US 11,865,422 B2
Antimicrobial basketball net
Tamir Goodman, Jerusalem (IL); David Warschawski, Baltimore, MD (US); and Amit Ronkin, Ramot Hashavim (IL)
Assigned to AVIV, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US)
Appl. No. 18/246,805
Filed by AVIV, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 24, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/017679
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/197414, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/162,109, filed on Mar. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285818 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 63/08 (2006.01); A63B 47/04 (2006.01); D02G 3/44 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 63/083 (2013.01) [A63B 47/04 (2013.01); D02G 3/444 (2013.01); D02G 3/449 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A basketball net, comprising:
a multi-layer cord including each of a first layer formed of a first antimicrobial, moisture wicking fiber and a second layer including a second moisture wicking fiber,
wherein:
the multi-layer cord defines the basketball net having a plurality of knots and a plurality of openings,
the basketball net includes a plurality of loops at a first end thereof configured for attachment to a basketball rim,
the basketball net is configured in a conical shape having a central opening,
a first diameter of the basketball net at the first end thereof is larger than a second diameter of the basketball net at a second end thereof, and
wherein the basketball net is configured to wipe moisture from a surface of a basketball passing through the basketball net.