US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 485
.~.~.~.~ Hoop or the net, pocket, or support structure therefor

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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  DF  .~.~.~ Goal or target is elevated and horizontally disposed (e.g., for basketball, etc.) {3}
485.~.~.~.~ Hoop or the net, pocket, or support structure therefor {4}
486  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Breakaway hoop
487  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Having means for mounting over edge of support
488  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Quick mount hoop
489  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Removable net-mounting subassembly

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/485

Hoop or the net, pocket, or support structure therefor:

(under subclass 479) Apertured or pocketed goal or target structure relating to (a) the means defining the entrance opening of the goal or target structure, (b) a means for suspending a net, receptacle, screen, curtain, shield, or the like from the means defining the entrance opening, (c) a net, receptacle, screen, curtain, shield, or the like adapted to be suspended from the means defining the entrance opening for slowing the descent of, constraining the movement of, or

capturing a projectile which has passed through the means defining the entrance opening, or (d) a means for mounting or attaching the means defining the entrance opening to a backboard or to a support unless elsewhere provided for.