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Goal apparatus

  • US 9,480,894 B2
  • Filed: 02/05/2015
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A goal assembly comprising:

  • left and right side members attached to a rear base member;

    left and right posts attached at opposite sides of the rear base member, with the left and right posts each having a flexible section and a rigid lower section attached to the rear base member;

    left and right net corner poles attached to an upper end of the rigid lower section of the left and right posts, respectively;

    a net having a left edge joined to a top edge at a left net corner, and a right edge joined to the top edge at a right net corner, with the left post attached to the left net corner, and the right post attached to the right net corner, and with the left and right net corner poles attached to the net at left and right positions behind the left and right net corners, respectively; and

    the left and right posts each held into a flexed position by the net, with the left post tensioning the left edge of the net, the right post tensioning the right edge of the net, and the top edge tensioned via the left and right posts pulling away from each other.

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