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US 5,207,419 AGranted
Direct mount for basketball backboard and rim
OwnerEdward A. Schroederinventor
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Abstract
A mounting system for a direct mount basketball backboard and rim assembly that allows for independent adjustment and retention for independent adjustment and retention of the backboard to a support of the direct mount without the mounting of the basketball rim.
Claims8
A combined basketball backboard and rim direct mounting system comprising:
- a basketball backboard;
- a support means for mounting the basketball backboard and rim to a fixed structure and including a flat member attached to said fixed structure;
- aligned sets of mounting holes in said flat member, basketball backboard and rim;
- screw and nut means for each of said sets of holes for adjustably mounting the basketball backboard to the flat member in a fixed proper orientation with respect to the flat member;
- and
- securement means cooperating with an extension on each of said screw means to subsequently and independently mount said basketball rim to said flat member while maintaining the said proper orientation of said backboard member.
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A system for direct mounting a basketball backboard and rim to a support means fixed to a structure and including a flat member comprising:
- a basketball backboard;
- aligned sets of mounting holes in said flat member, basketball backboard and rim;
- screw and nut means for each of said sets of holes for adjustably mounting the basketball backboard to the flat member in a fixed proper orientation with respect to the flat member;
- and
- securement means cooperating with an extension on each of said screw means to subsequently and independently mount said basketball rim to said flat member while maintaining the said proper orientation of said backboard member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.