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US 6,884,189 B2Granted
Adjustable basketball goal system
OwnerDennis M. Fairinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable basketball goal system wherein a basketball goal is mounted to a moveable sleeve slidable a post. A ring is attached to the sleeve and connected to a cable. The cable runs through a pulley at the top of the post, then back through the ring and down to a winch. The winch functions to draw in cable thereby raising the sleeve and the attached goal, to release cable and thereby lower the goal, and to hold the cable in position and thereby fix the position of the goal.
Claims3
A adjustable basketball goal system comprising:
- a hollow base member having a front surface, a back surface, a top, a bottom and being rectangular in cross-section;
- a receiver hitch having a first and second side, the first side being disposed upon the bottom of said base member, and said second side being adapted to be inserted into a vehicular trailer hitch;
- a gusset flange disposed between the bottom of said base member and the first side of said receiver;
- a pivot bracket having a front surface, back surface, two opposing side surfaces, a top, a bottom and being rectangular in cross-section, the bottom of the pivot bracket being disposed inside the top of said base member;
- a hollow pivot member having a front surface, a back surface, two opposing side surfaces, a top and a bottom, the bottom being disposed upon said pivot bracket;
- a pin, said pin extending through holes defined in the opposing side surfaces of said pivot member and through holes defined in both opposing side surfaces of said pivot bracket, two additional holes being defined in the opposing side surfaces of the pivot member, and two additional holes being defined in the opposing side surfaces of the bracket member, said holes being equidistant from said pin;
- a sleeve disposed around said pivot member, the sleeve having a front surface and back surface;
- a mounting bracket disposed on the front surface of said sleeve;
- a basketball goal disposed upon said mounting bracket;
- a pulley disposed on the top of the back surface of said pivot member;
- a winch disposed on the bottom of the back surface of said base member;
- a ring disposed on the back surface of said sleeve;
- a cable having a first and second end, the first end of said cable being attached to said winch and the second end of said cable being disposed around said ring;
- wherein said cable runs from said winch through said ring, around said pulley and then back to said ring.
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