US 11,731,021 B2
Portable basketball shooting machine
Thomas Fields, Houston, TX (US); Erik Gonzalez, Houston, TX (US); Michael Gonzalez, Houston, TX (US); Prasad Murugesu, Houston, TX (US); and Raj Shah, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Grind Basketball, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Grind Basketball, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/331,914.
Application 17/331,914 is a continuation of application No. 15/978,025, filed on May 11, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/505,638, filed on May 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0283479 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 63/08 (2006.01); A63B 69/40 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 63/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/02 (2006.01); A63B 71/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 69/0071 (2013.01) [A63B 63/083 (2013.01); A63B 69/408 (2013.01); A63B 69/409 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A63B 71/0036 (2013.01); A63B 71/023 (2013.01); A63B 2063/001 (2013.01); A63B 2069/401 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0625 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0655 (2013.01); A63B 2210/50 (2013.01); A63B 2220/20 (2013.01); A63B 2220/50 (2013.01); A63B 2220/56 (2013.01); A63B 2220/801 (2013.01); A63B 2220/803 (2013.01); A63B 2220/805 (2013.01); A63B 2220/807 (2013.01); A63B 2220/808 (2013.01); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01); A63B 2225/54 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shooting system, comprising:
a collapsible ball capture support adapted to support a ball capture device; and
a ball return operable by a processor programmed to:
detect a ball captured by the ball capture device;
return the ball to a user in response to the detected ball;
wherein the collapsible ball capture support comprises:
a collapsible mast;
collapsible support arms; and
a support manifold rotatably connected to the collapsible support arms and translatable along an axis extending through a length of the collapsible mast.