Patent ID: 6572496
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A basketball rebound trainer for mounting in a basketball hoop comprising:a body having a flexible surface and having fluid solid filler material therein and having an upper portion forming a basketball striking surface and a lower portion sized to fit into a basketball hoop and extending therebelow and a flange support portion located between said upper body portion and said lower body portion and sized to fit onto said basketball hoop to support said upper portion above said basketball hoop and said lower body portion below said basketball hoop, said upper body portion flexible surface having a plurality of generally inflexible basketball striking surfaces mounted thereto, each said striking surface being separately attached through said flexible surface upper body portion and each said striking surface having a generally angled surface thereon for deflecting a basketball hitting said upper striking surface whereby a basketball rebound trainer can be attached to a basketball hoop by dropping the lower body portion through a basketball hoop with said flange portion resting on said hoop and removed from said basketball hoop by lifting said body from said hoop, and wherein said body's flexible surface is a flexible fabric, and said flexible surface further has an inflatable bladder therein side.