Patent ID: 6056652
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A basketball retrieval device for use with a basketball rim, comprising;a frame having, in a use position, a top and a bottom, the frame including:a pair of first support arms spaced-apart from one another along their lengths, the first support arms defining a pair of first flexible wall attachment locations toward the top of the frame, the first flexible wall attachment locations spaced between 20"" and 72"" from one another, anda pair of second support arms attached to the first support arms and pivotable with respect to the first support arms, each second support arm having a proximal end adjacent the first support arms and a distal end in the use position remote from the first support arms, the distal ends defining second flexible wall attachment locations spaced between 30"" and 72"" from one another, and each distal end spaced-apart from its respective first flexible wall attachment location by between 30"" and 72"", the second support arms spaced-apart laterally from one another along their lengths;a chute having a proximal end at or below the first support arms and a distal end remote from the first support arms, the chute being at least 48"" in length and extending over most of its length downwardly from the first support arms at an angle of between 10 and 45 degrees from horizontal,a first flexible, collapsible wall attached to one of the first flexible wall attachment locations and to its respective second flexible wall attachment location and attached along a length of at least 48"" of a first side of the chute, anda second flexible, collapsible wall attached to the other of the first flexible wall attachment locations and to its respective second flexible wall attachment location and attached along a length of at least 48"" of a second side of the chute,wherein the second support arms are pivotable from the use position to a storage position in which the second support arms lie substantially parallel to the first support arms and in which the flexible, collapsible wall is collapsed.