Title: Device to improve shooting a basketball

Abstract: A basketball training device having a support hoop of essentially the same diameter of the conventional hoop to circumferentially mate with same; a secondary hoop of larger diameter relative to the conventional hoop; arms for attaching the support hoop to the secondary hoop; and clamps for removably connecting the support hoop to the conventional hoop. A method for improving the shooting accuracy of a basketball player comprising positioning the secondary hoop with the portion nearest the backboard tangential and coplanar with the conventional hoop, and with the portion opposite the backboard projecting upwardly and outwardly from the conventional hoop.

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Inventors: Wilson, Robert E. (Mulvane, KS, US)

Application Number: 026035
Filing Date: 1979-04-02
Publication_date: 1980-07-22
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Primary Class(es): 473/448
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US Patent Ref:

2039794	May, 1936	Hayden	273/1.
2708576	May, 1955	Verkuilen	273/1.
2918283	Dec, 1959	Marschalk	273/1.
3342486	Sep, 1967	Farley	273/1.

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Primary Examiner: Shapiro, Paul E.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Widdowson; John H.