US 12,485,331 B2
Two player three in one junior basketball game
Shih-Hsia Wu, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Medal Sports (Taiwan) Corporation, Taipei (TW)
Filed by Medal Sports (Taiwan) Corporation, Taipei (TW)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/509,510.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/105,574, filed on Oct. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126182 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 63/08 (2006.01); A63B 63/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 63/083 (2013.01) [A63B 69/0071 (2013.01); A63B 2063/001 (2013.01); A63B 2210/50 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable multi-game apparatus, comprising:
a framework having a support portion and a foldable portion;
a first goal assembly coupled to the support portion including a backboard supporting a first basketball net and a second basketball net for receiving basketballs tossed by a user in a first game of basketball, wherein each of the first basketball net and the second basketball net defines a corresponding vertical plane through a center thereof and perpendicular to the backboard;
a basketball return chute having a bed and two sidewalls for collecting basketballs from the first goal assembly and returning the basketballs to the user, the basketball return chute including a first end coupled to the support portion and a second end coupled to the foldable portion;
a second goal assembly comprising a hole in the bed of the basketball return chute for receiving bean bags in a second game of bean bag toss, wherein the hole in the bed of the basketball return chute is spaced apart from each of the vertical planes, thereby avoiding contact with the basketballs as the basketballs roll along the bed after having passed through a corresponding one of the first basketball net and the second basketball net; and
a rectangular front-end frame including a first tee joint, a second tee joint, and a lower cross member extending vertically between the first and second tee joints and holding the bed along a length of the lower cross member, wherein each of the first tee joint and the second tee joint has a generally tubular shape extending perpendicular to the lower cross member,
wherein the rectangular front-end frame further includes a movable portion configured to move relative to the lower cross member and between a first position for stopping basketballs at the second end of the basketball return chute, and a second position higher than the first position to serve as a goal for ladder balls tossed in a ladder toss game, the movable portion including a first telescoping side tube, a second telescoping side tube, and an upper cross member extending vertically between the first telescoping side tube and the second telescoping side tube,
wherein each of the first telescoping side tube and the second telescoping side tube is sleeved within a corresponding one of the first tee joint and the second tee joint and configured to slide therein between the first position and the second position,
wherein each of the two sidewalls includes a strap extending between the support portion and a corresponding one of the first tee joint and the second tee joint, each of the straps attached to the corresponding one of the first tee joint and the second tee joint adjacent to an upper end thereof, and
wherein each of the two sidewalls further includes a netting having a top edge attached to the strap, wherein the netting is also attached to the bed.