Adjustable height basketball apparatus

An adjustable basketball apparatus comprising:

• a basketball backboard;
• a basketball goal coupled to the basketball backboard;
• a support member;
• an upper arm and a lower arm connecting the basketball backboard to the support member which, wherein said upper and lower arms together with the basketball backboard and the support member define a rotateable parallelogram;
• a locking device for holding the basketball backboard at a selected height, said locking device connected to said support member and having:
• a bracket;
• and
• a retention member;
• a linkage member at least partially disposed between said locking device and at least one of said upper and lower arms operable to rotate the rotateable parallelogram thereby changing the height of the backboard, said linkage member having:
• a plurality of height adjustment apertures;
• a connecting rod at least partially disposed between said locking device and one of said upper and lower arms for adjusting the height of said basketball backboard;
• and
• an inner bracket extending along at least a portion of the length of said connecting rod for preventing disengagement of said locking device;
• an adjustment mechanism operable to adjust the height of the backboard, said adjustment mechanism comprising a first handle and a second handle, wherein said connecting rod terminates in the first handle and said inner bracket terminates in the second handle such that when said first handle and said second handle are forced together, said locking device releases allowing movement of said connecting rod and said inner bracket and allowing said rotateable parallelogram to be rotated, thereby adjusting the height of the basketball backboard;
• wherein said retention member is adapted to communicate with said height adjustment apertures, thereby preventing substantial movement of said linkage member.

An adjustable basketball apparatus comprising:

• a basketball backboard;
• a basketball goal coupled to the basketball backboard;
• a support member;
• an upper arm and a lower arm connecting the basketball backboard to the support member which, wherein said upper and lower arms together with the basketball backboard and the support member define a rotateable parallelogram;
• a locking device for holding the basketball backboard at a selected height, said locking device connected to said support member and having:
• a bracket;
• and
• a retention member;
• a linkage member at least partially disposed between said locking device and at least one of said upper and lower arms operable to rotate the rotateable parallelogram thereby changing the height of the backboard, said linkage member including a plurality of height adjustment apertures having a plurality of notches defined along the length of said linkage member;
• and
• an adjustment mechanism operable to adjust the height of the backboard by releasing said locking device, thus permitting movement of said linkage member allowing the rotateable parallelogram to be rotated;
• wherein said retention member is adapted to communicate with said height adjustment apertures, thereby preventing substantial movement of said linkage member.

An adjustable basketball apparatus comprising:

• a basketball backboard;
• a basketball goal coupled to the basketball backboard;
• a support member;
• an upper arm and a lower arm connecting the basketball backboard to the support member which, together with the basketball backboard and the support member form a rotateable parallelogram;
• a linkage member disposed between at least one of said upper and lower arm;
• a locking device for holding the basketball backboard at a selected height, said locking device connected to said support member and having:
• a bracket;
• a retention member;
• and
• a detaining element for imparting force upon said linkage member generally in the direction of said retention member;
• wherein said retention member comprises a first pin disposed substantially within said bracket, and wherein said detaining element further comprises:
• a second pin disposed substantially within said bracket within opposing slits;
• and
• one or more springs for imparting force on said second pin in the direction of said retention member.

An adjustable basketball apparatus comprising:

• a basketball backboard;
• a basketball goal coupled to the basketball backboard;
• a support member;
• an upper arm and a lower arm connecting the basketball backboard to the support member which, together with the basketball backboard and the support member form a deformable parallelogram;
• a locking device for holding the basketball backboard at a selected height;
• a linkage member disposed between at least one of said upper and lower arm, said linkage member comprising:
• a connecting rod disposed between one of the upper arm and lower arm and said locking device for holding the basketball backboard at a selected height;
• and
• an inner bracket extending along said connecting rod for preventing disengagement of said locking device;
• wherein said connecting rod terminates in a first handle and said inner bracket terminates in a second handle such that when said first handle and said second handle are compressed, said locking device releases allowing movement of said connecting rod and said inner bracket and allowing said deformable parallelogram to be deformed, thereby adjusting the height of the basketball backboard.