Patent ID: 6595877
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A basketball return net assembly attachable to a basketball hoop support having a post extending upwardly from the ground and carrying a basketball hoop adjacent an upper end thereof, the return net assembly including:a flexible foldable return net, an elongated rigid net-carrying member extending along the upper end of the net to enable the net to be supported in a latterly-extending configuration, suspension means for suspending the upper end of the net and the net-carrying member from an upper portion of the hoop support behind the hoop, and an attachment bracket connected to opposite lower corner portions of the net and adjustably securable to the post to enable the bracket to be adjusted relative thereto, the attachment bracket has a transversely extending frame member and a pair of net positioning arms extending forwardly from respective opposite ends of the transversely extending frame member, the net having opposite lower corner portions secured to respective forward ends of the net positioning arms.