US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 478
.~.~ Apertured or pocketed goal or target (e.g., for hockey, soccer, polo, lacrosse, etc.)

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473 /   HD   GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE

415  DF  PLAYING FIELD OR COURT GAME; GAME ELEMENT OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE, PER SE {14}
476  DF  .~ Goal or target structure for projectile; element thereof {2}
478.~.~ Apertured or pocketed goal or target (e.g., for hockey, soccer, polo, lacrosse, etc.) {1}
479  DF  .~.~.~> Goal or target is elevated and horizontally disposed (e.g., for basketball, etc.) {3}

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/478

Apertured or pocketed goal or target (e.g., for hockey, soccer, polo, lacrosse, etc.):

(under subclass 476) Goal or target structure which (a) comprises a structure having an opening defined therein, which opening is so dimensioned that it will allow a projected game projectile to enter and pass entirely therethrough, (b) comprises such a structure having an attached projectile-receiving receptacle which extends in a direction away from the opening so that a projected game projectile, after having passed through the plane of the opening, will come to rest within the receptacle, or (c) comprises a structure having an opening defined therein, which opening is so dimensioned that it will allow a projected game projectile to enter and come to rest within the opening.

(1) Note. A portion of the playing surface itself may form a portion of the boundary of the opening as, for example, on a soccer field, the ground portion thereof which supports a soccer goal also serves to provide the lower boundary of the opening of the goal.