Patent ID: 8206247

Claim:
A basketball goal system, comprising: a) a support; b) a backboard assembly including a vertical backboard panel, wherein said backboard panel defines a rim assembly opening; c) a basketball rim assembly; d) a parallelogram structure having at least one upper arm with a rearward end pivotally connected to said support and at least one lower arm with a rearward end pivotally connected to said support; e) wherein said parallelogram structure includes at least one forward arm defining a forward side of said parallelogram along a non-vertical axis relative to said backboard panel, said forward arm having a lower end pivotally connected to a forward end of said lower arm, a central pivot point pivotally connected to a forward end of said upper arm and an upper end connected to said backboard assembly; and, f) a brace extending forward from said forward parallelogram arm and connected to said basketball rim assembly through said rim assembly opening wherein axes of said brace, said backboard assembly and said forward arm define a triangle with fixed angles.