Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1994-07-15
1996-11-12
Shapiro, Paul E.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
218161, 403109, 403379, A63B 6308
Patent
active
055732372
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable basketball standard which may be assembled with a conventional backboard and goal to form a portable basketball system is disclosed. Embodiments include either a pole alone or the pole and a hollow ballast-receiving base which supports the pole. The pole includes a tubular inner pole section, a tubular outer pole section, and at least two fasteners. In the assembled system, the fasteners normally hold the inner pole section in a fixed position relative to the outer pole section. However, the fasteners may be released to permit telescopic movement of the inner pole section inside the outer pole section to change the pole's height. An insertion end of the inner pole section has an outwardly extending flare which acts as a bearing. The flare also works with a neck on the outer pole section to prevent accidental removal of the inner pole section. The outer pole section includes a base pole section and a middle pole section connected by a permanent fastener-free pole joint. Each fastener includes a bolt with a head and a non-circular shoulder, and a knob having a nut for engaging the threaded end of the bolt. Spaced apart bolt holes in the inner and outer pole sections receive and retain the bolts to fix the pole at a selected height.
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van Nimwegen Edward G.
Winter David C.
Lifetime Products, Inc.
Shapiro Paul E.
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