Soccer goal securing apparatus and method
AssigneeABT, Inc.
InventorTimothy Harold Wallace
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for securing a movable soccer goal to a fixed football goal or other vertical post. When in use, the apparatus functions to prevent the soccer goal from being overturned, thereby, making it considerably safer than an unsecured soccer goal.
Claims26
An apparatus for securing a movable soccer goal to a football goal, the apparatus comprising:
- a securing device capable of simultaneously and removably engaging an essentially horizontal member of a movable soccer goal and a fixed, essentially vertical, member extending from the playing surface.
An apparatus for securing a movable goal to a post of a football goal fixed in the playing surface, the apparatus comprising:
- a post engaging member with a hook or hooks formed at one or both ends of the post engaging member, the post engaging member being capable of being placed at least substantially around the post with the end of the hook or hooks capable of engaging a structural member of the movable goal;
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- a pulling mechanism configured to pull the hook or hooks toward the post to secure the structural member of the movable goal between the hook or hooks and the post.
An apparatus structured to secure a movable soccer goal to a vertical post of a football goal, said movable soccer goal having a horizontal bar, the apparatus comprising:
- a football goalpost engaging portion configured to contact a first side of the vertical post;
- a soccer goal holding portion coupled to the football goalpost engaging portion and extending away from the football goalpost engaging portion, wherein the apparatus is structured such that when the football goalpost engaging portion is in contact with the first side of the vertical post the soccer goal holding portion extends beyond a second side of the vertical post generally opposite said first side and is structured to releasably engage the horizontal bar of the soccer goal;
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- a user-actuable mechanism for coupling the soccer goal holding portion to the football goalpost engaging portion, said user actuable mechanism structured such that actuation of the mechanism pulls the soccer goal holding portion toward the football goalpost engaging portion.
A method comprising:
- positioning a movable soccer goal such that a structural member of the soccer goal is located proximate to a vertical post secured in the ground;
- positioning a soccer goal securing apparatus around the vertical post;
- positioning a hook-shaped member of the soccer goal securing apparatus around the structural member of the soccer goal;
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- actuating a user-actuable mechanism of the soccer goal securing apparatus to pull the hook-shaped member of the soccer goal securing apparatus toward the vertical post until the structural member of the soccer goal is secured against the vertical post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.