Patent ID: 6468373
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A method of making a basketball backboard, said method comprising:forming a frame with a raised peripheral edge from molded plastic, the peripheral edge having a first top surface and a second top surface; treating the first top surface of the peripheral edge of the frame to make the peripheral edge more receptive to a bonding agent; applying an adhesive material to the first top surface of the peripheral edge of the frame; attaching an acrylic sheet having an interior and exterior surface to the first top surface of the peripheral edge of the frame by way of the adhesive material such that a cavity is defined on the front by the interior surface of the acrylic sheet, on the rear by the frame, and on the sides by the raised peripheral edge of the frame, and wherein the exterior surface of the acrylic sheet is substantially flush with the second top surface of the peripheral edge; and applying a compressive force to at least one of the frame and the acrylic sheet to facilitate said step of attaching the acrylic sheet to the frame.