Patent ID: 8986140
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An aiming aid for shooting basketball bank shots, comprising: a transparent backboard having a front surface, a rear surface and a thickness; a first circular rim extending from said front surface of said backboard in a horizontal plane perpendicular to said backboard; said first circular rim having a center point positioned on a centerline extending perpendicularly through said backboard, said center point positioned a first distance from said front surface of said backboard; a target spaced rearwardly from said rear surface of said backboard, said target having a point positioned a second distance from said front surface of said backboard, said point positioned within a vertical plane, said vertical plane encompassing said centerline; a removable overlay positioned on one of said front surface or said rear surface of said backboard, said overlay having one of a minimum height line or a mark-through opening corresponding to said minimum height line, said minimum height line and said mark through opening being defined by a plurality of radial projections extending from tangent points of said first circular rim, said radial projections being projected at an angle of at least 32 degrees from said tangent points of a rearward side of said first circular rim closer to said backboard; and, said target and said minimum height line disposed such that when a basketball impinges said backboard: (a) at a point above said minimum height line and (b) on a ball flight path through said target, said basketball will reflect through said first circular rim.