Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Projectile backstop
Patent
1993-05-19
1994-05-03
Grieb, William H.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Projectile backstop
273 29BB, A63B 6102
Patent
active
053080858
ABSTRACT:
A game net post comprising an inner pipe adapted to be placed in substantially vertical position into a sleeve or pot arranged in the ground or floor and an outer pipe, having an internal cross sectional dimension greater than the external cross sectional dimension of said inner pipe, which is slidable over at least part of said inner pipe, said outer pipe being provided with upper and lower means for attaching a game net.
Preferably the outer pipe at its top is provided with an at least diametrical suspension means from which suspends a rod extending substantially along the pipe axis, there being provided around said rod, between stop means arranged on the rod and said rod guiding means, resilient means in permanently tensioned state.
Said resilient means may comprise a helical compression spring, which has been dimensioned such that in the partially compressed state in which the net post is ready for use, its resilient force substantially equals the total weight of said upper pipe and all parts affixed to it except for the game net and tensioning cables thereof.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4706964 (1987-11-01), Genovese
patent: 4993719 (1991-02-01), Hernandez
patent: 5215310 (1993-06-01), Allbright
Grieb William H.
Scheide International B.V.
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