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US 6,296,583 B1Granted
Breakaway basketball goal
OwnerWalter J. Tatar, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
A basketball goal has a hoop connected through a breakaway mechanism with a support, independently of the backboard. A force on the hoop is transmitted to the support and is not applied to the backboard.
Claims5
A basketball goal comprising;
- a support;
- a backboard connected to said support;
- a hoop;
- a breakaway mechanism mounted on said support behind said backboard, including:
- a hoop carrying arm pivoted about a horizontal axis spaced behind the backboard;
- a resilient element below the arm and forward of the axis, urging the arm upwardly;
- a stop limiting the upward movement of said arm;
- a cover plate between the resilient element and the arm, supporting said arm;
- a compression plate between said cover plate and the resilient element;
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- a screw threaded in said cover plate and engaging the compression plate to adjust compression of the resilient element and the upward force applied to said arm, the arm having said hoop connected thereto, a force applied to the hoop deflecting the hoop and being transmitted through the breakaway mechanism to the support, no force being applied to the backboard.
8 more elements
A basketball goal comprising:
- a support;
- a backboard connected to said support, the backboard having a lower edge;
- a hoop;
- a breakaway mechanism mounted on said support behind the backboard and above the lower edge thereof, including a pair of laterally spaced hoop-carrying arms pivoted about a horizontal axis spaced behind the backboard, the arms extending forwardly through slots in the backboard;
- a resilient element below the arms, forward of the axis and between the horizontal axis and backboard, urging the arms upwardly;
- a stop limiting upward movement of said arms, the arms having said hoop connected thereto, a force applied to the hoop deflecting the hoop and being transmitted through the breakaway mechanism to the support, no force being applied to the backboard.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.