Basketball game, apparatus and method of play
US6390940B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B69/0071
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An alternative to traditional basketball that enables the audience to enjoy faster action than provided by traditional basketball, and which challenges especially gifted players with a more demanding and rigorous game. The game court is nearly twice as large as a traditional NBA playing court and the hoop is smaller and higher than a standard hoop and is played without a backboard. New rules are provided playing and for scoring wherein there are three point areas under and away from the hoop. The number, positions of the players, and mode of play are different, including the use of a protected goalie with the freedom to move without dribbling the ball, a running substitution box, and rules wherein the location of the ball, not the player, determines if play is live or dead.
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