Patent ID: 7207906

Claim:
A collapsible basketball return device comprising: a pair of front vertical telescoping posts and a pair of rear vertical telescoping posts, each of said front and rear posts including a tubular lower portion; right and left lower horizontal telescoping side support arms extending between said lower tubular portions of each of said front and rear posts, and right and left upper horizontal telescoping side support arm extending between said lower tubular portion of each of said front and rear posts; front and rear lower horizontal telescoping end support arms extending between said lower tubular portions of said front posts and said rear posts, respectively, and front and rear upper horizontal telescoping support arm extending between said lower tubular portion of said front posts and said rear posts, respectively; and a net having right and left side portions and front and rear end portions that are suspended from said front and rear telescoping posts, said net having an upper end that is open and adapted to receive a basketball when said return device is in its fully erected mode, said side and end portions of said net coming together to form a tunnel sloping downwardly toward and beyond said front posts when said return device is in its fully erected mode, said tunnel having an open outer end that is attached to a basketball discharge chute adapted to receive a basketball and discharge said basketball towards a user.