Patent ID: 6447409
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A breakaway basketball rim assembly comprising:a mounting unit with a baseplate for mounting to a vertically extending backboard; a mounting plate that extends in a perpendicular direction from the baseplate having an upper surface with a first chamfered hole formed therein; a releasable rim member having a circular hoop portion which extends in a generally horizontal plane; a pivot plate that projects from a rearward edge of the hoop portion perpendicularly toward the backboard and in spaced relation above the mounting plate, the pivot plate having a lower surface with a second chamfered hole formed therein; a ball bearing positioned between the pivot plate and the mounting plate fitted within the first and second holes for releasing said rim member in response to a downward load received on the circular hoop portion; and means for returning the circular hoop portion of the rim member to the generally horizontal plane following the release of the downward load from the hoop portion.