Patent ID: 7892118
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A basketball goal comprising: a) a support that has upper and lower end portions; b) a backboard affixed to the upper end portion of the support; c) a hoop affixed to the backboard; d) a jacking mechanism that includes a toothed rack and which elevates the hoop when the hoop pivots downwardly; e) a control positioned on the support that enables the hoop to be selectively affixed at a selected elevation, overriding the jacking mechanism; and f) said control has three positions including the jacking position, a fixed position that disallows jacking and a lowering position that moves the hoop to a lower position having multiple selectable positions including a position that engages the jacking mechanism and a fixed position that overrides the jacking mechanism and wherein the jacking mechanism elevates the hoop a distance equal to the spacing of teeth on the rack each time the hoop is pivoted downwardly.