Scale Sports Court and Equipment

a sports court and scale technology, applied in the field of athletic competitions, can solve the problems of disadvantaged short-players and many talented players, and achieve the effect of reducing the disadvantage of short-players

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-07-17
FELDMEIER ROBERT H
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[0013]It is an object of the present invention to make it possible for an adult league (i.e., college or professional) of basketball players, who are selected to have a height restricted to a maximum height (se

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[0033]As shown in the FIGURE, the invention may constitute a basketball court 10 as well as equipment such as basketball goal assemblies 12 and a ball 14, as shown. The court 10 has a horizontal planar playing surface or floor 16, defined by sidelines 18 and end lines (or base lines) 20. Each of the goal assemblies 12 is disposed at the end of the court 10, i.e., centered on the base line 20. Here only one goal assembly is shown. The side lines 18 and base lines 20 are painted onto the floor, as are other boundary markers, including a mid-court line or divider 22, jump circle 24, and at each end a free throw lane or “key”26, and a three-point arc or line 28.

[0034]In a standard basketball court, the dimensions are well established. The court has a length L and a width W. For professional and college play, the court has a width W of 50 feet and a length of 94 feet; for high-school play, the court is 84 feet long and 50 feet wide, and for junior high or middle school the court is 74 fe...

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A scale sport playing court or floor and associated equipment are provided for persons of a smaller stature or height than the collegiate or professional players of the standard-size version of the sport. Teams are selected with players' height restricted to a maximum height (e.g., 72 inches) or less. The game is played according to normal rules except that the court size, goal (or net) and ball size are reduced by a scale factor S related to the height of the smaller stature players to the average height of the professional or collegiate players. In a scale basketball game, the court size, hoop diameter, height of the hoop, distance from the free throw line to the backboard, three point arc, and other dimensions are the product of the scale factor S times the standard dimension. The scaling matches the court and equipment to the athleticism of the players.

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CONTINUING APPLICATION DATA[0001]This is a continuation in part of my copending application Ser. No. 11 / 653,727, filed Jan. 16, 2007.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Smaller is not always equivalent to Larger, and sometimes, as in Scale Basketball, changing the scale can make an enormous difference in the play of the game, and in the availability of the game to athletes who happen not to be taller than the overall population.[0003]This invention relates to athletic contests, and more particularly to sports games, such as basketball, in which there is a court of predetermined dimensions, and a goal of a prescribed height and width (or diameter), and where the game is played with a ball of a given circumference. The invention is more particularly concerned with such a game in which the relevant dimensions of the court and the equipment are reduced or scaled down, so that the game can be played by persons of smaller stature, and still exhibit the same type of athleticism that taller pl...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B67/00
CPCA63B63/083A63B67/002A63B69/0071A63B69/0095A63B2243/0095A63B2225/09A63B2225/093A63B2243/0037A63B2243/005A63B2208/12A63B2102/14
Inventor FELDMEIER, ROBERT H.
Owner FELDMEIER ROBERT H
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