Water basketball apparatus

Claim 1

Water basketball apparatus comprising, a backboard, a goal detachably mounted on said backboard, a pair of parallel legs attached to said backboard for supporting the goal above the surface of the water at the side of a pool in position for playing water basketball, each of said legs comprising a onepiece tube bent into a riGht triangular shape having a horizontal base side, a vertical side and a hypotenuse side all in the same plane, said vertical side of each leg lying substantially in the plane of said backboard and having an upper end detachably fastened to said backboard, said hypotenuse side of each leg having an upper end detachably fastened to said backboard above the corresponding vertical side, said upper ends being removable from said backboard so that said backboard and said legs may be stacked for shipment with said legs having a length and width not substantially greater than the corresponding dimensions of said backboard, a pair of cross braces extending between said base sides and detachably fastened thereto to retain said legs with the planes thereof parallel to each other, said cross braces having ends lying on top of said base sides, a pair of resilient feet lying under and supporting each of said base sides to provide four point support for said legs, each of said feet comprising an inverted resilient cup having a circular bottom for engaging the ground to hold the apparatus stationary but allowing the same to be picked up and moved, a bolt extending upward through said cup and said base leg and an overlying end of one of said cross braces, said bolt having a head recessed upwardly in said cup and an upper threaded end projecting above said overlying end, and a nut screwed onto said upper end of said bolt against said overlying end to retain said base side and said overlying end and said cup in a sandwiched assembly which can be dismantled for shipment of the apparatus by removing said bolt downwardly, and weight means for said cross braces for holding the apparatus down.