Patent ID: 8852030
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A basketball return apparatus for collecting and returning basketballs, the apparatus comprising: a floor supported base; a ball collector having a top opening and a bottom opening, wherein the top opening is sized larger than a basketball goal so as to collect basketballs that miss the basketball goal; a ball returner connected to the floor supported base for receiving balls from the bottom opening of the ball collector and returning the balls to a user; and a rotatable support mechanism connecting the ball collector to the floor supported base so that the ball collector is supported by the floor supported base and is rotatable with respect to the floor supported base and the ball returner wherein said ball returner is positioned to receive balls from the bottom opening of the ball collector along a first ball pathway between the ball collector and the ball returner when the rotatable support mechanism is rotated in a first rotational position and along a second ball pathway between the ball collector and the ball returner that is different than the first ball pathway when the rotatable support mechanism is rotated in a second rotational position.