Patent ID: 8845460
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A system for delivering a basketball to a player at a calculated future location of said player following the basketball passing through a basketball basket comprising: an apparatus attachable to said basketball basket, including a chute, a set of hooks for facilitating attachment of said chute to a basketball rim assembly, and a motor; at least one sensor configured to sense speed and rotation of a basketball; a first wireless transmitter in communication with a wireless receiver, said wireless transmitter configured to transmit data regarding a player's trajectory and pace; and a processor configured to receive and gather data from said wireless receiver and to calculate said player's future locations based on said gathered data; to receive sensed information from said at least one sensor and to calculate a preferred position and orientation of said chute so as to deliver said basketball to one of said future locations; and to instruct said motor to adjust the position and orientation of said chute to said preferred position and orientation so that said basketball and said player arrive at the same location at about the same time.