Patent Publication Number: US-7210685-B2

Title: Sporting good structure

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a sporting good structure, including a frame and a target board with resilient straps attached to four lateral edges thereof to mount the target board onto the frame. The target board is provided with a transparent hook side corresponding with a fleeced stick side for a sport device like a ball of different sports. The transparent hook side is mutually combined with a patterned layer with diagrams that can be clearly seen through the transparent hook side. Therefore, when the sport device hits onto the target board, the resilient straps provide an anti-shock effect for the sporting device to grip securely onto the transparent hook side. Besides, the diagrams disposed on the patterned layer of the target board can also be made as various sporting backgrounds to fit to the interest of different users, facilitating a more widespread use as well as providing a realistic visual effect to boost the quality of leisure sports. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     A conventional sporting good structure, as shown in  FIG. 1 , is made up of a catching board  10  and a sleeve grip  11  attached at one side of the catching board. The catching board  10  is also equipped with a hook side  12  with a plurality of protrusive fastener dots  121  disposed on a surface corresponding with a fleeced stick surface  131  of a ball  13  In practical use, the catching board  10  is held in a hand with the sleeve grip  11  worn around a palm to catch the ball  13  tossed onto the catching board  10  and permitting the fleeced stick surface  131  to grip onto the hook side  12  when touching the catching board  10  in a toss-and-catch process. 
     There are some drawbacks to the conventional sporting good. First, the catching board  10  does not provide any anti-shock effect. Thus, when tossed, the ball  13  can easily bounce backwards due to an impact generated when the ball  13  bumps onto the catching board  10 . The fleeced stick surface  131  of the ball  13  is hard to grip accurately onto the hook side  12  of the catching board  10  and can easily come off and fall onto the ground, which tends to reduce the interest of a user. Second, the hook side  12  of the catching board  10  is plainly designed with a solid color without any diagrams of various sporting backgrounds such as soccer, baseball, or golf, etc. disposed thereon, which, failing to provide a realistic visual effect and rendering it rather limited in practical use and thus uncompetitive in the market. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a sporting good structure, including a frame and a target board with resilient straps attached to four lateral edges thereof to mount the target board onto the frame. The target board is provided with a transparent hook side matching with a fleeced stick side of a sporting device like a ball of different sports. Therefore, when the sporting device hits the target board, the resilient straps will be elastically stretched according to the impact generated by the sporting device to provide an anti-shock effect for the sporting device to accurately grip onto the transparent hook side of the target board in a secure manner, efficiently boosting the interest in the sport achieving the base using condition thereof. 
     The second purpose of the present invention is to provide a sporting good structure wherein the transparent hook side is mutually combined with a patterned layer with diagrams thereon that can be clearly seen through the transparent hook side. The diagrams disposed on the patterned layer of the target board can also be made as various sporting backgrounds so as to fit to the interest of different users, facilitating a more widespread use of the product, as well as providing a realistic visual effect to boost the quality of leisure sports. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a conventional sporting good structure. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective exploded view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective view of the present invention in assembly. 
         FIG. 4  is a partially enlarged and cross sectional view of a target board of the present invention. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention in assembly. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     As illustrated in  FIGS. 2 and 2 , the present invention is related to a sporting good structure including a frame  20  having a bracket unit  21  and a support rack  22  fixedly mounted at one side of the bracket unit  21  thereof, and a target board  30  with resilient straps  31  attached to four lateral edges thereof to be led and joined to the bracket unit  21  so as to locate the target board  30  onto the frame  20 . The target board  30  has a transparent hook side  32  with consecutive and transparent protrusive fastener hooks lined thereon and corresponding with a fleeced stick side  41  of a sporting device  40  shaped like a golf ball, soccer ball, or a baseball, etc. The transparent hook side  32  is mutually combined with a screen-printed patterned layer  33  whose diagrams can be made into versatile sporting backgrounds such as a golf court, a baseball diamond, or a soccer field, etc. and can be clearly seen through the transparent hook side  32  thereof to provide a realistic visual effect. In addition, the patterned layer  33  is coated with a protective film  34  on an outer surface as shown in  FIG. 4 . 
     In practical use, the resilient strap  31  attached at the four lateral edges of the target board  30  connected with the bracket unit  21  of the frame  20  can absorb the impact produced by the sporting device  40 , such as versatile balls, tossed at the target board  30 . When the sporting device  40  hits the target board  30 , the resilient straps  31  will be elastically stretched according to the impact generated by a throwing speed thereof to provide an anti-shock effect. Therefore, the fleeced stick side  41  of the sporting device  40  can directly and accurately grip onto the transparent hook side  32  fo the target board  30  in a secure manner, efficiently boosting the interest in the sport so as to achieve the best using condition thereof. And, via the transparent hook side  32  of the target board  30 , the diagrams disposed on the patterned layer  33  can be seen there-through to provide a perspective visual effect. Besides, the patterned layer  33  of the target board  30  can also be variously designed with diagrams of versatile sporting backgrounds so as to fit to the interest of different users, facilitating a more widespread use of the structure, as well as providing a realistic visual effect to boost the quality of leisure sports. 
     In  FIG. 5 , the present invention can also include a frame  20  having support racks  22  formed in post-like shapes and securely fixed at the bottom side of the bracket unit  21  of the frame  20 . The support racks  22  are respectively inserted to a support tube  51  of an inflatable footing base  50  that is capable of floating on water. A counterweight  52  is fixed to a bottom of the footing base  50 , permitting the frame  20  to stand upright and float on the surface of the water. The patterned layer  33  of the target  30  can also be changed in diagrams to fit to the background of water sports accordingly.