Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
  • A63B63/00—Targets or goals for ball games
  • A63B63/08—Targets or goals for ball games with substantially horizontal opening for ball, e.g. for basketball
  • A63B63/083—Targets or goals for ball games with substantially horizontal opening for ball, e.g. for basketball for basketball
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
  • A63B63/00—Targets or goals for ball games
  • A63B63/08—Targets or goals for ball games with substantially horizontal opening for ball, e.g. for basketball
  • A63B63/083—Targets or goals for ball games with substantially horizontal opening for ball, e.g. for basketball for basketball
  • A63B2063/086—Targets or goals for ball games with substantially horizontal opening for ball, e.g. for basketball for basketball deflectable under excessive loads
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
  • A63B2210/00—Space saving
  • A63B2210/50—Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for a game of skill. It finds in particular an application for the practice of basketball, or for any other sporting activity, outdoor or indoor, of passing an object, such as a bullet, through a target.
• the device comprises a board comprising a front face and a rear face, a target having a through opening through which the object can pass, the target being fixed to the board by connecting means configured so that the device can take a position of use, in which the target extends transversely with respect to the front face of the board.
• the device is generally suspended at a sufficient height from the ground so that it is necessary for the player to project upward to reach the target and pass the object in its through opening.
• the present invention aims to solve, among others, the shortcomings described above, by providing a device for a game of skill whose parts are not likely to be irreversibly damaged when a player exerts a force greater than or equal to a specified threshold on the target.
• connection means comprise a first connecting element mounted on the board and a second connecting element mounted on the target, the first and second link members being configured to be reversibly secured to each other in the use position, and disengaged from one another when a force greater than or equal to a determined threshold is applied to the target when the device is in the use position.
• the target in the use position, extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the board.
• the target and the board are disengaged from one of the other, so that they are not damaged.
• the user can easily re-fasten the first and second connecting elements with each other, so as to place the device in the use position again.
• first and second connecting elements constitute a safety means making it possible to prevent the user from irreversibly damaging the components of the device, by applying a force greater than or equal to said determined threshold to the target when the device is in the use position.
• the second connecting element comprises a removable axis.
• the removable axis is parallel to the plane defined by the board.
• the first connecting element comprises a mounting housing formed in the board
• the target comprises a mounting portion on which is mounted the second connecting element, the second connecting element being housed in the mounting housing when the device is in the use position.
• the removable axis is mounted on the mounting portion.
• the mounting portion comprises a groove in which is housed the removable axis.
• the stability of the joining of the first and second connecting elements, and, consequently, the joining of the board and the target when the device is in the position of use, is improved, and the operation of mounting together the board and the target is facilitated.
• the mounting housing comprises a mounting window opening on the rear face of the board.
• the user can thus easily access the mounting housing, to replace the removable axis of the second connecting element, and thus secure together the first and second connecting elements, so as to put the device in the position of use .
• the mounting housing includes an exhaust window which opens on the front face of the board.
• the connecting means are also made visible when the device is in the position of use, so, inter alia, that the user can ensure that the joining of the first and second connecting elements has been well. performed to ensure the safe use of the device.
• the exhaust window has a span substantially less than the length of the removable axis.
• the removable shaft has first and second ends
• the mounting housing has first and second end stops, the first and second ends respectively abutting against the first and second ends. second end stops when the device is in the use position.
• the removable axis is stably held in the mounting housing, when the device is in the position of use.
• the first and second connecting elements are thus not likely to be accidentally disconnected when the device is in the position of use, and a force below said determined threshold is applied to the target.
• the use of the device in the traditional way is not compromised by the presence of the first and second connecting elements.
• the removable axis is configured to be deformed preferably elastically when a force greater than or equal to said determined threshold is applied to the target, so that the removable axis leaves the housing of mounting through the exhaust window.
• the removable shaft is formed of a flexible material, such as rubber or silicone.
• the elastic deformation of the removable shaft is thus facilitated, making it possible to extract the removable shaft from the mounting housing, in order to allow the separation of the first and second connecting elements.
• the material of the removable shaft also facilitates the mounting of the device, to secure together the board and the target.
• the removable shaft can easily be manufactured and replaced, in case of loss or damage.
• the removable axis comprises a compressible intermediate body axially disposed between the first and second ends.
• the intermediate body comprises a spring.
• At least one of the elements of the first and second end stops of the mounting housing and the first and second ends of the removable shaft comprises an oblique surface configured to axially compress the intermediate body of the removable axis when a force greater than or equal to said determined threshold is applied to the target.
• the first and second ends of the removable axis comprise an oblique surface.
• the axis of the spring is parallel, preferably coincidental, with the longitudinal direction defined by the removable axis.
• the compression of the spring allows the span of the removable shaft to decrease, so that it can escape the mounting housing through the exhaust window, when a force greater than or equal to the determined threshold is applied on the target.
• the exhaust window has a span greater than or equal to the length of the removable axis.
• the first connecting element further comprises a resilient retaining means reversibly configured to hold the removable shaft in the mounting housing when the device is in the use position, and to be elastically deformed. when a force greater than or equal to the specified threshold is applied to the target, so that the removable shaft leaves the mounting housing through the exhaust window.
• the removable axis in this third embodiment, is not configured to be elastically deformed.
• the removable shaft is formed in a rigid material.
• the removable shaft is formed of a rigid plastic material, such as PVC.
• the presence of the resilient retaining means reversibly enables the first and second connecting elements to be secured together when the device is in the position of use and to separate the first and second connecting elements, releasing the first and second connecting elements.
• the connecting means are configured so that the device can also take a folded position, in which the target is folded against the front face of the board .
• the target can be pivoted about a pivot axis, so as to switch alternately from the use position to the folded position.
• the pivot axis is coincident with the removable axis of the second connecting element.
• the dimensions of the board and the target are such that the target fits into the board, when the device is in the folded position.
• the device can thus take a storage position, in which its size is limited, to facilitate storage and movement when not in the position of use.
• FIG. 4 to 6 show schematically a second example of device according to the present invention.
• FIG. 7 to 9 schematically show a third example of the device according to the present invention.
• the device 10 for a game of address comprises a board 12, a target 14 and fastening means (not shown) configured to fix, in the course of a use sedentary or nomadic, the device 10, and more particularly its board 12, on a support such as a tree, or a vertical pole.
• the board 12 has, for example and without limitation, a hexagonal shape, and has a front face 18 and a rear face 20; by front face 18 of the board 12 is meant the face of the board 12 intended to face the user, when the device is in a position of use, and to receive an object, such as a ball, launched to have passed through the target 14; rear face 20 means the opposite face to the front face 18.
• the board 12 also has a periphery 22 which, as shown in the various figures, constitutes a bead of material which protrudes from the ends of the planes defined by the front and rear faces.
• the planes defined by the front 18 and rear 20 of the board 12 are parallel to each other.
• the fixing means are configured to be mounted on the rear face 20 of the board 12, for example by means of orifices.
• the target 14 has a border 24, for example and in a non-limiting manner of ring shape, which defines a through opening 26 having an axis A.
• the axis A is substantially parallel to the plane defined by the front face 18 of the board 12.
• the target 14 extends transversely, for example in a substantially perpendicular direction, with respect to the plane defined by the front face of the board 12.
• the device 10 further comprises connecting means 30, 130, 230 configured to reversibly fix the target 14 to the board 12.
• the connecting means 30, 130, 230 comprise a first connecting element 32, 132, 232 mounted on the board 12 and a second connecting element 34, 134, 234 mounted on the target 14, the first and second connecting elements being configured, as will be more clearly apparent in the following description, to be, reversibly, secured to each other in the position of use, and disengaged from one another when a force greater than or equal to a determined threshold is applied to the target 14 when the device 10 is in the position of use.
• the second connecting element 34 comprises a removable axis 36 formed of a flexible material, such as, for example and without limitation, rubber or silicone.
• the removable shaft 36 has a first 38 and a second 38 'opposite ends to each other and an intermediate body 40 disposed between the first and second ends 38, 38'.
• the removable shaft 36 is formed in one piece; Of course, without departing from the scope of the present invention, it would be possible to design a removable axle 36 formed of several distinct parts.
• the first connecting element 32 comprises a mounting housing 42 formed in the board 12; the mounting housing 42 has an exhaust window 44 opening on the front face 18 of the board 12, and a mounting window 46 opening on the rear face 20 of the board 12.
• the mounting housing 42 has first and second end stops 48, 48 'opposite to each other.
• Target 14 has a mounting portion 50 extending from edge 24.
• the mounting portion 50 has a wingspan less than or equal to that of the exhaust window 44.
• Span means the length of said element, in this case the mounting portion 50, considered in a plane substantially parallel to that defined by the front face 18 of the plate 12, when the device 10 is in the position of use.
• the mounting portion has a groove 52 configured to receive the removable shaft 36.
• the removable axis 36 has a larger span than that of the mounting portion 50, so that when the removable axis 36 is disposed in the groove 52 of the mounting portion 50, its first and second ends 38 , 38 'protrude from the mounting portion 50.
• the span of the removable shaft 36 is also greater than that of the exhaust window 44.
• the mounting portion 50 When the device 10 is in the position of use, shown in particular in Figures 1 and 2, the mounting portion 50 is housed in the mounting housing 42; the removable shaft 36, which is in the groove 52 of the mounting portion 50, is disposed in the mounting housing 42, its first and second ends 38, 38 'abutting against the end stops 48, 48 'mounting housing 42.
• the first and second connecting elements 32, 34 which comprise respectively the mounting housing 42 and the removable shaft 34 housed in the groove 52 of the mounting portion 50, are secured to one another.
• the target 14 and the board 12 are secured to each other, the removable axis 36 opposing the withdrawal of the mounting portion 50 from the mounting housing 42, while the connecting portion 53, by which the mounting portion 50 is fixed to the edge 26 of the target 14, whose span is greater than that of the escape window 44, prevents the target 14 from being moved in a direction direction transverse to the board 12, towards its rear face 20.
• the device 10 being in the position of use, the target 14, as shown in Figure 3, is moved down.
• Its connecting portion 53 is shaped so that its lower portion then abuts against the front face 18 of the board 12; as a result, the mounting portion 50 exerts a force on the intermediate body 40 of the removable shaft 36; the ends 38, 38 'of the removable axis 36 being held in abutment against the end edges 48, 48' of the mounting housing 42, the removable axis 36 is deformed.
• the removable axis 36 is deformed so that its ends 38, 38 'slide against the end edges 48, 48', so that the removable axis 36 leaves the mounting housing 42 through the exhaust port 44.
• first and second connecting elements 32, 34 are disconnected from one another; as a result, the target 14 and the board 12 are also disengaged from one another.
• the user To use the device 10 again, the user must successively introduce the mounting portion 50 in the mounting housing 42 formed in the board 12, then tilt the target 14 upwardly, so as to make the groove 52 accessible from the back of the board 12; the user can thus introduce the removable axis 34 in the groove 52 through the mounting window 46, before tilting the target 14 so as to have the device 10 in the position of use.
• Figures 4 to 6 show a second embodiment of the device 10 according to the present invention.
• the second connecting element 134 comprises a removable axis 136; the removable shaft has first and second ends 138, 138 ', and an intermediate body 140 disposed between the first and second ends 138, 138'.
• the first connecting member 132 includes a mounting housing 142 formed in the board 12; the mounting housing 142 has, similarly to the first embodiment, an escape window 144 and a mounting window 146, which respectively open in the front 18 and rear 20 of the board 12.
• the mounting housing 142 also has first and second end stops 148, 148 '.
• the target 14 of the device 10 also comprises a mounting portion 50 comprising a groove 52. Moreover, and similarly to the first embodiment, the span of the mounting portion 50 is less than or equal to that of the window of FIG. 'exhaust
• the removable shaft 136 has a greater span than the mounting portion 50, as well as that of the exhaust window 144.
• the intermediate body 140 of the removable axis 136 of the second embodiment comprises a spring 160 disposed around an axis portion, so that the intermediate body 140 of the Removable axis 136 is axially compressible between the first and second ends 138, 138 '.
• first and second ends 138, 138 'of the removable axis 136 have an oblique surface.
• the end stops 148, 148 'of the mounting housing 142 also have oblique surfaces whose utility will become more clearly apparent thereafter.
• first and second connecting elements 132, 134 connecting means 130 are secured to one another.
• the target 14 When a force is applied to the target 14 when the device 10 is in the use position, and similarly to the first embodiment, the target 14 is moved down.
• the displacement of the target 14 causes the pivoting of the removable shaft 136; the oblique surfaces of its ends 138, 138 'then cooperate with the oblique surfaces of the end stops 148,
• the spring 160 of the removable shaft 136 is compressed so that the span of the removable axis 136 becomes smaller than that of the escape window 144 .
• the mounting portion 50 in the groove 52 from which the removable shaft 136 is mounted, leaves the mounting housing 142 through the exhaust window 144.
• the first and second connecting elements 132, 134 are thus separated from each other, and consequently, the target 14 and the board 12 are also separated from one another.
• Figures 7 to 9 show a third embodiment of the device 10 according to the present invention.
• the second connecting element 234 comprises a removable axis 236, which has a first end 238, a second end 238 'and an intermediate body 240.
• the first link member 232 also includes a mounting slot 242 having an escape window 244 and a mounting window.
• the exhaust port 244 of the mounting housing 242 has a span greater than or equal to the length of the removable shaft 236.
• first connecting element 232 also comprises an elastic retaining means 270, which comprises, for example and without limitation, an elastic projection formed on the periphery of the exhaust window 244.
• the target 14 includes a mounting portion 50 with a groove 52 configured to receive the removable shaft 236.
• the first connecting element 232 comprises a first and a second elastic projections disposed on each side of the mounting portion 50 when the device 10 is in the position of use.
• the first and second connecting elements 232, 234 are secured to one another.
• the removable shaft 236 is formed of a rigid material, such as hard plastic, PVC type.
• the force applied on the target 14 is thus transmitted to the removable axis 236 whose rigidity is configured so as to deform the retaining means 270.
• the retaining means 270 is deformed by way that the removable shaft 236 out of the housing 242 through the exhaust window 244.
• first and second connecting elements 232, 234 are disconnected from one another, and, consequently, the target 14 and the board 12 are also separated from each other.
• the connecting means 230 are also configured so that the device 10 can take a folded position, in which the target 14 is folded against the front face
• the dimensions of the board 12 and the target 14 are such that the target 14 fits in the board 12, when the device 10 is in the folded position.
• the connecting means 30, 130 of the first and second embodiments described above are also configured so that the device 10 can take such a folded position.
• the invention although particularly adapted to the practice of basketball, can also find many applications for the practice of any game of skill, which can be practiced outdoors or indoors.

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