Patent ID: 7828678

Claim:
A sports goal assembly for use on a playing field, comprising a goal frame defining an upright goal mouth relative to the playing field and a goal net secured to said goal frame including a part of said goal frame defining said goal mouth, said goal frame including: a spaced-apart, opposed pair of elongate base rails that each extend rearward of said goal mouth and along and parallel to the underlying surface of the playing field; and an elongate base crossbar that interconnects said base rails and that extends transversely therebetween; each of said elongate base rails being of a length including a front section adjacent said goal mouth, a rear section remote from said goal mouth, and an intermediate section located between said front and rear sections; and said base crossbar being connecting to and extending from said intermediate sections of said base rails; said rear sections of said base rails being of greater weight than said front sections to counterbalance said goal assembly; and said goal net being secured to said crossbar and said front sections of each of said base rails, but not said rear sections of said base rails wherein said base crossbar and base rails are arranged to form a substantially I-shaped configuration and wherein each of said base rails is a hollow elongate tube, and further comprising counterbalancing weights that are positioned only within said hollow rear sections of said base rails.