The Perfect Shot Week 6

 A large portion of time this week for the team was directed and aimed to our mid semester presentation. The presentation covers what has been done and a prediction of where we are going with the project. Our team has made it through many hurdles throughout the design process, and made a decision to move forward with concept 2. Concept 2 blends a pre existing basketball hoop with customizable/ adjustable attachments, this changes will allow the hoop to be adapted to a variety of age groups and will better suite their needs. These adjustable parts were created via Solidworks and are depicted below:

The bracket pictured above, is designed to mount to the back of the rim mount. Longer length bolts may be required to correctly fasten to backboard

The backboard extensions will slide into the backboard providing a bigger target for the children to hit. The extension with a bigger rim is aimed to improve the accuracy of smaller children while promoting proper form.

Pictured above is two concepts to adjust the rim circumference: The top is created to have excess material slide into the gap, concealing the extra material. The bottom picture would overlap on itself and have a nut and bolt synch down the excess material.

A shakedown test was produced where durability, stability, and failure points will be established. A major concern for the bracket setup is how universal the attachment is to different manufactures. Through testing we hope to establish either an alternative universal bracket or have an acceptable percentage of usable basketball hoops to add these attachments to. Additionally we predict the male connectors may be a failure point for our design.

Rim durability is a major concern for our team because it is a point of constant contact with the force of a ball. We must consider the safety of the youth in our rim design and avoid any protruding edges that may server as an additional source of injury.