Patents by Inventor Oliver D McAvoy

Oliver D McAvoy 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 rebound device
    Patent number: 5967911
    Abstract: A basketball rebound device (14) comprising a wedge shaped ramp (16). A component (18) is on a top surface of the wedge shaped ramp (16) for deflecting a basketball (20), when the wedge shaped ramp (16) is positioned upon a basketball court (22) under a hoop (24) on a backboard (26) suspended from a stanchion (28) on the basketball court (22). The basketball (20) will bounce back to a desired area where a person is standing doing practice shooting, allowing the person to spend more time practicing and less time retrieving the basketball (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Inventor: Oliver D McAvoy