Patent ID: 7160215
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A47B,A63B,B29C,B29K,B29L,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A basketball backboard constructed from blow-molded plastic and including a hollow interior portion formed during the blow-molding process, the basketball backboard comprising: a front surface; a rear surface spaced apart from the front surface by a distance, at least a portion of the front surface and at least a portion of the rear surface enclosing at least a portion of the hollow interior portion of the backboard; and a plurality of depressions integrally formed in the rear surface as part of a unitary, one-piece backboard, each of the plurality of depressions including a height measured from the rear surface to an end of the depression, the depressions having a generally uniform configuration and being disposed in a generally uniform pattern that covers at least a substantial portion of the rear surface, each of the adjacent depressions in the generally uniform pattern of depressions being separated by a distance that is generally equal to or less than three times the distance separating the front surface and the rear surface.