Mark S Armstrong

US Patent:

6390940, May 21, 2002

Filed:

Nov 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/452364

Inventors:

William Naulls - Laguna Niguel CA 92677-2714
Mark Armstrong - Los Angeles CA 90008

International Classification:

A63B 7100

US Classification:

473472, 473490

Abstract:

An alternative to traditional basketball that enables the audience to enjoy faster action than provided by traditional basketball, and which challenges especially gifted players with a more demanding and rigorous game. The game court is nearly twice as large as a traditional NBA playing court and the hoop is smaller and higher than a standard hoop and is played without a backboard. New rules are provided playing and for scoring wherein there are three point areas under and away from the hoop. The number, positions of the players, and mode of play are different, including the use of a protected goalie with the freedom to move without dribbling the ball, a running substitution box, and rules wherein the location of the ball, not the player, determines if play is live or dead.