Patents by Inventor Douglas Metz

Douglas Metz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Basketball rebounding system
    Patent number: 5368292
    Abstract: A basketball rebounding system for capturing a basketball which has been shot in the general direction of a basketball hoop, and for subsequently returning the basketball to the shooter, regardless of the successful completion of a basket. The basketball rebounding system generally includes a slotted basketball capturing structure for substantially enclosing the front, sides and bottom of a conventional basketball hoop and backboard arrangement, and a return mechanism for returning a captured basketball to the shooter thereof substantially along the original flight path of the basketball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Inventor: Douglas Metz