Patent ID: 8128519
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A soccer goal structure, comprising; (a) a forward frame portion including a left upright member, a right upright member, at least one horizontal member spanning between the upper ends of the left and right upright members and corner fittings for joining the upper ends of the right and left upright members to the horizontal member, the left and right upright members and the horizontal member fashioned from generally identical tubing, the corner fittings including tubular legs which are fixed together to define a right angle, the tubular legs of the corner fittings presenting tubular ends which generally match the tubes of the left and right upright members and the at least one horizontal member, the corner fittings further including connecting collars for receiving braces for supporting the forward frame portion, (b) clamps operable for joining the corner fittings, the upright members and the at least one horizontal member, each clamp adapted for inserting into the matching open ends of the abutting tubular ends of corner fittings, upright members and the at least one horizontal member, wherein, each corner fitting has tube section legs of unequal lengths, whereby corner fittings may be oriented in one of two positions corresponding to one of two desired horizontal member heights so that tube sections and corner fittings may be arrange to construct a selected one of at least two soccer goal configurations having a selected one of at least two horizontal member heights, and the horizontal member includes at least two sections that are joint together by at least one clamp, at least one of the at least two sections of the horizontal member interchangeable with a section having a selected different length so that a horizontal members of a selected length is used to construct a soccer goal having a selected width tubes.