Bubble Emitting Basketball Goal Stand

Abstract

A basketball goal stand that utilizes a bubble generating device that is housed within an upper portion of a basketball backboard to emit soap bubbles from the upper perimeter of the backboard when a basketball goal is made. It utilizes a tractor fed belt that is passed through a soap mixture filled vessel, and a dynamic air source that dispels air bubbles from loaded soap bubble orifices on the tractor fed belt. Optionally, it may use a bubble venture nozzle to created the bubbles that are emitted fro the backboard. A second embodiment utilizes a floating platform for use in a pool that supports a toroidal ring that houses the bubble generating components. There is no backboard utilized in the pool version.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is as follows: 
     
         1 . A sports training apparatus comprising:
 a weightable base;   a vertical post having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein said distal end is affixed to said base;   a backboard assembly affixed to said proximal end of said post, wherein said backboard assembly has an internal cavity;   a bubble generating device housed within said internal cavity of said backboard assembly;   a series of orifices in said backboard assembly for the passage of bubbles from said bubble generating device.   
     
     
         2 . The sports training apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said backboard assembly has an upper backboard with a rigid, planar first front face and a lower backboard with a rigid, planar second front face, said upper backboard and said lower backboard affixed together such that said first and second front faces reside in a same vertical plane. 
     
     
         3 . The sports training apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said bubble generating device comprises:
 a dynamic air source; 
 a vessel filled with a liquid soap mixture; 
 a series of tractor feed pulleys; 
 at least one of said tractor feed pulleys is a motor driven tractor feed pulley; 
 a tractor fed linear belt with a series of bubble orifices formed therethrough said belt, said belt residing contigously about said series of tractor feed pulleys; and 
 a control circuit; 
 wherein said control circuit activates said at least one motor driven tractor feed pulley so as to pass said belt around said series of tractor feed pulleys and through said liquid soap mixture and to activate said dynamic air source to provide a stream of air that passes through said bubble orifices. 
 
     
     
         4 . The sports training apparatus of  claim 2  wherein said bubble generating device comprises:
 a dynamic air source; 
 a vessel filled with a liquid soap mixture; 
 a series of tractor feed pulleys; 
 at least one of said tractor feed pulleys is a motor driven tractor feed pulley; 
 a tractor fed linear belt with a series of bubble orifices formed therethrough said belt, said belt residing contigously about said series of tractor feed pulleys; and 
 a control circuit; 
 wherein said control circuit activates said at least one motor driven tractor feed pulley so as to pass said belt around said series of tractor feed pulleys and through said liquid soap mixture and to activate said dynamic air source to provide a stream of air that passes through said bubble orifices. 
 
     
     
         5 . The sports training apparatus of  claim 2  wherein control circuit has a power supply, an activation switch and a timer. 
     
     
         6 . The sports training apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said upper backboard has an activation arm and a hoop extending normally from said first front face. 
     
     
         7 . The sports training apparatus of  claim 6  wherein said dynamic air source is a fan that develops a moving stream of air that passes from said fan through at least one a series of air tubes. 
     
     
         8 . The sport training apparatus of  claim 7  wherein said activation arm is operationally connected to said activation switch. 
     
     
         9 . The sport training apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said bubble generating device comprises:
 a dynamic air source; 
 a vessel filled with a liquid soap mixture; 
 a soap pump; 
 a bubble generating venture having a soap inlet port, an air inlet port and a venturi nozzle; and 
 a control circuit; 
 wherein said control circuit activates said soap pump to provide said soap mixture to said soap inlet port of said bubble generating venturi, and activates said dynamic air source to provide a stream of air to said air inlet port of said bubble generating venturi so as to provide a stream of bubbles that passes through said venturi nozzle. 
 
     
     
         10 . The sport training apparatus of  claim 2  wherein said bubble generating device comprises:
 a dynamic air source; 
 a vessel filled with a liquid soap mixture; 
 a soap pump; 
 a bubble generating venture having a soap inlet port, an air inlet port and a venturi nozzle; and 
 a control circuit; 
 wherein said control circuit activates said soap pump to provide said soap mixture to said soap inlet port of said bubble generating venturi, and activates said dynamic air source to provide a stream of air to said air inlet port of said bubble generating venturi so as to provide a stream of bubbles that passes through said venturi nozzle. 
 
     
     
         11 . The sports training apparatus of  claim 9  wherein control circuit has a power supply, an activation switch and a timer. 
     
     
         12 . The sports training apparatus of  claim 11  wherein said upper backboard has an activation arm and a hoop extending normally from said first front face. 
     
     
         13 . The sports training apparatus of  claim 12  wherein said dynamic air source is a fan that develops a moving stream of air that passes from said fan to said air inlet port through at least one a series of air tubes. 
     
     
         14 . The sport training apparatus of  claim 13  wherein said soap pump provides said soap mixture to said soap inlet port of said bubble generating venture by a soap tube. 
     
     
         15 . The sport training apparatus of  claim 14  wherein said activation arm is operationally connected to said activation switch. 
     
     
         16 . A bubble emitting basketball backboard assembly comprising:
 an upper backboard with a rigid, planar first front face;   a lower backboard with a rigid, planar second front face, said upper backboard and said lower backboard affixed together such that said first and second front faces reside in a same vertical plane;   a power source;   a dynamic air source;   a vessel filled with a liquid soap mixture;   a soap pump;   a bubble generating venture having a soap inlet port, an air inlet port and a venturi nozzle; and   a control circuit in operation connection with said power source;   wherein said control circuit activates said soap pump to provide said soap mixture to said soap inlet port of said bubble generating venturi, and activates said dynamic air source to provide a stream of air to said air inlet port of said bubble generating venturi so as to provide a stream of bubbles that passes through said venturi nozzle.   
     
     
         17 . A bubble emitting sports training apparatus comprising:
 an upper toroidal ring with an activation arm extending therefrom, said ring having a series of bubble orifices formed through a top surface thereof;   a lower floating base held in a spaced configuration from said upper toroidal ring by a series of supports affixed there between;   a power source;   a dynamic air source;   a vessel filled with a liquid soap mixture;   a soap pump;   a bubble generating venture having a soap inlet port, an air inlet port and a venturi nozzle; and   a control circuit in operable connection with said power source;   wherein upon depression of said activation arm, said control circuit activates said soap pump to provide said soap mixture to said soap inlet port of said bubble generating venturi, and activates said dynamic air source to provide a stream of air to said air inlet port of said bubble generating venturi so as to provide a stream of bubbles that passes through said venturi nozzle and past said bubble orifices; and   wherein said control circuit, said power source, said bubble generating venture, said vessel with sop mixture and said soap pump are housed within said toroidal ring.