Patent ID: 6428431
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An apparatus for use with a swimming pool having a deck, defining a top surface and an edge extending downwardly from the top surface, and having an interior region at least partially filled with water defining a water line, the apparatus comprising:an athletic goal defining a bottom portion; a ballast device including at least one hollow ballast storage member which defines an interior ballast storage region that removably stores ballast material and rests directly on the top surface of the deck when the athletic goal is within the interior region of the swimming pool; and a support assembly operably connecting the athletic goal to the ballast device such that the bottom portion of the athletic goal will be below the ballast device when the ballast device is on the top surface of the deck and the athletic goal is within the interior region of the swimming pool, the support assembly including at least one hollow support member connected to the at least one hollow ballast storage member and defining a support member interior region; wherein the interior ballast storage region and the support member interior region are separated by a plug.