Basketball hoop structure for a trampoline
OwnerJoel Sallineninventor
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Abstract
A basketball hoop structure is described herein. The basketball hoop structure includes a frame, a rim, a backboard and a fixing arrangement having an elongated trough. The hoop structure may be fixed onto a support tube of a trampoline. The support tube includes two slits and a locking hole. The trough includes two locking plates and a locking pin. When the basketball hoop structure is fixed to the support tube, the locking plates are inside the slits of the support tube and the locking pin is inside the locking hole.
Claims14
A basketball hoop structure for a trampoline, the trampoline comprising a trampoline frame having a hollow horizontal support tube having a circular cross-section, an upper surface and two slits arranged on the upper surface, a lower surface and a locking hole arranged on the lower surface, the basketball hoop structure comprising:
- a hoop structure frame;
- a fixing arrangement attached to the hoop structure frame, the fixing arrangement comprising an elongated trough, the elongated trough having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first edge having a first locking plate and a second locking plate both configured to curve inward towards the inner surface, a second edge, a locking arrangement arranged near the second edge and comprising a locking pin;
- a rim attached to the hoop structure frame;
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- a backboard attached to the hoop structure frame, and having a surface;
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- wherein the basketball hoop structure is configured to be fixed onto the hollow horizontal support tube;
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- wherein the fixing arrangement is configured such that when the basketball hoop structure is fixed onto the horizontal support tube, the first locking plate and the second locking plate are arranged inside the two slits and the locking pin is arranged inside the locking hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.