Patent ID: 7628717

Claim:
A vertically adjustable basketball backboard support assembly comprising: a pair of vertically spaced horizontally extending parallel upper and lower beams having first and second corresponding ends, vertically spaced upper and lower support brackets rigidly secured, respectively, to said upper and lower beams, said support brackets being adapted for connection to a fixed position vertical support, a rectangular vertical basketball backboard having a front and a rear, a pair of parallel laterally spaced vertical guide rails rigidly secured to said rear of said backboard, a first pair of slides rigidly secured, respectfully, to said first corresponding ends of said beams and slidingly connected to one of said vertical guide rails, a second pair of slides rigidly secured, respectively, to said second corresponding ends of said beams and slidingly connected to the other of said guide rails, a rigid rectangular section vertically extending outer tube rigidly secured near its opposite ends to said beams midway between their ends, said outer tube having a plurality of vertically spaced horizontally elongated slots and an open lower end, an inner tube slidingly positioned within said outer tube for vertical telescopic movement relative thereto having a lower portion to which a horizontally facing rim support plate is rigidly secured, said inner tube having a cylindrical interior with openings at its upper and lower ends, a cam control rod journaled in said cylindrical interior of said inner tube with an upper end extending above said upper end of said inner tube including a cam rigidly secured to and extending radially from said upper end of said cam control rod, said cam being selectively engageable with said slots upon manual movement of said inner tube to align said cam with a selected slot and upon rotation of said cam by rotation of said rod, a pivot tool receptacle rigidly secured to said lower end of said control rod; and a torsion spring counterbalance mechanism mounted on said upper support member including a pair of laterally spaced cable pulleys with cables connected, respectively, to laterally spaced points of said backboard.