Patent ID: 7175551

Claim:
A basketball rim assembly for allowing a player to removably attach a rim to an existing backboard, said assembly comprising: a housing section securely mounted to a selected portion of the backboard and having a centrally disposed vertical axis; an anchor section removably positionable into said housing; a rim section connected to said anchor section and extending outwardly therefrom along a substantially horizontal plane; means for locking said anchor section with said housing section after said anchor section has been positioned therein; and means for resiliently opposing downwardly forces exerted on said rim section such that a player can offset said rim section from the horizontal plane without permanently detaching said rim section from said anchor section wherein said anchor section comprises: a plurality of walls integrally attached for defining a generally rectangular shape corresponding to a shape of the cavity, opposing ones of said walls being provided with a plurality of slots extending parallel to each other, selected ones of the slots being oppositely spaced apart and positioned along a level plane; a pair of spaced flange portions protruding forwardly from one said walls and being equidistantly spaced from the axis; and a cover plate positioned over an open top end of said anchor section and pivotally connected to said rim section respectively.