Patent ID: 7014578

Claim:
A goalpost for use on a playing field having a plane, said goalpost having a pair of uprights and a horizontal member for the support thereof, comprising: a) a vertical sleeve for inserting into a hole in the playing field; b) a vertical gooseneck post operatively connected to the distal end of said vertical sleeve, said connection enabling the front-to-back and side-to-side adjustment of the verticality of said gooseneck post relative to the verticality of said sleeve, and said gooseneck post having means located at said proximal end of said gooseneck post for adjusting the length thereof; c) a horizontal member operatively connected to the distal end of said vertical gooseneck post at an intermediate point of said horizontal member, the angle of said horizontal member relative to said plane of said playing field being adjustable; d) a pair of uprights, each operatively connected to respective ends of said horizontal member; and e) said horizontal member having means for adjusting the distance between each of said pair of uprights and means for adjusting verticality of said pair of uprights f) said means for adjusting the length of said gooseneck post further comprises a riser operatively connected to said proximal end of said gooseneck post g) wherein said connection enabling the front-to-back and side-to-side adjustment of the verticality of said gooseneck post relative to the verticality of said sleeve further comprises bolts and nuts for attachment and adjustment of said connection in two orthogonal directions.