Patent ID: 8715116
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A collapsible, portable sport goal, comprising: a plurality of frame members, including a first frame member having a first connecting member fixedly attached to a first end portion of the first frame member, the first frame member further comprising a second end portion, the second end portion having an insertion portion adapted to be removably inserted within a second connecting member and a non-insertion portion that remains outside the second connecting member when the insertion portion is inserted within the second connecting member, the insertion portion having removed therefrom at least two kerfs, the second end portion further defining first, second, third, and fourth holes in one or more exterior walls of the first frame member, the first hole and the third hole being disposed within the insertion portion, with the first hole opposing the third hole, and the second hole and the fourth hole being disposed within the non-insertion portion, with the second hole opposing the fourth hole, and the second connecting member defining opposing fifth and sixth holes in one or more exterior walls of the second connecting member, wherein, when the insertion portion is inserted within the connecting member, the fifth hole aligns with the first hole and the sixth hole aligns with the third hole; an attachment mechanism disposed within the second end portion and configured to secure the insertion portion within the second connecting member, each of the kerfs being perpendicular to an alignment of the attachment mechanism within the second end portion, the attachment mechanism comprising a first leg having a first protuberance and a second protuberance, and a second leg generally opposing the first leg, the second leg having a third protuberance and a fourth protuberance, wherein: a net attached to one or more of the plurality of frame members.