Patent ID: 6299555
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A basketball goal sounding apparatus, comprisingan elastic cord (2) placed in the lower portion of a net (1);a trigger (3);conducting wires (4);a switch of power supply (5); andan audio device (6), wherein the trigger (3) comprisesa hollow insulating tube (7);a metal spring (8) placed in the hollow insulating tube (7); andtwo metal plates (9) with associated conductive contacts (10) fixed to the ends of the metal spring respectively (8);each end of the elastic cord (2) is extended to a respective end of the hollow insulating tube (7) and fixed to a respective plate (9) at a respective end of the spring to form a loop;one end of the wires (4) with a conductive contact (11) is fixed to an inner wall of the hollow insulating tube (7), facing the contact (10) of the metal plate (9), while the other end of the wires (4) is connected to the switch of power supply (5) and the audio device (6), whereinthe conductive ends of the wires will contact the metal plates if and only if the spring is stretched as a basketball falls through the net.