Patent ID: 8333384

Claim:
A self-deploying game device, that is intended to receive an object, and a ball in particular, comprising: a bowed structure that includes a basic loop with a front part in a substantially horizontal plane and a rear part, wherein the basic loop forms an open “U” at its front part, a closed goal loop with a rear part in a substantially horizontal plane with two side parts, and a front part in a plane forming a non-zero angle with the horizontal plane, and a flexible structure that includes at least: (i) a first part stretched inside at least one part of the goal loop between the front part of this goal loop and the rear part of the basic or goal loop, (ii) a second part, distinct from the said first part, stretched inside at least one portion of the rear part of the goal loop, between the two side parts of this rear part of the goal loop wherein, in the deployed position, at least the front part of the basic loop rests on the ground, and the tension of the two parts of the flexible structure is such that a capture volume for capturing the object is formed, the bounds of which are formed by the basic loop, the goal loop, the first part of the flexible structure, and the ground on which the device rests, an entrance of which is bounded at least partially by the front part of the goal loop, wherein the front part of the goal loop is in a substantially vertical plane and directly above the front end of the basic loop, and wherein, in the folded position, the game device presents the form of a general flat disk.