Patent ID: 7963865

Claim:
A sports goal practice backstop for removable attachment to a sports goal comprising: a removably attachable backstop net mechanism comprises a multiplicity of sections a right and a left support structure, wherein said right and left support structures are removably attached by a right and a left attachment mechanism; a torsion driven support rod activation system comprising: a right and left actuation handle assembly in transferred communication with said right and left support structure; a right and left torque shaft assembly in communication with said right and left actuation handle assembly and in transferred communication with said right and left support structure; a right and left pivot block assembly comprising independently moving sections, disposable to receive flexible pultrusion rods in communication with said right and left torque shaft assembly and in communication with said right and left actuation handle assembly wherein said right and left pivot block assemblies rotate inward and outward from a rear side of an existing sports goal; at least one torque shaft spacer in communication with said left and right pivot blocks; an attachment mechanism for securing said torsion driven support rod activation system to said existing sports goal; a plurality of flexible pultrusion support rods comprising a multi-positional, retractable construction, in communication with said right and left pivot block assemblies and possessing means for attachment of said removably attachable backstop net thereto; and, wherein said removably attachable backstop net is in communication with said plurality of support rods and wherein actuation of said right and left actuation handles rotates said right and left pivot blocks outward from said existing sports goal and disposes said right and left support rods in an opposing direction in order to tension said removably attachable backstop net; and wherein said sports goal practice backstop for removable attachment to a sports goal is fully retractable to a position which allows for play with said sports goal practice backstop for removable attachment to a sports goal in place.