Patent ID: 8308166

Claim:
A single loop net comprising: a loop member comprising a plurality of side straight portions and a plurality of curved corner portions; a plurality of triangular holders for holding two neighboring straight portions having one of the plurality of corner portions inbetween so as to form a predetermined angle between the two neighboring straight portions; a plurality of side straight edge portions fixed to one of the plurality of side straight portions and disposed between and engaging parts of two neighboring triangular holders; one or more propping poles, each of which extending from two side straight portions of the loop member, wherein each of the one or more propping poles comprises a first end detachably fixed to the side straight portion and a second end detachably fixed to a location on ground; one or more holding straps, each of which extending from a lower portion of the loop member, wherein each of the one or more holding straps comprises a holding hole at an end thereof, which is configured to accept the second end of the propping pole; a first opening enclosed and defined by the triangular holders and the side straight edge portions; a catching net covering the first opening from behind and configured to catch balls flying into the first opening from a frontal direction; one or more net deploying straps, each of which comprising a first end fixing to and extending from a portion of the catching net and a second end configured to be fixed at a location on ground, wherein the one or more net deploying straps are configured to pull the catching net toward one or more rear directions so as to provide one or more tilted surfaces along the catching net, wherein the one or more tilted surfaces comprise a bottom tilted surface tilted toward a frontal direction; a second opening disposed in a bottom one of the plurality of side straight edge portions, wherein the second opening is disposed so as to return balls falling down on the bottom tilted surface toward a frontal direction, wherein the one or more tilted surfaces of the catching net are configured to collect and guide balls to the second opening.