Patent ID: 7331882

Claim:
A basketball system assemblable without the use of tools, comprising: a portable base portion having a front end, the front end having a pole slot positioned substantially along a center axis of the base portion; a pole having a first end with a first opening and a second end with at least one holding pin positioned on the external circumference of the pole; a wheel assembly secured to the base portion, the wheel assembly comprising a pair of wheels, an axle securing the wheels to the base portion; and a backboard assembly comprising a backboard and goal attached to the first end of the pole; said backboard assembly comprising a pole bracket having a front plate with a second opening and a curved section sized and shaped to mate with the top end of the pole, a backboard having a first recess on a front side with a third opening passing through to a second recess on a backside of the backboard, a coal having a rim and a securing plate having a fourth opening and being sized and shaped to be received in the first recess, a hand grippable securing knob, and a threaded bolt sized and shaped to be received in each of the first, second, third and fourth openings, the knob being sized and shaped to secure the securing plate, the backboard, the bracket and the top end of the pole such that the curved section is secured to the top end of the pole and such that the front plate of the pole bracket abuts the second recess and the securing plate abuts the first recess; wherein the second end of said pole is engageable with the pole slot and the pole is held in position by inserting the holding pin into the slot and at least partially rotating the pole.