Patent ID: 9017188
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: A63B,G01S,G09B

Abstract:
1. A basketball launcher which enables a player to practice basketball, comprising: a gun/ejector which launches a sequence of basketball passes to the player; a display or interface for controlling or programming said gun/ejector which: said plurality of indicia arranged in spaced angular positions on said display or interface to generally correspond to said plurality of predetermined different locations corresponding to spaced angular positions on said basketball court; and each of said plurality of indicia having an indicator that shows which one of said plurality of indicia has been selected or actuated and said indicator is located at each of said spaced angular positions on said display or interface; wherein said display or interface allows programming of a desired time delay between passes and programming of a number of shots that said gun/ejector passes to each of said plurality of different locations at which said gun/ejector passes said basketball passes; wherein said gun/ejector further comprises a controller that counts the number of made-shots or missed-shots at each of said predetermined different locations at which basketballs were shot.