Title:
GAME COURT FOR ELEVATED GOAL BALL GAME AND GAME PLAYED THEREON
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002007830
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A game court and method for playing a game thereon are disclosed. The game court comprises a playing surface suitably large for running and jumping players, having adjacent surface areas with distinctly different properties. A first area of the playing surface is substantially rigid and resilient, and suitable for bouncing a ball. Optionally, the first area of playing surface comprises a resiliently suspended floor. The second area is a deformable-elastic surface, such as a trampoline surface, that is tuned to greatly increase the heights that players may attain by jumping. The game court is optionally surrounded by a wall comprising at least a portion of the court boundary. A game for playing on the game court is disclosed, comprising a basketball-like game. The game court may also be used for other sports such as gymnastics or exhibition-style wrestling.
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Inventors:
GORDON MASON (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/022148
Publication Date:
June 06, 2002
Filing Date:
July 12, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GORDON MASON (US)
International Classes:
A63B5/11; A63B63/08; A63B67/00; A63C19/00; A63B69/00; (IPC1-7): A63C19/00
Foreign References:
| EP0846481A2 | 1998-06-10 | |||
| FR2561698A1 | 1985-09-27 |
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