Transportable basketball system having wind-transmissive backboard structure and sand-anchorable post assembly for safely playing basketball-related games on beaches, shorelines and other sand-covered outdoor environments

A basketball system for use in playing basketball-related games on sand covered outdoor environments, comprising:

• a wind-transmissive backboard structure having a backboard surface disposed substantially within a first plane, bounded by a frame structure, and characterized by a high degree of air permeability across said backboard surface so that air currents, expected in said sand covered outdoor environments, can pass through said backboard surface with minimal resistance yet deflect a lightweight basketball when tossed thereagainst during basketball-related games;
• a basketball hoop structure defining an opening through which a basketball can be passed during said basketball-related games, and generally disposed within a second plane substantially perpendicular to said first plane;
• a pole assembly, including a plurality of arrangeable pole sections, for supporting said wind-transmissive backboard structure at a height above the surface of a sand bed located in said sand covered outdoor environment;
• and
• a pole anchoring device for driving beneath said sand bed and supporting said pole assembly in a substantially plumb orientation, while playing said basketball-related games.

A basketball system for use in playing a basketball-related games on sand covered outdoor environments, comprising:

• a wind-transmissive backboard structure having a backboard surface disposed substantially within a first plane, bounded by a frame structure, and characterized by high degree of air permeability across said backboard surface so that air currents, expected in said sand covered outdoor environments, can pass therethrough with minimal resistance yet deflect a lightweight basketball when tossed thereagainst during basketball-related games;
• a basketball hoop structure defining an opening through which a basketball can be passed during said basketball-related games, and generally disposed within a second plane substantially perpendicular to said first plane;
• a pole assembly, including a plurality of arrangeable pole sections, for supporting said wind-transmissive backboard structure at a height above the surface of a sand bed located in said sand covered outdoor environment;
• and
• a pole anchoring device for driving beneath said sand bed and supporting said pole assembly in a substantially plumb orientation, while playing said basketball-related games.

A transportable basketball system arrangeable in a play configuration during which a basketball-related game can be played, and arrangeable in a transport configuration during which said transportable basketball system can be easily transported between a sand covered outdoor environment and a remote location, said transportable basketball system comprising:

• a wind-transmissive backboard structure having a backboard surface disposed substantially within a first plane, bounded by a frame structure, and characterized by high degree of air permeability across said backboard surface so that air currents, expected in said sand covered outdoor environments, can pass therethrough with minimal resistance yet deflect a lightweight basketball when tossed thereagainst during basketball-related games;
• a basketball hoop structure defining an opening through which a basketball can be passed during said basketball-related game, and generally disposed within a second plane substantially perpendicular to said first plane when said transportable basketball system is arranged in said play configuration;
• a pole assembly, including a plurality of arrangeable pole sections, for supporting said wind-transmissive backboard structure at a height above the surface of a sand bed located on said sand covered outdoor environment, and
• a pole anchoring device for driving beneath said sand bed and supporting said pole assembly in a substantially plumb orientation;
• wherein, during said play configuration,
• said basketball hoop structure is operably connected to said wind-transmissive backboard structure and said second plane is substantially perpendicular to said first plane,
• said pole assembly is operably connected to said wind-transmissive backboard structure and said pole anchoring device, and
• said pole anchoring device is driven beneath said sand bed and supports said pole assembly in a substantially plumb orientation while said wind-transmissive backboard structure is supported at a height above the surface of said sand bed;
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• wherein, during said transport configuration, said transportable basketball system is arranged in the form of a compact package, for transport to between said sand covered outdoor environment and said remote location.

A transportable basketball system arrangeable in a play configuration during which a basketball-related game can be played, and arrangeable in a transport configuration during which said transportable basketball system can be easily transported between a sand covered outdoor environment and a remote location, said transportable basketball system comprising:

• a wind-transmissive backboard structure having a backboard surface disposed substantially within a first plane, bounded by a frame structure, and characterized by high degree of air permeability across said backboard surface so that air currents, expected on said covered environment, can pass therethrough with minimal resistance yet deflect a lightweight basketball when tossed thereagainst during basketball-related games;
• a basketball hoop structure defining an opening through which a basketball can be passed during said basketball-related game, and generally disposed within a second plane substantially perpendicular to said first plane when said transportable basketball system is arranged in said play configuration;
• a pole assembly, including a plurality of arrangeable pole sections, for supporting said wind-transmissive backboard structure at a height above the surface of a sand bed located on said sand covered outdoor environment;
• and
• a pole anchoring device for driving beneath said sand bed and supporting said pole assembly in a substantially plumb orientation;
• wherein, during said play configuration,
• said basketball hoop structure is operably connected to said wind-transmissive backboard structure and said second plane is substantially perpendicular to said first plane,
• said pole assembly is operably connected to said wind-transmissive backboard structure and said pole anchoring device, and
• said pole anchoring device is driven beneath said sand bed and supports said pole assembly in a substantially plumb orientation while said wind-transmissive backboard structure is supported at a height above the surface of said sand bed;
• and
• wherein, during said transport configuration,
• the second plane of said basketball hoop structure is orientable substantially parallel to the first said backboard surface,
• said pole sections of said pole assembly are orientable in one or more planes substantially parallel to said first plane and within a space generally defined by dimensions of said frame structure,
• whereby said transportable basketball system can be arranged for transport in a compact package between said sand covered outdoor environment and said remote location.