Basketball set

A kit for assembling a blow molded basketball goal comprising:

• an inner post having a top end, a bottom end, a length measured from the top end to the bottom end, a plurality of protrusions positioned near the bottom end of the inner post, and a plurality of recesses arranged along the length of the inner post, each of the plurality of recesses defined by at least a bottom upward-angled surface and a top surface;
• an outer post having a bottom end, a hollow interior defined by an interior wall, an open top end adapted to receive the inner post, at least one protuberance on the interior wall, and a latch having a pivot hinge and a projection;
• a rim securable to the inner post;
• and
• a backboard securable to the rim;
• wherein when the inner post is received in the outer post, the plurality of protrusions of the inner post each bear against a flat surface of the interior wall of the outer post and the at least one protuberance of the outer post bears against the inner post;
• wherein the projection of the latch corresponds to the plurality of recesses of the inner post such that the projection can be fit into any of the plurality of recesses of the inner post to lock the inner post in the outer post at a desired height;
• an opening in the inner post near the top end;
• a cap configured to insert in and be retained in the opening;
• wherein the backboard is configured to insert around the top end of the inner post in a direction along the axis of the inner post and past the opening such that when the cap is retained in the opening, the cap inhibits removal of the backboard opposite the direction.

A kit for assembling a blow molded basketball goal comprising:

• an inner post having a top end, a bottom end, a length measured from the top end to the bottom end, a plurality of protrusions positioned near the bottom end of the inner post, and a plurality of recesses arranged along the length of the inner post, each of the plurality of recesses defined b at least a bottom upward-angled surface and a top surface;
• an outer post having a bottom end a hollow interior defined b an interior wall, an open to end adapted to receive the inner post, at least one protuberance on the interior wall, and a latch having a pivot hinge and a projection;
• a rim securable to the inner post;
• and
• a backboard securable to the rim;
• wherein when the inner post is received in the outer post, the plurality of protrusions of the inner post each bear against a flat surface of the interior wall of the outer post and the at least one protuberance of the outer post bears against the inner post;
• wherein the projection of the latch corresponds to the plurality of recesses of the inner post such that the projection can be fit into an of the plurality of recesses of the inner post to lock the inner post in the outer post at a desired height;
• a blow molded base having an opening which is a through hole;
• a bottom end of the outer post pole having a threaded portion which is insertable through the opening from a first side of the blow molded base;
• a ring which is threadable onto the threaded portion from the second side of the blow molded base such that when the ring is secured to the outer post, the ring causes the outer post to bear against the base, wherein the opening and the outer post include faces which interact to inhibit rotation of the outer post while the ring is rotated to thread to the bottom end of the outer post.

A kit for a blow molded basketball goal assembly comprising:

• a first piece with an opening which extends through the first piece, the first piece including a front face defining a backboard;
• a second piece including a front section and a rear section, the front section including an opening defining a rim portion;
• a post having an upper end;
• the rear section of the second piece insertable through the opening in a first direction then slidable in a second direction along the upper end of the post to secure to the upper end of the post to thereby secure the first piece to the post with the rim portion extending out the backboard;
• a cap securable in an opening in the post such that once the rear section is slid into position relative the upper end, the cap is securable in the opening to inhibit sliding of the rear section opposite the direction aligned with the axis.

A kit for a blow molded basketball goal assembly comprising:

• a first piece with an opening which extends through the first piece, the first piece including a front face defining a backboard;
• a second piece including a front section and a rear section, the front section including an opening defining a rim portion;
• a post having an upper end;
• the rear section of the second piece insertable through the opening in a first direction then slidable in a second direction along the upper end of the post to secure to the upper end of the post to thereby secure the first piece to the post with the rim portion extending out the backboard;
• a bottom end of the post having a threaded portion which is insertable through the opening from a first side of the blow molded base;
• a ring which is threadable onto the threaded portion from the second side of the blow molded base such that when the ring is secured to the post, the ring causes the post to bear against the base, wherein the opening and the post include faces which interact to inhibit rotation of the post while the ring is rotated to thread to the bottom end of the post.