Patent ID: 6302811
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An adjustable basketball goal system comprising:a vertical support member having an upper end and a lower end, said vertical support member having a hollow portion and an aperture formed therein proximate said upper end;a first support structure having a first end and a second end, said first end being pivotally attached to said vertical support member proximate said upper end;a second support structure having a first end and a second end, said first end being pivotally attached to said vertical support member spaced from said first end of said first support structure;a backboard having a front and a back, said second end of said first support structure and said second end of said second support structure each being rotatably attached to said back;a basketball hoop mounted to said front of said backboard;a fulcrum attached proximate said aperture is formed in upper end of said vertical support member;a lever member having a first end and a second end with a fulcrum point thereinbetween positioned proximate said fulcrum, said first end being rotatably attached to one of said first support structure and said second support structure, said lever member having a first lever portion extending from said first end to said fulcrum point and a second lever portion extending from said second end to said fulcrum point;an actuator positioned within said hollow portion of said vertical support member, said actuator having a lower end and an upper end, said upper end being connected to said second lever portion and said actuator being configured to move said second portion of said lever member about said fiilcrum and in turn cause said first portion of said lever member to urge said backboard to move between a first position and a second position vertically displaced from said first position; andan operating structure attached to said vertical support member and positioned for operation by a user, said lower end of said actuator being connected to said operating structure and said operating structure being configured to cause said upper end of said actuator to move said second portion of said lever member upon operation of said operating structure by a user.