WO2015077351A2 - Système de retour de ballon de basket - Google Patents

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WO2015077351A2
WO2015077351A2 PCT/US2014/066433 US2014066433W WO2015077351A2 WO 2015077351 A2 WO2015077351 A2 WO 2015077351A2 US 2014066433 W US2014066433 W US 2014066433W WO 2015077351 A2 WO2015077351 A2 WO 2015077351A2
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  • the present invention relates to a basketball return device, and more particularly to a basketball return device which can be adjusted to return the ball to a player at different distances and angles from the front of a basketball goal, and which can be used to keep track of the accuracy of a shooter.
  • Various basketball return devices have been in use for a number of years.
  • such devices include nets which may partially surround a basketball goal and can direct a basketball that was shot at the goal into a return chute.
  • the ball return chute can be moved to return the ball to a shooter in any of various positions with respect to the basketball goal.
  • basketball return apparatuses While some previously known basketball return apparatuses are movable to return a ball to a shooter in any of various locations with respect to the basketball goal, they are not able to be moved quickly to allow a shooter to shoot at a basketball goal from various successive positions and still have a ball returned to the shooter. Also, they are not conveniently movable to allow a shooter to take shots from one location and have a ball returned to a different location without a significant delay time, making shooting practice less efficient than is desired.
  • a basketball return apparatus that can be moved quickly and frequently or even continuously to allow a shooter to attempt successive shots from several different positions within a short time and without requiring the shooter to move back and forth between the ball return apparatus and a position from which a shot is desired to be made.
  • a basketball return apparatus should be easy to erect and install on, or remove from, a
  • a ball return apparatus as disclosed herein is easily attached to or removed from a basketball goal and can be folded into a compact package that is easily
  • the ball return apparatus being easily separable into several slender portions which can be placed generally parallel with one another without becoming disorganized and difficult to reassemble properly.
  • wheels supporting a part of the apparatus may be driven by motors to move the apparatus as desired through an azimuth angle about a basketball goal.
  • a motor is arranged to move a ball return chute to a selected position of extension or retraction toward or away from the basketball goal.
  • motors may be controlled to cause the basketball return apparatus to follow a shooter's movements automatically, so as to return a basketball that has been shot to a shooter moving about the basketball court.
  • FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a basketball return apparatus that is an embodiment of one aspect of the present invention, taken from one side of a user end of the apparatus.
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the basketball return apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is an isometric view, at an enlarged scale, of a portion of the goal end of the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, showing a clamp and a swivel useful in connecting the apparatus to a basketball goal.
  • FIG. 4 is an isometric view, at an enlarged scale, of a portion of the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, at the shooter end of the frame, and showing a ball retarder.
  • FIG. 4A is a sectional detail view, at an enlarged scale, of one type of connection between adjacent elongate sections of the frame.
  • FIG. 4B is a partially cutaway detail view, at an enlarged scale, of another type of connection between adjacent elongate sections of the frame.
  • FIG. 4C is a detail partial cutaway view, at an enlarged scale, of yet another type of connection between adjacent portions of the frame.
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view, taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 1 , at an enlarged scale, showing an exemplary detent system for adjusting the height of a portion of the apparatus.
  • FIG. 6 is an isometric view of a ball return chute portion of a basketball return apparatus that is another embodiment of the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • FIG. 7 is a somewhat schematic view, at an enlarged scale, of a detail of the apparatus shown in FIG. 6 related to extension and retraction of the ball return chute.
  • FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 7 showing an alternative drive arrangement for extension and retraction of the ball return chute.
  • FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of an upper portion of a basketball goal on which is mounted a clamp for supporting the basketball return apparatus that is an alternative to the clamp illustrated in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the clamp shown in FIG. 9.
  • FIG. 1 1 is an isometric view taken from the right rear of the basketball goal and clamp shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.
  • FIG. 12 is a side elevational view of the basketball goal and clamp shown in FIGS. 9 - 1 1.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 a basketball return apparatus 10 is shown attached to a basketball goal 12 supported by a post 14.
  • the basketball return apparatus 10 includes a frame 16 supporting a net 18 that may extend behind the backboard 20 of the basketball goal 12 and extends out from the basketball goal 12 in two side portions 22 and 24 that may be parallel and spaced apart from one another by a distance 26 of, for example, 6 feet.
  • the frame 16 may have a generally rectangular goal end 28 associated with the basketball goal.
  • the goal end 28 may include a horizontal transverse member 30 located beneath the lower edge of the backboard 20, as well as another transverse member located above the top of the backboard 20.
  • a swivel 32 that has a vertical pivot axis is attached to the top of the transverse member 30, and an upper member of the swivel 32 may be attached to the backboard 20, by a clamp assembly 34.
  • the goal end 28 is thus supported by and attached to the basketball goal 12 in a manner that will allow the basketball return apparatus 10 to be moved through an azimuth angle a about the basketball goal 12, as will be explained in greater detail presently.
  • a clamp assembly 34 may grip a bottom edge of the backboard 20, so that the swivel 32, depending from the clamp assembly 34, in turn, supports the goal end 28 of the basketball return apparatus 10.
  • the clamp assembly 34 is attached to the upper member of the swivel 32, and may include a pair of clamps mounted at outer ends of a bar 33 attached to the swivel 32 and whose jaws are adapted to grasp the lower edge of the backboard of the basketball goal and to rest, for example, upon a rearwardly extending flange of the backboard 20 to support the goal end 28 of the frame 16.
  • a bar 35 preferably interconnects the handles of the clamps so that a person can open both clamps together by grasping the bar with one hand, or by utilizing a long-handled gripper, such as those used in grocery stores and libraries to retrieve objects from high shelves, to reach up and open the clamps.
  • the parallel side portions 22 and 24 extend away from the goal end 28 for a distance of, for example, 8 feet, to a player or shooter end 36 of the frame 16, and upright end members 38 and 40 of the side portions 22 and 24 may be interconnected by transverse horizontal frame members 42.
  • a pair of parallel elongate members 44 and 46 extend from the transverse lower frame member 30 at the goal end 28 of the frame 16 to an outlet gateway 48 defined by members of the frame 16 in the lower part of the shooter end 36 of the frame 16.
  • the parallel elongate members 44 and 46 are located at equal heights and spaced apart from each other by a distance 50 of, for example, 7.5 inches. This allows them to act as a guiding pair of rails along which a basketball can roll within the enclosure defined by the frame 16 and the net 18, toward and through the gateway 48 into a ball return chute 52 extending out from the player or shooter end 36 of the frame 16. Adjacent parts of the net 18 are attached to the structural members defining the gateway 48.
  • the frame 16 is shown as supporting a net 18 of large mesh design, preferred because it does not obstruct visibility of the player or shooter, it will be understood that another lightweight, strong, and transparent fabric might be used instead.
  • the frame 16 and ball return chute 52 may be of light, elongate members such as resiliently flexible yet stiff fiber-reinforced resin rod or tube sections 56, 58, 60, and 62 mated with each other as shown in detail, for example, in FIGS. 4 A, 4B, and 4C, so that the frame 16 is light, yet rigid.
  • such sections may be tubes reinforced by Kevlar® fiber or glass fiber similar to those used in fishing rods or portable camping tents.
  • other materials could be used, such as aluminum or other light-weight metal, bamboo, or other light-weight wood.
  • elongate frame members 56, etc. while easily separable from their assembled mated relationships with one another, be securely, or even adjustably, mated with each other by connectors 64, 66, and 70, of various types, selected to be compatible with the design of the elongate members, 56, 58, etc., and of which examples are shown in FIGS. 4A, 4B, and 4C.
  • the adjacent ends of the elongate frame members may be mated in the manner used to interconnect flexible frame rods or tubes of backpacking tents, with an end of one elongate segment surrounded by a short end socket portion of an adjacent elongate segment when the apparatus is assembled and erected.
  • An end socket portion of each segment may be provided as a molded socket portion to receive an end portion of an adjacent segment, either by enlarging or providing a larger internal diameter in an end portion of one segment or by reducing the exterior diameter of an end portion of a segment.
  • a socket 66 as shown in FIG. 4B may be formed by attachment of a tubular metal ferrule 67 or the like to an end of an elongate frame segment.
  • Adjacent segments may also be attached to one another by various flexible interconnecting members to keep the segments ready to be mated with each other end-to-end in the proper orientation and order.
  • elastic "bungee" cords 68 may extend longitudinally within and through two or more elongate tubular frame member segments intended to be mated with one another when the ball return apparatus 10 is erected.
  • elongate segments 16 A, 16B of the frame 16 may be telescopically slidable within one another, and a connector 70 may be used to hold the segments 16A, 16B together at desired degrees of extension with respect to one another. Connections may be provided for the frame members to be telescoped or disassembled into segments whose lengths are no greater than 38 inches, to provide a conveniently portable package.
  • the ball return chute 52 Extending away from the frame 16 and the gateway 48, the ball return chute 52 includes a pair of parallel elongate side members or rails 72 and 74 that may be constructed similarly to the frame 16. The side members 72 and 74 extend away from the gateway 48 at equal heights, in the direction away from the goal end 28, to a player or shooter end 82 of the ball return chute 52. [0042] A main support assembly 76 rests on the basketball court surface near the goal 12 and supports the adjacent part of the ball return chute 52 near the shooter end 36 of the frame 16.
  • a pair of parallel uprights 78 extend to and support the side members 72 and 74 and may be interconnected with each other by a short horizontal member 80 which maintains the spacing between the side rails 72 and 74 so that the ball return chute 52 can reliably guide a basketball to the near, or shooter, end 82 of the ball return chute 52 and the basketball return apparatus 10.
  • the uprights 78 are preferably adjustable in height, such as by including inner and outer portions telescopically slidable with respect to each other.
  • the uprights 78 with such construction can be maintained at a selected height by, for example, a spring-loaded detent system 84 such as that shown in FIG. 5.
  • the main support assembly 76 may thus be disposed at a selected height that may be adjusted by engagement of the detents 84 in a selected one of a series of vertically apart- spaced holes 86 in the lower portions of the main support assembly.
  • the lower, outer, upright portions of the main support assembly 76 may be mounted on and extend upward from a horizontal bottom member 88 extending generally transversely with respect to the ball return chute 52.
  • a respective wheel 90 is mounted at each of the opposite ends of the horizontal bottom member 88, with the axis of rotation 92 of each wheel extending approximately parallel with the rails 72 and 74 of the ball return chute 52, and thus extending radially toward the pivot axis of the swivel 32. Movement of the basketball return apparatus 10 through an azimuth angle a about the basketball goal will thus be accommodated by the wheels 90 as they roll along the surface of a basketball court as the goal end 28 of the apparatus 10 pivots about the swivel 32.
  • the player, or shooter, end 82 of the ball return chute 52 includes a shooter end support assembly 94, similar to the main support assembly 76.
  • the height of the shooter end support assembly 94 may be adjusted in a manner similar to that described above for varying the height of the main support assembly, so that a ball on the ball return chute 52 is at a convenient height for a player using the basketball return assembly 10. Since the shooter end support assembly 94 may have to be moved, either in a radial direction or a circumferential direction, during use of the basketball return assembly 10, a caster wheel 96 is provided at each end of the horizontal bottom support member 98 of the shooter end support assembly 94.
  • the side rails 72 and 74 of the ball return chute 52 are adjustable in length, as by having segments of a smaller diameter telescopically received within one another, and may be extended, in one embodiment of the apparatus, to place the shooter end 82 of the ball return chute 52 at a selected distance 100, such as just inside the three-point line of a basketball court.
  • the ball return chute 52 may be retracted, or shortened toward the gateway 48 so that the shooter end 82 of the ball return chute 52 is just inside the foul line.
  • clamping connectors in the telescoping side rails 72 and 74 of the ball return chute 52 such as the connector 70 shown in FIG. 4C, may be tightened with the ball return chute 52 at a selected length.
  • a basketball that has been shot at the goal 12 will be retained by the net 18 supported by the frame 16, and can then roll along the parallel elongate bottom frame members 46 and 48 to pass out from the space defined by the net 18, through the gateway 48 into the ball return chute 52, but a ball retarder 54 mounted in the gateway 48 keeps the ball from escaping at too great a speed.
  • the ball retarder 54 may, for example, be as simple as several depending strips of flexible plastics sheet material attached to an upper frame member of the gateway 48 as shown, or may be one or more rigid finger-like members mounted on springs.
  • the ball retarder is intended merely to slow movement of a ball rolling down the bottom support members 44 and 46 of the frame 16 enough so that the ball will then roll along the ball return chute 52 toward the shooter end 82 at a reasonable speed without being likely to fall off the ball return chute 52.
  • a suitable sensor such as a simple finger-like lever 102 may be attached to a switch as shown in FIG. 4, so that a ball rolling through the ball retarder opening will move the lever 102 and thus momentarily operate the switch to count each ball as it is returned to a shooter, as will be explained in greater detail below.
  • a socket 104 may be mounted on the horizontal member 33 of the clamp assembly 34, in order to hold a sensor (not shown) in a position close to the net of the basketball goal 12, so that the sensor can detect a ball that has successfully passed through the goal, and send a signal to a control system to count a successful shot.
  • a display device 106 such as an LCD screen panel may be mounted on the top of the transverse member establishing the top of the gateway 48 through which balls travel out from within the net 18 to the ball return chute 52.
  • At least one, or both of the wheels may be arranged to be driven by one or more azimuth drive motors 108 mounted on the horizontal member and controlled by a suitable control system 112 that may include, for example, a remote control device.
  • a suitable control system 112 may include, for example, a remote control device.
  • Such motors may, as is well known, be provided with suitable speed reduction drives to provide ample torque and power without excessive size and weight.
  • a control system 112 may include a suitably programmed digital central processing unit housed, for example, in the display unit 106 at the shooter end 36 of the frame 16. Such a control system may utilize signals from sensors such as the switch on the lever 102, or a suitable sensor mounted in the socket 104 on the goal 12 to keep score for the shooter.
  • the control system 112 in one embodiment, may be programmed to be responsive to signals detected by a shooter position sensor 124 mounted on the shooter end support assembly 94 and able to determine the direction of and the distance to a signaling device 126 that may be carried by a person such as a basketball shooter 128 utilizing the ball return apparatus 110. The control system 112 thus can determine whether the shooter is shooting from beyond the three-point line as the shooter 128 moves around a basketball goal and shoots at the goal from different azimuth angles a and different distances from the basketball goal 12.
  • a ball return chute extension motor 116 may be mounted on one or each of the side rails 72 and 74 of the ball return chute 52 and arranged to drive, for example, a pinion gear 118 engaged with a rack 120 on an exterior surface of one of the side rails, as shown in FIG. 6 and in enlarged detail in FIG. 7, to extend or retract the shooter end 82 of the ball return chute 52 with respect to the shooter end 36 of the frame 16.
  • a somewhat different drive for extension and retraction of the ball return chute 52 is shown in FIG.
  • a pair of wheels 130 and 132 one driven by the motor 116 and the other urged toward it by a spring arrangement (not shown) may include a peripheral groove 134 to receive one of the side members 72, 74 of the ball return chute 52 and engage it with sufficient friction to extend or retract the ball return chute 52.
  • a spring arrangement may include a peripheral groove 134 to receive one of the side members 72, 74 of the ball return chute 52 and engage it with sufficient friction to extend or retract the ball return chute 52.
  • Other various drive systems could also be used.
  • the control unit 112 calculates whether and how far the motors 90 should drive the wheels mounted on the main support assembly 76 to move the basketball return assembly to a different azimuth angle a with respect to the basketball goal 12.
  • the control system 112 may also compute whether and how far the motor 116 should extend or retract the shooter end 82 of the ball return chute 52 so that a ball returning along the ball chute 52 is within easy reach of the shooter 128 as the shooter moves about the basketball court to practice shooting from different angles and different distances with respect to the goal 12.
  • Suitable control signal wires, power conductors, and battery power supplies (not shown) for the motors may be carried, for example, on the main support assembly 76.
  • Signals from the sensor 124 and the sensors at the goal 12 and the gateway 48 may be provided wirelessly to the control system 112 using known technology such as that used in computer remote controls or mobile telephones, for example.
  • the basketball return apparatus 10 disclosed above may be attached movably to the backboard 20 of a basketball goal 12 using a mounting apparatus 140.
  • the mounting apparatus 140 includes a socket 142 that may simply be an upwardly open end of a short length of pipe in which a pivot member 144, extending downwardly from the upper horizontal frame member of the goal end 28 of the basketball return apparatus 10 (as may be seen in FIG. 1) may be received, allowing the basketball return apparatus 10 to pivot around a vertical axis centered in the socket 142, as the shooter end 82 is moved along an arc to make a returned ball available to a shooter.
  • the mounting apparatus 140 includes a pair of downwardly open channels 146, 148, one at each side, that may be made of a suitable, strong material, such as aluminum alloy sheet stock.
  • the channels 146 and 148 rest on an upper edge 150 of the backboard 20 portion of a basketball goal 12. While the backboard 20 is shown in FIGS. 9-12 as having a straight, horizontal, upper edge 150, the channels 146, 148 may include laterally inner portions 152, 154 that are upwardly inclmed at a small angle, so as to be able to fit conveniently along a curved top edge of a basketball goal with an oval backboard (not shown).
  • Downwardly-extending rear side portions 160 of the channels 146, 148 are interconnected by a laterally-extending rear side member 162 which may be a flat plate of similar material and may be welded to the rear side portions, or formed integrally with them, establishing a spacing between them and keeping them oriented parallel with each other. Also attached to the rear side member 162 and to the rear side portion 160 of each of the channels 146, 148 is a respective rearwardly-open U-shaped, vertically-extending oriented channel 164.
  • a horizontal pivot axis 166 is defined by a pair of pins, such as respective bolts 168, extending horizontally from side to side, through coaxially aligned holes defined in each side of each of the channels 164.
  • the socket 142 is mounted on a horizontal support member 170, which may be a pipe of suitable material such as an aluminum alloy of suitable size and wall thickness with each of its opposite ends connected to the upper end of one of a pair of legs 172 mounted in the downwardly- extending channels and supported on the coaxial bolts 168 so as to be able to pivot around the horizontal pivot axis.
  • Each of the legs 172 may be constructed as a pair of parallel plates, of a shape that may be seen best in FIG. 12, with upper ends of the plates connected with each other as by a short tube 173 fastened in turn to the horizontal support member 170.
  • the plates may be joined by a suitable tube 174 through which a respective one of the bolts 168 extends, and the lower ends of the plates may be interconnected by a backboard contacting member 176.
  • the backboard contacting member 176 may be a short length of pipe similar to the tube 173 and may extend parallel with the horizontal support member 170.
  • the horizontal support member 170 is located further rearward from the backboard 20 than is the horizontal pivot axis 166.
  • the weight of the goal end 28 of the ball return apparatus 10 exerted on the socket 142 will cause the legs 172 to rotate in a clockwise direction, as seen in FIG. 12, tending to push the backboard contacting members 176 toward the rear side of the backboard 20 and thereby stabilize the mounting apparatus 140.

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L'invention concerne un appareil de retour de ballon de basket (10) utilisable avec un panneau de basket (12) et pouvant se déplacer aisément pour ramener un ballon à un tireur dans un grand nombre de positions différentes par rapport au panneau de basket. Un cadre ultraléger (16) supportant un filet (18) entourant un panneau de basket (12) est configuré pour diriger un ballon dans une goulotte de retour de ballon (52) pouvant être déplacée pour la rapprocher d'un tireur. Des capteurs sont configurés pour détecter et compter les tirs qui rentrent dans le panier ainsi que tous les tirs réalisés, et un dispositif d'affichage (106) peut être programmé pour afficher le score du tireur et le pourcentage des tirs réussis. Dans un mode de réalisation, un capteur (124) est utilisé pour suivre un dispositif de signalisation (126) porté par un tireur, et un système est prévu pour entraîner l'appareil de retour de ballon selon un angle d'azimut (α) et une grandeur d'extension de la goulotte de retour de ballon (52) de sorte à suivre un tireur.
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