Games using tangible projectile – Playing field or court game; game element or accessory... – Goal or target structure for projectile; element thereof
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-08
2001-04-24
Chapman, Jeanette (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...
Goal or target structure for projectile; element thereof
C473S439000, C273S343000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06220976
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to goal posts and more particularly pertains to a new modified goal post for providing a goal post which allows various ways of scoring.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of goal posts is known in the prior art. More specifically, goal posts heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 2,845,269; U.S. Pat. No. 5,280,904; U.S. Pat. No. 3,680,862; U.S. Pat. No. 4,092,023; U.S. Pat. No. 5,290,043; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 250,283.
In these respects, the modified goal post according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a goal post which allows various ways of scoring.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of goal posts now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new modified goal post construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a goal post which allows various ways of scoring.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new modified goal post apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the goal posts mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new modified goal post which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art goal posts, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a vertically oriented central post having a bottom end mounted in a recipient surface and a top end. Also included is a large substantially rectangular frame including a linear, horizontally oriented lower bar coupled at a central extent thereof to the top end of the central post. The lower bar has a pair of ends. Associated therewith is a pair of linear, vertically oriented side bars each having a bottom end coupled to one of the ends of the lower bar and extending upwardly therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith. It should be noted that the side bars each have a length approximately one and one half to two times that of the lower bar. Most ideally, the length of the side bars is about 1.62 times the length of the lower bar. The large frame further includes an upper assembly including a linear, horizontally oriented upper bar with a length about equal to that of the lower bar. As shown in
FIG. 1
, a pair of linear, vertically oriented lateral members are each coupled to one of the ends of the upper bar and extend downwardly therefrom a predetermined distance. Such lateral members further extend upwardly from the upper bar a distance at least twice the predetermined distance. Bottom ends of the lateral members are coupled to the top ends of the side bars for defining a large rectangular frame. Finally, an intermediate assembly is provided including a small rectangular frame defined by a pair of linear, vertically oriented elongated side parts and a pair of linear, horizontally oriented short end parts. As shown in
FIG. 1
, an area encompassed by the small frame is about 11% that of that encompassed by the large frame. The intermediate assembly further includes an interconnect between a central extent of the upper bar and a central extent of one of the end parts for maintaining the frames fixed with respect to each other.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new modified goal post apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the goal posts mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new modified goal post which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art goal posts, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new modified goal post which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new modified goal post which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new modified goal post which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such modified goal post economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new modified goal post which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new modified goal post for providing a goal post which allows various ways of scoring.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new modified goal post that includes an upstanding post, a large frame mounted on the post, and a small frame mounted within the frame.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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patent: D. 250283 (1978-11-01), Norton
patent: 1529893 (1925-03-01), Kastner
patent: 2845269 (1958-07-01), Simmons
patent: 3680862 (1972-08-01), Russell et al.
patent: 4029318 (1977-06-01), Boss
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