US 12,324,970 B2
Basketball performance monitoring system
Steven J. Gordon, Weston, MA (US)
Assigned to Shooter's Touch, LLC, Weston, MA (US)
Filed by SHOOTER'S TOUCH, LLC, Southbury, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,895.
Application 17/961,895 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/878,834, filed on Jan. 24, 2018, granted, now 11,491,382.
Application 15/878,834 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/083,612, filed on Mar. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,500,464, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Application 15/083,612 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/662,419, filed on Mar. 19, 2015, granted, now 10,507,369, issued on Dec. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/955,856, filed on Mar. 20, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031488 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 69/0071 (2013.01) [A63B 24/0021 (2013.01); A63B 71/0605 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0037 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0647 (2013.01); A63B 2220/17 (2013.01); A63B 2220/53 (2013.01); A63B 2220/806 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A basketball performance monitoring system comprising:
at least one sensor proximate a basketball goal, said basketball goal having a backboard, a rim coupled to said backboard, and a net having strings coupled to said rim;
said at least one sensor configured to determine shot information, said shot information comprising both an impact of a basketball with at least one of said backboard and said rim, and a shot passing through the rim;
a local microprocessor coupled to said at least one sensor;
a housing containing both said at least one sensor and said local microprocessor;
said housing includes geometric features to reduce a likelihood of tangling said housing in said net; and
said housing having a first end and a second end opposite said first end; wherein said first end of the housing extends outside said net; wherein said second end of the housing includes an arm that extends inside said net.