Patent Publication Number: US-2022233903-A1

Title: Basketball Training System

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     Certain basketball moves can take years to perfect thus making it an incredibly time-consuming process. Considering these movements require proper positioning and repetition, many players are unable to maintain accuracy and shot consistency for long periods of time. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem. 
     A basketball training apparatus that enables users to explode off of one foot and land in a power jump stop position on both feet. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either. 
     There exists a need for a device that is not being met by any known or disclosed device or system of present that is both affordable and amenable to frequent use for training and conditioning. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The disclosure facilitates basketball skill training to teach players to attack the basket by achieving shots that would otherwise be difficult, for a basketball player, learning how to score tactical points and utilize certain movements requires agility, skill and patience over years of practice and conditioning. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a top perspective view of the disclosed apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  depicts the foldable hinge in motion between housings  1  and  2  in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  depicts stacked housings  1  and  4  and  2  and  3  to vary an effective platform height z in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure 
     
    
    
     Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. 
     Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention. 
       FIG. 1  is a top perspective view of the disclosed apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The view includes the launch end housing A, upper spring B to bounce crossbar C back down in position, hinged telescopic crossbar C, foldable caster D with brakes ( 3  per launch end housing not shown), expandable hinged sliding runner E, edge F for easy stacking launch end housings A, rope handle G on landing end J can be tucked in adjacent slot, lower spring H to bounce crossbar C back up position, rubber pad I to protect floor, landing end housing J, magnet end K for crossbar C to connect, foldable hinge L, strap M to hold crossbar C in, and bottom slot N to receive runner E and hold it in the housing A. The view also includes the housing sides P, the lateral housing sides Q and the vertical slot R in the z dimension also described as an elongated slot in lateral sides of the housing to receive the crossbars in static and in dynamic motion. The housings  1 ,  2 ,  3  and  4  are labeled for reference in additional drawings. 
     The disclosure introduces a novel extendable, basketball training apparatus that enables users to explode off of one foot and land in a power jump stop position on both feet. The expandable hinged sliding runners are placed onto the floor and can be altered to change the difficulty of the drill. Two crossbars are located on the upper springs to enable the user to achieve the pre-shot movement behind one of the crossbars. The user launches off of one foot behind the first crossbar and finishes by landing past the second crossbar on two feet. The player then jumps up near the basket and takes the shot. Housings A are stacked to form an effective platform height z which is varied by a user of the crossbar C in multiples of a height 14 inches of a single housing A as depicted. The crossbar C is disposed on a lateral side Q of the housings and a front of the housings P is used to extend the expandable sliding runner E. 
       FIG. 2  depicts the foldable hinge in motion between housings  1  and  2  in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. The x distance 10 feet and the y distance 42 inches and the z height 14 inches twice are variable according to a user of the apparatus. The H 2  height 14 inches and the Width W of 10 inches and the D 2  depth 21 inches are adjustable in a manufacture or building of the housings. 
       FIG. 3  depicts stacked housings  1  and  4  and  2  and  3  to vary an effective platform height z in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. A ball training apparatus disclosed includes multiple housings each having a top, a bottom, lateral sides and a front and a back side. The sides of housings together form an effective platform of a variable height z based on number thereof stacked top to bottom. The disclosure also includes expandable sliding runners each configured a common x distance between respective sides of a pair of two of the housings via expansion joints therein. Telescopic cross bars are each configured a common y distance between lateral sides of a pair of two of the housings via telescopic joints therein. 
     A number of 2 stacked housings on a first corner of the effective platform, including 2 each on a second corner of the effective platform, 2 each on a third corner of the effective platform and 2 each on a fourth corner of the effective platform vary the height of the effective platform. 
     A bottom spring support for each of the telescopic cross bars are configured to provide a spring force equal to a weight of a user thereof. A top spring support for each of the telescopic cross bars provides a return spring force to a depression of a respective cross bar. An elongated slot R in a lateral side of the housings retains a cross bar as it moves up and down in response to a jumping force of a user. A distance x between respective fronts of the pair of 2 of the housings is equal to a distance x jumped by a user from one of the cross bars to another of the cross bars. In embodiments, the x distance is greater than the y distance thereof. 
     Additionally, the disclosure ensures a fully operational, affordable, basketball training system at all times and therefore enables users to practice a variety of techniques and attain their goals. This innovative, top quality, device can enhance basketball training sessions and may prove to be essential in the sport and fitness industry. 
     Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.