Patent Application
20200384332
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The disclosure relates to dribbling device and more particularly pertains to a new dribbling device for practicing dribbling a basketball.
The prior art relates to dribbling devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of hoops that are coupled together to form a spherical surround for insertably receiving a basketball. An elastomeric band is coupled to and extends upwardly from the hoops. A strap is coupled to the elastomeric band. The strap is removably wrapped around a user's wrist or hand for suspending the hoops from the user's wrist or hand thereby suspending the basketball from the user's wrist or hand. The elastomeric band stretches when the user bounces the basketball downwardly. Moreover, the elastomeric band urges the hoops toward the strap thereby lifting the basketball up toward the user's wrist or hand to train the user in dribbling the basketball.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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An elastomeric band 22 is coupled to and extends upwardly from the hoops 12. The elastomeric band 22 is positioned at an intersection of the top side 18 of the hoops 12 and the elastomeric band 22 has a distal end 24 with respect to the hoops 12. The elastomeric band 22 may have a minimum length of approximately 3.0 inches and a maximum length of approximately 24.0 inches.
A strap 26 is provided and the strap 26 is coupled to the elastomeric band 22. The strap 26 is removably wrapped around a user's wrist 28 or hand 29 for suspending the hoops 12 from the user's wrist 28 or hand 29. In this way the hoops 12 suspend the basketball 16 from the user's wrist 28 or hand 29. The elastomeric band 22 stretches when the user bounces the basketball 16 downwardly to facilitate the basketball 16 to bounce on ground. Additionally, the elastomeric band 22 is biased to urge the hoops 12 toward the strap 26 to lift the basketball 16 up toward the user's wrist 28 or hand 29. In this way the user can train dribbling the basketball 16.
The strap 26 has a first end 30, a second end 32, a top surface 34 and a bottom surface 36. The distal end 24 of the elastomeric band 22 is coupled to the bottom surface 36 having the distal end 24 being centrally positioned between the first 30 and second 32 ends. A first mating member 38 is coupled to the strap 26. The first mating member 38 is positioned on the top surface 34 of the strap 26 and the first mating member 38 is aligned with the first end 30 of the strap 26.
A second mating member 40 is coupled to the strap 26. The second mating member 40 is positioned on the bottom surface 36 of the strap 26 and the second mating member 40 is aligned with the second end 32 of the strap 26. The first mating member 38 releasably engages the second mating member 40 for retaining the strap 26 around the user's wrist 28. Each of the first 38 and second 40 mating members may be hook and loop fasteners or other similar releasable fasteners.
In use, the basketball 16 is positioned within the hoops 12 for practicing dribbling. The strap 26 is wrapped around the user's wrist 28 or hand 29 to suspend the basketball 16 from the user's wrist 28 or hand 29. The user bounces the basketball 16 and the elastomeric band 22 draws the basketball 16 back to the user's hand 29. In this way the user can practice dribbling the basketball 16 without losing control of the basketball 16. Additionally, the user can walk or run while wearing the strap 26 on the user's wrist 28 or hand 29 to practice dribbling while walking or running.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
