Trailer hitch assembly for support of a basketball backboard or net assembly
OwnerPaul T. Careyinventor
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A support assembly cooperative with a vehicular trailer hitch for allowing the temporary erection of sports equipment such as a basketball post, backboard and net, or supports for volleyball or badminton, the support assembly comprising a T-shaped tubular support member having a horizontal member and a vertical member, the horizontal member having a tubular cross section cooperative with the internal diameter of a tubular trailer hitch for the slidable engagement thereof and the vertical tubular member being of a cross section and length sufficient enough to support a basketball backboard and net at a regulation height, in one embodiment, the vertical member being hinged at its mid section so as to allow transport of the assembly without having to remove it from the trailer hitch, and in another embodiment, the vertical member being telescopic and having a crank and pulley mechanism associated therewith in which the support assembly is transported in a non-telescopic mode and then raised to the regulation height of a basket for play.
A portable vehicular mounted support assembly for the selective extension and nonextension of a sport assembly for the playing of basketball, volleyball, or badminton in a selected area, said portable support assembly being mounted to a vehicle hitch, said support assembly comprising:
A portable vehicular mounted support assembly for the selective extension and non-extension of a sport assembly for the playing of basketball, volleyball, or badminton in a selected area, said portable support assembly being mounted to a vehicle hitch, said support assembly comprising:
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