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Luminous basket backboard

Luminous basket backboard description/claims

(a) Technical Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a luminous basket backboard, and in particular to a basket backboard for basketball games, which emits lights and which is made of acrylic material.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

Basketball has been one of the most popular games around the world. To play a basketball game, a basket ball court, which has quite an area, is needed and this imposes certain constraints to further popularization of the game. However, for entertainment and exercise purposes, the basketball can be played with a simple backboard mounted to for example a wall with a very limited area for movement of the players. Thus, to suit the need of such home playing basketball games, various basket backboards of different styles are available in the market.

In early years, as shown in FIG. 1 of the attached drawings, a basket backboard for basketball game, which is generally designated at 1, is made of wood having a surface on which white coating is formed. An outer frame 11 is provided along edges of the wooden board and a rectangle 12 that is of red color is provided at a central area of the wooden board. Such a backboard 1 can be manufactured with very low costs and is thus widely used all over the world. However, such a conventional basket backboard suffers certain problems, including at least:

(1) The conventional basket backboard is made of wood, which after a long term use, is subject to wear and warpage or deformation and further, the wooden backboard is subject to thermal expansion as being exposed to varying surrounding temperature, leading to cracking and thus damage.

(2) The conventional basket backboard is made of wood, which is a material of relatively low hardness and density so that large noises are generated when a basketball hits the backboard.

(3) The conventional basket backboard is of a changeless and monotonous style, providing no fantastic visual effect.

Thus, it is desired to have a basket backboard that overcomes the above drawbacks of the conventional basket backboards.

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a basket backboard that eliminates the drawbacks of the conventional wooden backboards that the backboard is subject to deformation caused by thermal expansion, being easily to damage, generating large noise upon hit by a basketball, and being monotonous and providing no appealing visual effect.

To solve these problems, the present invention provide a luminous basket backboard, which comprises a first board, a second board, light sources, and light reflectors, wherein the first and second boards are made of light-transmitting acrylic material and the first board is provided with a shooting rectangle and mounting holes distributed along a circumference thereof; the second board is surface roughened and is also provided with mounting holes distributed along a circumference thereof; the light sources are arranged inside the light reflectors and the light reflectors are fixed by threaded fasteners so as to fix the light sources to circumferential side edges of the first and second boards.

The effectiveness of the present invention is that the basket backboard is not subject to deformation caused by varying temperature for the first and second boards are made of acrylic materials and since the acrylic material has relatively high density and hardness, as compared to wood, the backboard of the present invention generates less noise as being hit by a basketball, thereby effectively reducing the noise of playing basketball. Further, due to the light sources and the light reflectors mounted to the circumference of the backboard, the backboard demonstrates lighting effect when in use, thereby enhancing product appealing and marketability of the basket backboard.

The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.

Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional wooden basket backboard for basketball game;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a basket backboard constructed in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the basket backboard of the present invention; and

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