Patents Represented by Attorney Kevin C. Ward
  • Patent number: 7390274
    Abstract: The disclosed basketball net has enhanced sound making ability due to a series of strips attached to a rung of the net. These strips are made from a flexible material and make sound when contacted by a basketball passing through the net. The strips can have an air pocket which collapses due to the force of the basketball moving along it, creating a loud sound as the surfaces of the strip collide against each other. Embodiments of the present invention having strips with no air pockets as well as noise making materials on the inner surfaces of the strips are shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Inventor: William L. Bradford