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Basketball return

Details

Inventors: Zinger, Kurt E.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Shapiro; Paul E.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Swartz; John J.

A basketball return for deflecting a basketball, which has passed through a basketball hoop, in a direction away from a hoop mounting backboard including a mounting portion which is sandwiched between a basketball hoop mounting bracket and the backboard and a downwardly inclined, forwardly extending portion having a terminal end which is disposed forwardly of the vertical hoop axis and rearwardly of the forward end of the hoop.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A basketball return for a basketball goal assembly including a backboard, a forwardly extending annular hoop having a basketball receiving opening through which a basketball can pass in a vertical path, and a bracket for mounting the hoop on the backboard, the return comprising: a downwardly extending, forwardly inclined basketball deflector disposed below and in vertical alignment with the hoop opening; mount mechanism, integral with the deflector portion, for mounting the deflector in such position as to be engaged by the basketball vertically passing through the hoop to forwardly deflect the basketball from a vertical path, the mount mechanism including an upper portion receivable between the bracket and the backboard.

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