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

Claim 0:
1. 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 disposed in the upper shooting section and and configured to receive the ball from the conveyor system and eject the ball upward from the device,
wherein the shooter wheel system comprises
a shooter wheel that is driven by a motor and
a pair of upper guide rails that define a shooter wheel track, the upper guide rails having stationary arcuate contact surfaces that face the shooter wheel,

wherein the arcuate contact surfaces of the upper guide rails are configured to contact the basketball such that the basketball is positioned between and in contact with a contact surface of the shooter wheel on one side and the arcuate contact surfaces of the upper guide rails on an opposite side, and
wherein the shooter wheel track, in combination with a rotational force applied by the shooter wheel, ejects the basketball upward from the device.