Patent ID: 7407453

Claim:
A portable self-storing basketball goal system comprising: i) a post assembly having a top end and a bottom end; ii) a backboard removably mounted on said top end of said post assembly, said backboard having a removable hoop; iii) the bottom end of said post assembly pivotally and removably mounted to a playing surface; iv) a slidable strut collar mounted on said post assembly; v) a pair of struts extending from said strut collar, said struts having free ends pivotally and removably mounted on said top cover; vi) said post assembly having telescoping sections and being hinged at one or more locations along a rear of said post assembly, allowing said post assembly to be telescoped and folded down to fit into a storage container along with said backboard and hoop for storage; vii) a bottom end of said post assembly and the free ends of said struts being fitted with keys, and a set of matching keyways allowing said post assembly and struts to be readily engaged and disengaged with said key ways, to mount or dismount said portable basketball goal on or from said top cover; viii) said set of keys also alternatively mountable in matching keyway plates of an alternate playing surface, and, ix) said post assembly storable within a storage container when not in use; said storage container comprising: a) a foundation box mounted in the ground with a pivoted top cover flush with the surface of the ground.