Pivoting pole vault cross bar pin

A pole vault cross bar pin, said pin being mountable to a pole vault standard and configured to at least temporarily support a portion of a cross bar, said pin comprising:

• a base, said base being mountable to the pole vault standard,
• a support arm, said support arm being disposable between an extended position and a collapsed position, said extended position being defined as said support arm being extended laterally outward from a facing surface of the standard when said pin is mounted to the standard, and said collapsed position being defined as said support arm being disposed in an at least partially downwardly pivoted direction when said pin is mounted to the standard,
• a pivoting assembly structured to maintain said support arm in said extended position at least until a downward force is exerted upon said support arm sufficient to allow said support arm to pivot downward into said collapsed position via said pivoting assembly, and
• said pivoting assembly comprising a biasing device disposed in an engaging relation with a biased device, wherein said biased device is biased at least partially into an engaging relation with a detent when said support arm is disposed in said extended position, and wherein said biased device is released from said detent when said support arm is disposed into said collapsed position.