Patent ID: 9597568
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. An engagement apparatus for engaging a thrown object such as a flying disc, the engagement apparatus comprising: a pylon assembly, the pylon assembly having a first riser section and a second riser section and the pylon assembly having an axis and having a base axial end and a distal axial end, the first riser section delimiting the base axial end and the second riser section delimiting the distal axial end, and the first riser section and the second riser section being disposable between a stowage disposition in which the first riser section and the second riser section are at least partially co-extensive with one another relative to the axial direction and together delimit a stowage axial length measured from the base axial end delimited by the first riser section to the distal axial end delimited by the second riser section an operating disposition in which the first riser section and the second riser section collectively extend to an operating length greater than the stowage axial length; a surface presenting component, the surface presenting component being operable to present a surface on which a thrown object can be engaged and having a mounting portion; and a traveler operable to movably couple the mounting portion of the surface presenting component to the pylon assembly, the traveler guiding a movement of the surface presenting component relative to the pylon assembly in which the surface presenting component moves between a non-presenting position in which the mounting portion of the surface presenting component is at a first axial spacing from the base axial end of the pylon assembly and a presenting position in which the mounting portion of the surface presenting component is at a second axial spacing from the base axial end of the pylon assembly that is greater than the first axial spacing.