Portable basketball assembly
OwnerSamuel U. Apoinventor
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Abstract
A basketball net assembly is provided which includes a circular collar having a flanged end to rest on the top inner half of a permanent basketball rim. In a first embodiment, a plurality of holes are equally spaced along the end of the circular collar opposite the flanged end. In a second embodiment a plurality of notches are equally spaced along the lower half to form tables wherein the holes are located above the tabs. In another embodiment, the basketball net assembly is adjustable in size and can include stabilizers. Through the use of the holes and slots, a basketball net is attached to the collar. The present invention provides for the quick and easy installation and removal of a basketball net on a permanent basketball rim.
Claims15
A circular basketball net support, said circular basketball net support comprising:
- cylindrical collar means having first and second ends;
- a circular flange means attached to said first end of said cylindrical collar means for abutment on a basketball rim;
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- attaching means affixed to said cylindrical collar means for attaching a basketball net to said cylindrical collar means.
A circular net support comprising:
- circular collar means having first and second ends;
- a circular flange means attached to said first end of said circular collar means for abutment on a basketball rim;
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- attaching means affixed to said circular collar means for attaching a net to said circular collar means, said attaching means being a plurality of equally spaced holes in said circular collar means positioned around a perimeter of said second end of said circular collar means, said attaching means further including a pair of slots equally spaced about each of said equally spaced holes.
A circular net support comprising:
- a cylindrical collar means having first and second ends;
- a circular flange means attached to said first end of said cylindrical collar means for abutment on a permanent basketball rim of a regulation basketball goal, said circular flange means extending to an extent which would coincide with a top inner periphery of said permanent basketball rim when in abutment;
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- attaching means affixed to said cylindrical collar means for attaching a net to said cylindrical collar means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.