Foldable football practice apparatus

Claim 1

FOOTBALL PRACTICE APPARATUS FOR INSTALLATION INDOORS AGAINST THE WALL OF A GYMNASIUM OR THE LIKE COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID BASE MEMBER ADJACENT THE BASE OF THE WALL FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS, SAID BASE MEMBER SELECTIVELY POSITIONABLE IN A SET-UP POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE WALL OR AN INOPERATIVE POSITION AGAINST THE WALL WHEREIN THE BASE MEMBER IS DISPOSED IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE WALL, A DUMMY-SUPPORTING STRUCTURE MOUNTED ON SAID BASE MEMBER FOR SELECTIVE POSITIONING MOVEMENT THEREWITH LATERAL BRACE MEMBERS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE DUMMY-SUPPORTING STRUCTURE IN SAID SET-UP POSITION TO BRACE THE SAME AGAINST LATERAL MOVEMENT, A FRONTAL IMPACT BRACE MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE FRONTAL IMPACT BRACE MEMBER BETWEEN THE WALL AND SAID DUMMY-SUPPORTING STRUCTURE IN SAID SET-UP POSITION, AND MEANS FOR DETACHABLY CONNECTING SAID LATERAL BRACE MEMBERS AND SAID FRONTAL IMPACT BRACE MEMBER TO THE DUMMY-SUPPORTING STRUCTURE IN SAID SET-UP POSITION, SAID LATERAL BRACE MEMBERS AND SAID FRONTAL IMPACT BRACE MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE DISENGAGED FROM SAID DUMMY-SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND PIVOTED ABOUT HORIZONTAL AXES UP AGAINST THE WALL WHEREBY SAID BASE MEMBER AND ASSOCIATED DUMMY-SUPPORTING STRUCTURE MAY BE PIVOTED ABOUT SAID VERTICAL AXIS RELATIVE TO THE MOUNTING MEANS TO SAID INOPERATIVE POSITION.