Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1993-11-08
1995-11-07
Shapiro, Paul E.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
A63B 6308
Patent
active
054642078
ABSTRACT:
A basketball goal for use with a basketball backboard having a front surface has a rigid annular rim which is normally disposed horizontally during play and a rigid metal plate fixed to the rigid annular rim and extending rearwardly therefrom in coplanar relationship thereto. The goal includes a mounting bracket having at least a back wall and a top wall mounted on the front surface of the backboard by the backwall and pivotally connected to the rigid metal plate. The rigid metal plate is pivotally connected to the bracket to thereby permit the rigid metal plate and rigid annular rim fixed thereto to pivot in relation to the backboard. The releasable latching mechanism is rollably interconnected to the rigid metal plate and to the mounting bracket and permits tilting of the rigid annular rim from the normally horizontal play position thereof only when force of at least a certain preselected amount is placed upon the rigid annular rim. The rigid annular rim immediately returns to the normal horizontal play position after the latching means has been released and the force causing such release has been removed.
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Shapiro Paul E.
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