Patent ID: 7300059
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector and goal frame member assembly, comprising: an elongate goal frame member having a longitudinally-extending recessed channel and a hollow open end, said recessed channel being defined by at least a pair of opposed inwardly-directed walls having inner peripheral surfaces that taper toward one another; a connector slidably receivable within said hollow end of said goal frame member, said connector having an inset track for cooperatively receiving and engaging said tapered inner peripheral surfaces of said walls of said recessed channel of said goal frame member, said inset track having outer peripheral surfaces formed by outwardly tapered walls; and a fastener extending through said recessed channel of said goal frame member and said inset track of said connector to urge said inner peripheral surfaces of said walls of said recessed channel of said goal frame member into slip-resistant engagement with said outer peripheral surface of said inset track of said connector; said tapered inner peripheral surface of each of said walls of said recessed channel being discontinuous in transverse cross-section and including a pair of spaced-apart surface portions.