Patent ID: 6984129
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An educational basketball game, comprising: (a) a support base; (b) a pole having an upper end and a lower end, said the lower end of said pole being mounted in said support base and extending upwardly from said support base; (c) a backboard mounted on said upper end of said pole; (d) a hoop mounted on said backboard and oriented to receive a thrown ball; (e) a first score indicating device comprising numerical indicating devices; (f) a second score indicating device comprising a plurality of achievement level indicating devices having generally known quality attributes; (g) a goal detecting device for detecting when a player has scored a goal; (i) electronic logic circuitry responsive to said goal detecting device to display a numeric score on said first score indicating device and to display and achievement level on said second score indicating device; (j) a speaker for playing recordings, said recordings being stored in said electronic logic circuitry; (k) an extendable measuring member, and (l) an extendable measuring member position detector, said extendable measuring member position detector coupled to said electronic logic circuitry, and said electronic logic circuitry generating motivational recordings in response to the output of said extendable measuring member position detector.