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Wavable basketball backboard and rim

  • US 20070078033A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2005
  • Published: 04/05/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A collapsible basketball backboard assembly, comprising:

  • a hollow trunk having a bottom end and a top end, the top end having a groove bounded by a left and right bracket, the left bracket having a left slot and the right bracket having a right slot, a push rod inside the trunk substantially throughout its length and extending out of the bottom end of the trunk, a hinge having rigidly attached thereto a rim with a net, the hinge including a horizontal pin and fitting rotatably into the groove when the pin fits into the left and right slots in the left and right brackets a pulley system inside and attached to the trunk for controlling rotation of the hinge, one end of the pulley system connected to the push rod and another end of the pulley system connected to the hinge, a basketball backboard comprising parallel planar segments extending from a common bottom border, the common bottom border being foldable lengthwise, the segments fitting one behind the other when the assembly is in collapsed position, the segments, fanning out to form the backboard when the assembly is in open position, a top portion of the push rod connected to the common bottom border of the basketball backboard so that when the push rod is pulled down the planar segments and bottom border fold and enter the hollow space of the trunk and the rim falls so that said rim is substantially parallel to the trunk, and when the push rod is pushed, the backboard opens and the rim rotates so that it is substantially perpendicular to the trunk.

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