Portable basketball goal with collapsible base
US5415393A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 28, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 16, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S248/91
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A support assembly for supporting and orienting an elongated pole to extend at an angle to the vertical, wherein the support assembly includes a pole having spaced apart upper and lower ends, an intermediate point and a lower portion between the intermediate point and lower end. The support assembly also includes a base having a pivot axis, a point of pole engagement and an extension generally in the same direction as the angular extension of the pole when assembled on the base such that the pole and the base extension generally form two legs of an angle. The support assembly includes a support arm having spaced apart ends, wherein one of the ends engages the base in spaced relationship from the point of pole engagement on the base, and wherein an extension presents the other of the ends at the intermediate point on the pole when assembled so that the base extension, the support arm extension and the lower portion of the pole form a triangle. A connecting arrangement removably interconnects the one support arm end and the base for pivotal movement of the support arm about the base pivot axis between raised and lowered positions relative to the base. The connecting arrangement inclu…
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