US 2007003763 8A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2007/0037638 A1 Rumfola, III (43) Pub. Date: Feb. 15, 2007 (54) GAME APPARATUS (52) US. Cl. ......................... .. 473/433; 473/447; 473/479 (76) Inventor: Ross Rumfola III, Akron, NY (US) Correspondence Address: (57) ABSTRACT EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC 1901 RESEARCH BOULEVARD SUITE 400 A sports-themed game apparatus convertible from a storage ROCKVILLE, MD 20850 (US) con?guration to a deployed con?guration, and vice versa is (21) Appl. No.: 11/202,369 disclosed. The sports-themed game apparatus includes a rim and a defense mechanism operable to move from a ?rst (22) Filed: Aug. 12, 2005 position in Which the defense mechanism permits a sports implement to pass through the rim, to a second position in Publication Classi?cation Which the defense mechanism prevents the sports implement from passing through the rim. The sports-themed game (51) Int. Cl. apparatus may further include a return portion con?gured to A63B 69/00 (2006.01) return the sports implement to the user after it is propelled/ A 633 63/08 (2006.01) shot toWard the rim. IO\ U [00 —~ 900 - 700 —-\ 200 600 Patent Application Publication Feb. 15, 2007 Sheet 1 0f 32 US 2007/0037638 A1 800 900 - 700 — 200 600 Patent Application Publication Feb. 15, 2007 Sheet 2 0f 32 US 2007/0037638 A1 Patent Application Publication Feb. 15, 2007 Sheet 3 0f 32 US 2007/0037638 A1 BB-E CdSl BB-D 365 <<m <<BB-B 360 LED // 355 Patent Application Publication Feb. 15, 2007 Sheet 4 0f 32 US 2007/0037638 A1 SI FIG.4A Patent Application Publication Feb. 15, 2007 Sheet 5 0f 32 US 2007/0037638 A1 /&// RI3 3 \\V/ k _-- - ‘(M7 A" ‘'I\ \g7l 'diil Patent Application Publication Feb. 15, 2007 Sheet 6 0f 32 US 2007/0037638 A1 Patent Application Publication Feb. 15, 2007 Sheet 7 0f 32 US 2007/0037638 A1 LI INDUCTOR <BB-H c.|9 — 0.luF <BB-l INDUCTOR F|G.5A SW8 330 .___C1_[ BB-$>>—0 o——————<<BB-G FIG.5B Patent Application Publication Feb. 15, 2007 Sheet 8 0f 32 US 2007/0037638 A1 Patent Application Publication Feb. 15, 2007 Sheet 9 0f 32 US 2007/0037638 A1