Patent ID: 8096903

Claim:
A device for connecting a soccer net to the horizontal crossbar of a soccer goal, the soccer net having an edge cord and the horizontal crossbar being circular and having a diameter, the device comprising: a clip having an inner surface which is shaped and dimensioned to receive the horizontal crossbar; said clip having a first jaw end and an opposite second jaw, said first and second jaws forming a mouth having a width which is less than the diameter of the horizontal crossbar; said first jaw including an edge cord connector which is shaped and dimensioned to receive the edge cord of the soccer net; said edge cord connector including a bight in said first jaw; said bight having a neck through which the edge cord can pass; said second jaw including a line connector; said line connector being a hole in said second jaw; a line which connects to said line connector; and, said clip being resilient so that said first and second jaws can open to receive the horizontal crossbar, and once received, close around the horizontal crossbar.