Basketball goal
AssigneeFisher-Price, Inc.
InventorsTimothy P. O'Connell, Mark A. Strayer
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Abstract
A basketball system having has a ballasted base, an adjustable support system comprising two pole sections, a backboard, a hoop structure, and a net. They include an upper pole section and a lower pole section, and may be operated either telescopically or non-telescopically. The base has a first socket that receives the lower pole section, and a second socket is sized to receive the upper pole section when the system is operated in the non-telescoping mode. The hoop structure is provided with a neck flange for attaching the hoop structure to a recess in the upper telescoping pole section. The net is attached to the hoop structure by a net retention hoop on which the net is threadedly engaged.
Claims11
A basketball goal comprising:
- a support post having a shaft, an upper end having a backboard retaining lug, and a hoop support recess below said upper end;
- a hoop with a flange engageable with said hoop support recess, said flange having a pair of backboard pivot posts disposed on opposite surface hereof to provide a horizontal pivot axis spaced from said hoop;
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- a backboard having a back surface engageable with said retaining lug and a lower edge with a notch for engaging said upper end of said support post, said notch further comprising a pair of pivot recesses for engaging said backboard pivot posts,
- whereby said backboard and said hoop can be fixed to said post by engaging said hoop support recess with said flange, engaging said pivot posts with said pivot recesses, and engaging said upper end of said support post and said backboard retaining lug with said backboard.
A basketball goal comprising,
- a support post having an upper end having a backboard retaining lug and a backboard support surface, and a support recess below said upper end having first and second contoured surfaces with a detent ridge therebetween;
- a hoop with a flange, said flange having opposing first and second recess engaging lugs, each said lug having a backboard pivot post on an outer edge thereof, and a peripheral surface for engaging said first and second contoured surfaces of said support recess, said first and second recess engaging lugs further comprising a notch therebetween for cooperatively engaging said detent ridge;
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- a backboard having a back surface for engaging said backboard retaining lug and a lower edge with a support notch having an inner surface for engaging said backboard support surface, said support notch further comprising opposing pivot recesses for engaging said backboard pivot posts.
A height adjustable support system for a basketball goal, comprising,
- a base having an upper surface, a first support socket disposed in said upper surface, and a lower support post projecting upwardly from said upper surface and having a shaft with a hollow bore;
- a goal support post having a shaft with a lower end engageable with said first support socket and slidably receivable in said bore of said lower support post and an upper end engageable with the basketball goal
- whereby said upper end of said backboard support post is disposed at a first height when said goal support post is engaged with said first support socket and is disposed at a second height, greater than said first height, when said backboard support post is disposed in said lower support post.
A basketball goal comprising;
- a circular hoop comprising a short cylinder having upper and lower ends and an interior flange in a plane perpendicular to said cylinder and between said upper and lower ends, and
- a circular net retention hoop onto which the upper loops of a basketball net are threadedly engaged, said net retention hoop fixedly engaging said interior flange to retain said net on said circular hoop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.