Soccer goal

• US 6,165,085 A
• Filed: 06/29/1999
• Issued: 12/26/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ronnie L. Lubin
• Original Assignee: Ronnie L. Lubin
• Inventors: Lubin, Ronnie L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chapman, Jeanette
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aryanpour, Mitra
• Application Number:
  US09/342,798
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 473/478, 473/477, 473/476, 473/FOR 128, 273/396, 273/400
• US Class Current: 473/478
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/004 Goals of the type used for football, handball, hockey or the like

Abstract

An improved soccer goal of the type including a net and a frame for supporting the net. The frame includes a first vertical front post, a second vertical front post, a front bottom cross bar, a front top cross bar, a first horizontal side bar, a second horizontal side bar, a rear bottom cross bar, a first diagonal strut, and a second diagonal strut. The improvement includes an intermediate cross bar having a first end for attachment to the first diagonal strut and a second end for attachment to the second diagonal strut with the net attached to the intermediate cross bar to create a first back stop portion extending between the intermediate cross bar and the front top cross bar and a second back stop portion extending diagonally between the intermediate cross bar and the front bottom cross bar.

Claims

1. An improved soccer goal of the type including a net and a frame for supporting said net, said frame including:

a first vertical front post having a lower end and an upper end,

a second vertical front post having a lower end and an upper end,

a front bottom cross bar having a first end attached to said lower end of said first vertical front post and a second end attached to said lower end of said second vertical front post,

a front top cross bar having a first end attached to said upper end of said first vertical front post and a second end attached to said upper end of said second vertical front post,

a first diagonal strut having an upper end attached to said first end of said front top cross bar and a lower end, and

a second diagonal strut having an upper end attached to said second end of said front top cross bar and a lower end,

wherein the improvement comprises an intermediate cross bar adjustably attached to said first and second diagonal struts for movement between said upper and lower ends of said first and second diagonal struts, said intermediate cross bar having a first end adjustably attached to said first diagonal strut and a second end adjustably attached to said second diagonal strut with said net attached to said intermediate cross bar to create a first back stop portion extending between said intermediate cross bar and said front top cross bar and a second back stop portion extending diagonally between said intermediate cross bar and said front bottom cross bar so that movement of said intermediate cross bar between said upper and lower ends of said first and second diagonal struts will cause the tension of said first and second back stop portions of said net to be varied.

2. An improved soccer goal of the type including a net and a frame for supporting said net, said frame including:

a first vertical front post having a lower end and an upper end,

a second vertical front post having a lower end and an upper end,

a front bottom cross bar having a first end attached to said lower end of said first vertical front post and a second end attached to said lower end of said second vertical front post,

a front top cross bar having a first end attached to said upper end of said first vertical front post and a second end attached to said upper end of said second vertical front post,

a first horizontal side bar having a front end attached to said lower end of said first vertical front post and a rear end,

a second horizontal side bar having a front end attached to said lower end of said second vertical front post and a rear end,

a rear bottom cross bar having a first end attached to said rear end of said first horizontal side bar and a second end attached to said rear end of said second horizontal side bar,

a first diagonal strut having a lower end attached to said first end of said rear bottom cross bar and an upper end attached to said first end of said front top cross bar, and

a second diagonal strut having a lower end attached to said second end of said rear bottom cross bar and an upper end attached to said second end of said front top cross bar,

wherein the improvement comprises an adjustable intermediate cross bar slidably attached to said first and second diagonal struts for movement between said upper and lower ends of said first and second diagonal struts, said adjustable intermediate cross bar having a first end slidably attached to said first diagonal strut and a second end slidably attached to said second diagonal strut with said net attached to said intermediate cross bar to create a first back stop portion extending between said intermediate cross bar and said front top cross bar and a second back stop portion extending diagonally between said intermediate cross bar and said front bottom cross bar;

movement of said intermediate cross bar on said first and second diagonal struts between said upper and lower ends thereof causing the tension of said first and second back stop portions of said net to be varied.