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Portable soccer goal

  • US 10,307,651 B2
  • Filed: 09/20/2016
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable sports goal, comprising:

  • a base having a center section, a left side section having a length and disposed at an angle to the center section, and a right side section having a length and disposed at an angle to the center section;

    a first socket extending upwardly from the left side section from a location along its length;

    second socket extending upwardly from the right side section from a location along its length;

    a first flexible pole having a distal end and a proximal end, with the distal end adapted for removable insertion into the first socket, said first flexible pole being hollow and having an oval or semi-oval cross-section;

    a second flexible pole having a distal end and a proximal end, with the distal end adapted for removable insertion into the second socket, said second flexible pole being hollow and having an oval or semi-oval cross-section;

    a first horizontal bar having a distal end and a proximal end and defining a length between its distal end and proximal end, and having a top surface and a bottom surface, with a first knob projecting from a surface of the first horizontal bar for securing a portion of the net to the first horizontal bar, the proximal end of the first flexible pole removably attachable to the first horizontal bar at a location along the length of the first horizontal bar that is not its distal end or its proximal end;

    a second horizontal bar having a distal end and a proximal end and defining a length between its distal end and proximal end, and having a top surface and a bottom surface, with a second knob projecting from a surface of the second horizontal bar for securing a portion of the net to the second horizontal bar, the proximal end of the second flexible pole removably attachable to the second horizontal bar at a location along the length of the second horizontal bar that is not its distal end or its proximal end; and

    a net having a top front edge and side front edges, said net engagable to the first horizontal bar and the second horizontal bar so as to be held in tension along its top front edge and draped from the first horizontal bar and the second horizontal bar to the base, said net further having a reinforcement tape along its top front edge, and second and third reinforcement tapes extending along the side front edges of the net, wherein the net when engaged to the first horizontal bar and the second horizontal bar defines a goal depth, without any other vertically extending net supports beyond the first flexible pole and the second flexible pole; and

    wherein the defined length of the first horizontal bar and the defined length of the second horizontal bar are the same as the goal depth of the net.

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