US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 479
.~.~.~ Goal or target is elevated and horizontally disposed (e.g., for basketball, 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  DF  .~.~ Apertured or pocketed goal or target (e.g., for hockey, soccer, polo, lacrosse, etc.) {1}
479.~.~.~ Goal or target is elevated and horizontally disposed (e.g., for basketball, etc.) {3}
480  DF  .~.~.~.~> With goal indicator
481  DF  .~.~.~.~> Backboard or support structure therefor {2}
485  DF  .~.~.~.~> Hoop or the net, pocket, or support structure therefor {4}

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/479

Goal or target is elevated and horizontally disposed (e.g., for basketball, etc.):

(under subclass 478) Apertured or pocketed goal or target structure wherein the goal or target is located, during play of the game or sport, vertically above and spaced apart from the plane of the surface of the playing area and is so disposed such that the plane of the projectile entrance opening thereof is generally parallel to the plane of the surface of the playing area.

(1) Note. The vertical spacing between the apertured or pocketed goal or target and the plane of the playing surface must exceed the dimension of the game projectile.

(2) Note. A constituent part of an apertured or pocketed goal or target structure (e.g., the rebound or backboard portion or the net portion of a basketball goal, etc.), the supporting structure for the apertured or pocketed goal or target, or the supporting structure for the rebound or backboard portion of an apertured or pocketed goal or target (e.g., the means supporting the backboard portion or the hoop portion of a basketball goal, etc.) is included herein unless it is provided for elsewhere. However, a support, per se, which is of general utility, even if disclosed as being capable of supporting a goal or target or a rebound surface therefor, is classifiable as indicated in the Search Class note below.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

248, Supports, for a support structure per se, of general utility, even if disclosed as being capable of supporting a goal or target or a rebound surface therefor.