Portable goalpost

Claim 2

A portable disassemblable football goalpost assembly comprising: A. A generally U-shaped target member including a substantially horizontal longitudinally extending cross-bar together with a pair of substantially parallel upright-legs each attachable to selectable longitudinally separated positions of the cross-bar and also extending vertically above the cross-bar, said target member including spacing indicator means to indicate the selected longitudinal position between the target member upright-legs; and B. An elevator member attached to and extending below the target member for loftily elevating the cross-bar portion thereof above the earth''s surface, said elevator member including a weighty pedestal portion adapted to rest stably upon the earth''s surface to support the entire goalpost assembly.

Claim 3

The football goalpost assembly of claim 1 wherein the upright-legs are removably attachable to and thus readily dismantle-able from the cross-bar; and wherein the elevator member comprises an upright-standard that is removably attached to and thus dis-mantleable from the said target member.

Claim 4

The football goalpost assembly of claim 2 wherein said cross-bar has a pair of longitudinally separated ends together with a pair of L-shaped adapters, each of said L-shaped adapters including a horizontally extending portion reciprocatably engageable along the cross-bar and also including a vertically extending portion to provide said upright-legs for the target member.

Claim 5

The football goalpost assembly of claim 3 wherein the cross-bar is non-circularly tubular at the respective longitudinally separated ends thereof, the horizontally extending portion of the respective L-shaped adapters being of a non-circular transverse cross-sectional shape that is geometrically similar to that of the cross-bar tubular portion; wherein the respective end portions of the cross-bar slidably surround the horizontal portion of the respective L-shaped adapters; wherein there are removable pins spacing indicator means to indicate the selected longitudinal postion between the target member upright-legs; wherein there is a tubular neck attached to the target cross-bar medial portion, said neck including a vertical lower portion disposed below the cross-bar substantially midway the two ends thereof, said neck tubular lower portion vertically slidably surrounding the elevator member upright-standard, the selected vertical height of the cross-bar being maintained with a horizontal stop-pin removably extending through the upright-standard and the tubular neck; and wherein the elevator member carries an elongate measuring tape adapted to be extended in a horizontal direction normal to that vertical plane passing through the pair of upright-legs.

Claim 6

The football goalpost assembly of claim 4 wherein the target member is forwardly offset with respect to the elevator member upright-standard; wherein the elongate measuring tape includes a rearward portion attached to the upright-standard and also a free-end movable forwardly away from the elevator member, said measuring tape being convolutely retractably wound upon a hub revolvably attached to the upright-standard; wherein there is a kicking-tee attached to the measuring tape free-end; wherein the pedestal is circular to permit rollable portability of the assembled goalpost; and wherein the transverse cross-sectional shape of the cross-bar tubular ends and the adapter horizontal portions is rectangular.

Claim 7

A portable football goalpost assembly having a finite overall weight and comprising: A. A generally U-shaped target member including a substantially horizontal longitudinally extending cross-bar together with a pair of substantially parallel upright-legs each attachable to longitudinally separated positions of the cross-bar and also extending loftily vertically above the cross-bar; and B. An elevator member attached to and extending below the target member for loftily elevating the cross-bar portion above the earth''s surface, said elevator member including a depending pedestal spaced longitudinally intermediately between the upright-legs and adapted to abuttably rest upon the earth''s surface, the weight of said intermediately spaced depending pedestal bearing a weight ratio of at least one-third as compared to the goalpost assembly overall weight whereby said abuttable pedestal is adapted to uprightly stably support the entire goalpost assembly.

Claim 8

A portable football goalpost assembly having a finite overall weight and comprising: A. A generally U-shaped target member including a substantially horizontal longitudinally extending cross-bar together with a pair of substantially parallel upright-legs each attachable to longitudinally separated positions of the cross-bar and also extending loftily vertically above the cross-bar; and B. An elevator member attached to and extending below the target member for loftily elevating the cross-bar portion above the earth''s surface, said elevator member including a depending pedestal spaced longitudinally intermediately between the upright-legs and adapted to abuttably rest upon the earth''s surface, the weight of said intermediately spaced depending pedestal bearing a weight ratio of at least one-third as compared to the goalpost assembly overall weight whereby said abuttable pedestal is adapted to uprightly stably support the entire goalpost assembly.

Claim 9

The portable goalpost assembly of claim 6 wherein the intermediate depending pedestal is of substantially circular configuration to permit rollable portability of the assembled goalpost.

Claim 10

The football goalpost assembly of claim 7 wherein the longitudinally extending width between the two upright-legs is selectively variable; and wherein the vertical height between the target member cross-bar and the elevator member pedestal is selectively variable.

Claim 11

The portable goalpost assembly of claim 6 wherein at least one of the target member upright-legs is longitudinally slidably movable along the cross-bar; and wherein the target member includes spacing indicator means to indicate the selected longitudinal position between the target member upright-legs.