Attachable To Vertical Surface Patents (Class D21/703)
  • Patent number: 8371965
    Abstract: A miniature basketball hoop has a pair of spaced apart hooks on the top of a backboard to hook the backboard over the top of a door. The hoop includes a break-away rim mounted to the front of the backboard, and sound dampening material on the rear face of the backboard, so as to minimize sound when a ball hits the backboard or rim during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Pro Performance Sports
    Inventor: Thomas A. M. Quinn
  • Patent number: 7597635
    Abstract: An oversized basketball rim device for retrofitting onto an existing standard sized basketball rim attached to a backboard of a raised goal which increases an opportunity of making a basket when shooting a basketball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Inventor: David Davies
  • Patent number: 7419445
    Abstract: A basketball backboard may include one or more weights disposed proximate the perimeter of the backboard in order to enhance the rebounding characteristics of the backboard. In particular, a first weight may be positioned proximate a first side of the backboard and a second weight may be positioned proximate a second side of the backboard in order to enhance the rebounding characteristics of the backboard. Advantageously, the weights may be positioned internally within the backboard or the weights may be positioned externally to the backboard. In addition, the weights may be selectively or permanently attached to the backboard, and the weights may also be sized and configured to increase the rigidity of the basketball backboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Curtis Nye, Robert A. Astle
  • Patent number: 7052418
    Abstract: A basketball backboard may include one or more weights disposed proximate the perimeter of the backboard in order to enhance the rebounding characteristics of the backboard. In particular, a first weight may be positioned proximate a first side of the backboard and a second weight may be positioned proximate a second side of the backboard in order to enhance the rebounding characteristics of the backboard. Advantageously, the weights may be positioned internally within the backboard or the weights may be positioned externally to the backboard. In addition, the weights may be selectively or permanently attached to the backboard, and the weights may also be sized and configured to increase the rigidity of the basketball backboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Curtis Nye, Robert A. Astle
  • Patent number: D503441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl R. Stanford, Robert A. Astle
  • Patent number: D438920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Huffy Corporation
    Inventors: Ron Matteucci, Ron White
  • Patent number: D484200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Nye, Robert A. Astle, Christopher Anthony Parada, Kevin Bingham
  • Patent number: D484201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Inventor: Ye-Hua Lin Liao
  • Patent number: D484933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl R. Stanford, Robert A. Astle
  • Patent number: D485875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Huffy Corporation
    Inventor: Ronald White
  • Patent number: D498800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Nye, Robert A. Astle, Christopher Anthony Parada, Kevin Bingham
  • Patent number: D608848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Pro Performance Sports
    Inventor: Thomas A. M. Quinn
  • Patent number: D610214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventor: Clinton R Likins
  • Patent number: D647983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Pro Performance Sports, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Quinn
  • Patent number: D403357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Inventor: Beth A. Canale
  • Patent number: D409135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Huffy Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Davis
  • Patent number: D429896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventor: Christopher M. Clarke
  • Patent number: D695858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Pro Performance Sports, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Allen Holland, Thomas A. Quinn, Timothy S. Clark, Eric Lucatero, Brant Michael Taylor
  • Patent number: D695859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Pro Performance Sports, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Allen Holland, Thomas A. Quinn, Timothy S. Clark, Eric Lucatero, Brant Michael Taylor
  • Patent number: D696363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Pro Performance Sports, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Allen Holland, Thomas A. Quinn, Timothy S. Clark, Eric Lucatero, Brant Michael Taylor
  • Patent number: D696364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Pro Performance Sports, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Allen Holland, Thomas A. Quinn, Timothy S. Clark, Eric Lucatero, Brant Michael Taylor
  • Patent number: D722119
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Decathlon, S.A.
    Inventor: Guillaume Nguyen
  • Patent number: D874588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Fairly Odd Treasures
    Inventor: Eric Michael Hebert
  • Patent number: D944346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: Zitao Lin
  • Patent number: D969945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey Zahradnik
  • Patent number: D999855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Alfio Bucceri
  • Patent number: D1000555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Alfio Bucceri
  • Patent number: D1003376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Lemeishi Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Weifeng Li
  • Patent number: D1004018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Tae kweon Lim