Patent ID: 8968124
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for releasably securing a structural member of a movable soccer goal relative to a surface, the apparatus comprising: an enclosure structured to be placed within and substantially level with the surface, said enclosure defining a cavity and having a cover, said cover defining an aperture; a goal engaging member movable relative to the surface and structured to engage the structural member of the movable soccer goal; and a tightening mechanism mounted entirely within said enclosure and operatively connected to said goal engaging member, said tightening mechanism comprising a rotatable member being structured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction and an elongate member extending between said rotatable member and said goal engaging member, said elongate member being secured to said goal engaging member and being structured to pass through said aperture of said cover, wherein said tightening mechanism is structured so that rotation of said rotatable member in the first direction causes the elongate member to be retrieved around the rotatable member to thereby urge said goal engaging member toward and into the interior of said enclosure so that said goal engaging member releasably secures a portion of the structural member of the movable soccer goal to the surface.