Patent ID: 11857859
Assignee: nan
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A device comprising:
a frame configured to be mounted on a wheelchair, wherein the frame includes a platform that is configured to be attached via armrest supports of the wheelchair, the frame having a lower transport section and an upper shooting section,
a conveyor system disposed in the lower transport section and configured to retrieve a basketball from a basketball court surface on which the wheelchair is positioned, and in cooperation with a track defined by the frame convey the ball vertically within the frame, and
a shooter wheel system mounted on the frame and configured to receive the ball from the conveyor system and eject the ball upward from the device,
wherein the conveyor system comprises
a conveyor belt positioned opposite the lower guide rails such that the ball is interposed between a contact surface of the conveyor belt and the contact surfaces of the lower guide rails during vertical movement, and
lower guide rails configured to guide vertical movement of the ball within the frame, the lower guide rails having contact surfaces that face the conveyor belt, and

wherein the contact surface of the conveyor belt is positioned sufficiently close to the contact surfaces of the lower guide rails so that sufficient pressure is applied to the ball by the contact surfaces during vertical movement to allow the basketball to be picked up from the basketball court surface and conveyed upward by the conveyor belt, and to allow the basketball to be held in a fixed vertical position within the frame when the conveyor belt is turned off by a user.