Retractable backboard suspended not support
AssigneeEugene V. Hearl
InventorStevie E. Taylor
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Abstract
A retractable net support including a frame, a carriage, a net support post mounted on the carriage, and a coupling connected to the support post for securing the end of a net. The carriage is movably mounted on the frame such that it may be selectively positioned along the frame. The frame further includes a top mount and a bottom mount configured and arranged to secure the net support to a backboard. Preferably, the carriage is selectively positionable by means of a threaded rod rotatably mounted on the frame. By rotating the threaded rod by means of a crank, the carriage, and thereby the attached net, may be raised and lowered.
Claims18
A retractable net support for mounting a net on a backboard, comprising:
- a) a frame mountable by mounting means on the backboard, said mounting means including a top mount and a bottom mount configured and arranged to secure said frame to the backboard;
- b) a carriage movable mounted in a substantially vertical direction on said frame, said carriage being selectively positionable along said frame;
- c) said carriage having a net support post mounted thereon;
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- d) a coupling connected to said support post for securing the end of a net.
A retractable net support system for mounting a net between a pair of separate vertical support surfaces, comprising:
- a) a pair of frames, one of said frames mountable on one of the vertical support surfaces and the other of said frames mountable on the other vertical support surface;
- b) each of said frames having a carriage movably mounted in a substantially vertical direction on said frame, said carriage being selectively positionable along said frame;
- c) each of said carriages having a net support post mounted thereon;
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- d) couplings connected to each of said support posts for securing the ends of a net.
A retractable net support for mounting the end of a net on a vertical support surface, comprising:
- a) a frame mountable on the vertical support surface;
- b) a carriage movably mounted in a substantially vertical direction on said frame, said carriage being selectively positionable along said frame;
- c) a threaded rod rotatably mounted on said frame wherein, when said threaded rod is rotated, said carriage is moved relative to said frame;
- d) said carriage having a net support post mounted thereon;
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- e) a coupling connected to said support post for securing the end of the net.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.