Patent ID: 7841957

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting onto a support for use in retrieving a basketball passing through or shot at a hoop, which apparatus comprises: (a) a trough assembly comprised of a pair of spaced apart rails defining a proximal end for mounting on a support means and a distal end for ball delivery to a user, wherein the trough assembly is mounted to be angled substantially downward from the proximal end to the distal end to allow the ball to roll down the rails; (b) an extender mounted at the distal end of the rails having a pair of legs defining a proximal end and a distal end; and (c) a pair of deflector members, one mounted on each leg of the extender, wherein each deflector member is adapted to lie flat for direct ball delivery or rotate upward, at either the proximal end or distal end of the extender, to be positioned substantially perpendicular to the rails.