises at least one of one or more rubber materials and one or more plastic materials.

3. The asymmetric basketball net assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the panel of solid material comprises at least one thermo-formed material.

4. The asymmetric basketball net assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the panel of solid material is attachable to and detachable from the asymmetric net.

5. An asymmetric basketball net assembly comprising:

an asymmetric net comprising at least one cord, wherein the at least one cord comprises a plurality of segments;

said asymmetric net having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end is broader than the lower end;

said asymmetric net having at least one fore section comprising one or more of the plurality of segments, at least one rear section comprising one or more of the plurality of segments, and at least two side sections each comprising one or more of the plurality of segments;

wherein at least a portion of the one or more segments in each of the at least two side sections have varying elasticity, wherein one or more of the segments more proximate to the at least one fore section are less elastic than one or more of the segments more proximate to the at least one rear section; and

wherein at least one of the at least two side sections comprises a panel of solid material, wherein the panel of solid material is attachable to and detachable from at least a portion of the asymmetric basketball net assembly.

6. The asymmetric basketball net assembly as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the panel of solid material comprises at least one of one or more rubber materials and one or more plastic materials.

7. The asymmetric basketball net assembly as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the panel of solid material comprises at least one thermo-formed material.

8. The asymmetric basketball net assembly as claimed in claim 5 , wherein at least one of said segments in one or more of the at least one fore section, the at least one rear section, and the at least two side sections differs in one or more surface frictional properties from one or more other segments among the plurality of segments.

9. An asymmetric basketball net assembly comprising:

an asymmetric net comprising at least one cord, wherein the at least one cord comprises a plurality of segments;

said asymmetric net having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end is broader than the lower end;

said asymmetric net having at least one fore section comprising one or more of the plurality of segments, at least one rear section comprising one or more of the plurality of segments, and at least two side sections each comprising one or more of the plurality of segments;

wherein at least one of said segments in a lower portion of the at least one fore section is separated into multiple disconnected sub-segments;

wherein at least a portion of the one or more segments in each of the at least two side sections have varying elasticity, wherein one or more of the segments more proximate to the at least one fore section are less elastic than one or more of the segments more proximate to the at least one rear section; and

wherein at least one of the at least two side sections comprises a panel of solid material, wherein at least a portion of two or more of the plurality of segments contained within the given side section are molded into at least a portion of the solid material.

10. The asymmetric basketball net assembly as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the panel of solid material comprises at least one of one or more rubber materials and one or more plastic materials.

11. The asymmetric basketball net assembly as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the panel of solid material comprises at least one thermo-formed material.

12. The asymmetric basketball net assembly as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the panel of solid material is attachable to and detachable from the asymmetric net.

13. The asymmetric basketball net assembly as claimed in claim 9 , wherein at least one of said segments in one or more of the at least one fore section, the at least one rear section, and the at least two side sections differs in one or more surface frictional properties from one or more other segments among the plurality of segments.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 14474201 · Sep 1, 2014
Provisional Application 61872145 · Aug 30, 2013
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