Sport practice net with sloped bottom shell

Abstract

A sport net comprising a frame defining a raised ball portal, a bottom shell extending at a downward slope away from the lower edge of the ball portal, and a rear net closing off the back of the sport net, such that balls entering the sport net are directed by the rear net and/or bottom shell toward and into a ball collection aperture at the lowest point in the bottom shell's downward slope and the balls can fall through the ball collection aperture into a collection receptacle.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A sport net, comprising:
 a frame defining an upper edge, a lower edge, and two side edges of a ball portal, said ball portal being raised relative to lower sections of said frame;   a bottom shell coupled with the lower edge of said ball portal, said bottom shell defining a ball collection aperture;   a rear net coupled with the upper edge, the two side edges of said ball portal, and peripheral edges of said bottom shell; and   a plurality of tension members configured to pull said bottom shell and said rear net away from said ball portal, such that said plurality of tension members give said bottom shell a downward slope as it extends away from the lower edge of said ball portal,   wherein said ball collection aperture is positioned in said bottom shell at the lowest point on said downward slope, such that objects rolling on said bottom shell roll via gravity toward and into said ball collection aperture.