Portable sports field goal assembly
First Claim
1. A portable field goal assembly, comprising:
- a pair of end frames, each including a pair elongated upright support members having bottom ends and interconnected by a cross member;
an elongated goal net having longitudinal sides and transverse ends joined at corners and having a peripheral rope frame defining the ends, sides and corners;
ground cups each having a peripheral wall defining an upwardly open recess for slidably receiving the bottom end of one elongated support member and having a horizontal bottom surface with a preformed aperture formed therethrough within said recess;
spike means received through the ground cup apertures for securing the ground cups and the attached frame members to the ground surface at spaced apart locations;
guy means operatively connected to the end frames adapted to be secured to the ground surface, for holding the end frames in upright operative positions with the net stretched between the end frames; and
means for operatively attaching the net to the end frame and to the spike means adjacent the net ends.
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Abstract
A portable sports field goal assembly and framework includes an elongated net with a peripheral rope frame that may be secured to portable end frames. The end frames are made up of at least two releasably interconnected support members that can be secured in upright positions along the ground surface by ground cup assemblies and by guy cord assemblies. Lengths of the rope frame may extend through openings along the support assemblies. The rope lengths are knotted to secure the net corners to the frames. The ground cup assemblies each include an upwardly open cup with a central opening in its bottom horizontal wall. The openings receive headed spikes that may be driven into the ground to secure the cup against the ground surface. The cups also include access openings that receive lengths of the rope frame to be looped over the headed ends of the spikes. The rope frame can thereby be secured by the spikes to the ground and the supporting general framework.
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7 Claims
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1. A portable field goal assembly, comprising:
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a pair of end frames, each including a pair elongated upright support members having bottom ends and interconnected by a cross member; an elongated goal net having longitudinal sides and transverse ends joined at corners and having a peripheral rope frame defining the ends, sides and corners; ground cups each having a peripheral wall defining an upwardly open recess for slidably receiving the bottom end of one elongated support member and having a horizontal bottom surface with a preformed aperture formed therethrough within said recess; spike means received through the ground cup apertures for securing the ground cups and the attached frame members to the ground surface at spaced apart locations; guy means operatively connected to the end frames adapted to be secured to the ground surface, for holding the end frames in upright operative positions with the net stretched between the end frames; and means for operatively attaching the net to the end frame and to the spike means adjacent the net ends. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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