Patent ID: 6511390
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a sports ball other than a golf ball; a base pipe unit having a surface suitable for being laid on a support surface, said base pipe unit being entirely U-shaped; two side arms each coupled by a spring-biased retractable projection to respective opposite ends of said base pipe unit, said two side arms extending outwardly therefrom; a support pipe fixedly mounted to an end of each of said two side arms of said base pipe unit, said support pipe extending upwardly and being inclined outwardly at an angle of 45Â°Â±10Â° to a vertical axis; a tension pipe unit mounted at a lower end thereof to said support pipe, said tension pipe unit comprising a first pipe and a second pipe coupled together by a joint, said tension pipe unit having a holding pin at an end opposite said support pipe; and a net means held in a generally curved configuration by said holding pin and said tension pipe unit, said net means for receiving said sports ball when said sports ball is propelled into said net means.