Patent ID: 6430819
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A measuring apparatus for indicating the position of the boundaries and indicia of a basketball court upon a planar surface relative a portable basketball backboard and hoop set, the measuring apparatus comprising:an elongate measuring strip having proximal and distal ends, said proximal end beings attachable to said portable basketball backboard and hoop set such that said distal end freely extends therefrom, said elongate measuring strip having indicia formed thereon for indicating the position of the baseline, freethrow line, three-point line and sidelines of a conventional basketball court when said measuring strip is extended across said planar surface; and a casing for housing said elongate measuring strip, the proximal end of said measuring strip being anchored within said casing, said casing having an aperture formed thereon to enable the distal end of said measuring strip to extend therefrom.