Abstract Basketball hoop and board support structure constructed for mounting to an upright standard. The support structure basically comprises a three dimensional parallelogram having nominally parallel but adjustable parallelogram bars and also vertical, forward and rearward elemental frame structures. The aforementioned bars are pivoted to the frame structures, and an extensible, telescoping brace structure is positioned between opposite ends, at top and bottom, and centrally of the composite frame structure presented, so as to hold the parallelogram structure in a pre-selected position, the brace comprises inner and outer tubes. A bolt is screw threaded to the outer tube and engages the inner tube to lock to two against relative movement. A spring is fitted around the bolt between the inner and outer tubes to help hold them in position when the bolt is loosened. The brace structure is adjustable at the length so that the interior angles of the parallelogram may be adjusted, thereby automatically adjusting the height disposition, relative to standard attachment, of the forward elemental frame structure as well as the basket, or hoop, and basketball board attached thereto. The interior bracing structure is preferably supplied with a detent that can be selected and positively engaged, whereby to secure the basketball hoop in a predetermined vertical position.
Basketball hoop and board support structure including, in combination: front and rear, vertical elemental frames; plural spaced pivot means disposed on opposite sides of said frames; a pair of sets of parallelogram bars respectively disposed on opposite sides of said frames and pivotally attached to said pivot means; and extensible brace means for fixing the vertical disposition of said front elemental frame relative to said rear elemental frame upon the pivotal repositioning of said bars, wherein said brace means comprises an outer tubular member receiving an inner telescoping member, and means connected to said outer tubular member for adjustably fixing the disposition of said inner telescoping member relative to said outer tubular member, wherein said outer tubular member includes means for threadedly and thereby adjustably engaging said inner tubular member, said support structure including compression spring means disposed transversely within said outer tubular member and circumscribing said adjustably engaging means.
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Basketball hoop and board support structure including, in combination: front and rear, vertical elemental frames; plural spaced pivot means disposed on opposite sides of said frames; a pair of sets of parallelogram bars respectively disposed on opposite sides of said frames and pivotally attached to said pivot means; and extensible brace means for fixing the vertical disposition of said front elemental frame relative to said rear elemental frame upon the pivotal repositioning of said bars, wherein said brace means comprises an outer tubular member receiving an inner telescoping member, and means connected to said outer tubular member for adjustably fixing the disposition of said inner telescoping member relative to said outer tubular member, wherein said outer tubular member includes means for threadedly and thereby adjustably engaging said inner tubular member, said support structure including compression spring means disposed transversely within said outer tubular member and circumscribing said adjustably engaging means.