Patent ID: 7048655
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A basketball goal system comprising: a support pole; a backboard; a support frame connected to the backboard, the support frame including two elongated members that extend below a lower portion of the backboard; a support structure including a pair of upper arms and a pair of lower arms, the pair of upper arms being connected to the support pole and an upper portion of the elongated members of the support frame, the pair of lower arms being connected to the support pole and a lower portion of the elongated members of the support frame; a rim assembly including a pair of support arms that are connected to the lower portion of the elongated members of the support frame and the lower pair of arms of the support structure; a rim attached to the rim assembly; and a resistance mechanism, for maintaining said rim in a perpendicular plane to said backboard rim assembly, and said basketball goal assembly having a single fastener that pivotally connects the support arms of the rim assembly, the elongated members of the backboard support frame, and the lower pair of arms of the support structure.