Patent ID: 7374503
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A collapsible basketball backboard assembly, comprising: a hollow trunk having a bottom end and a top end, the top end having a groove a push rod inside the trunk substantially throughout its length and extending out of the bottom end of the trunk, a hinge having rigidly attached thereto a rim with a net, the hinge fitting rotatably into the groove a pulley system inside and attached to the trunk for controlling rotation of the hinge, one end of the pulley system connected to the push rod and another end of the pulley system connected to the hinge, a basketball backboard comprising parallel substantially planar segments extending from a common bottom border, the common bottom border being foldable lengthwise, the segments fitting one behind the other when the assembly is in collapsed position, the segments, fanning out to form the backboard when the assembly is in open position, a top portion of the push rod connected to the common bottom border of the basketball backboard so that when the push rod is pulled down the planar segments and bottom border fold and enter the hollow space of the trunk and the rim falls, and when the push rod is pushed, the backboard opens and the rim rotates so that it is substantially perpendicular to the trunk.