Shock-absorbing assembly for basketball backboard

Details Shock-absorbing assembly for basketball backboard Shock-absorbing assembly for basketball backboard

1980-10-01

1982-03-23

Shapiro, Paul E.

Amusement devices: games

Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...

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A63B 6308

Patent

active

043208967

ABSTRACT:
A basketball goal-backboard unit comprising a backboard of glass, a rigid frame surrounding the backboard, a shock-absorbing assembly comprising a front plate and a rear plate disposed in registering relationship forwardly and rearwardly, respectively, of the backboard. Cushioning panels are snugly disposed between the backboard adjacent faces of the front and rear plates and the backboard, and with the basketball goal incorporating a mounting element disposed on the forward face of the front plate. A single bolt interengages the basketball goal mounting element, the front and rear plates, and the cushioning panels. A fluid cylinder may be presented rearwardly of the backboard, being mounted upon the frame, and having a piston operatively engaged at the rearward plate.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1757350 (1930-05-01), Wallace
patent: 2267222 (1941-12-01), Sandeberg
patent: 3233897 (1966-02-01), Sheets
patent: 3462143 (1969-08-01), Bidelman et al.
patent: 4111420 (1978-09-01), Tyner
Slam Dunk Rim Inc., Advertising Circular, 4-1978.

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