Collapsible basketball goal

Claim 2

The combination of a basketball backboard and a basketball goal, said latter comprising a rim, means swingably engaging said rim upon said backboard for movement between horizontal or game playing position and vertical or inoperative position wherein said rim is in substantially planar parallel relationship to the confronting portion of said backboard, a pair of spaced-apart mounting members engaged upon said backboard, said mounting members each having a first flange in planar perpendicular relationship to said backboard, first and second brace rods each fixed in their forward end portions upon said rim, each of said first and second brace rods having a loop-like formation at their rim-remote ends, first and second fastener members, respectively, extending through the loop-like formations at the ends of said first and second brace rods, there being openings provided in said mounting member first flanges for extension therethrough of siad first and second fastener members, said first flange openings being vertically elongated permitting of selected relative vertical location of said rim-remote ends of said first and second brace rods.

Claim 3

The combination of a basketball backboard and a basketball goal as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said swingable means comprising a pivot rod, said mounting member first flanges having aligned bearing openings upwardly of said elongated openings, said pivot rod being journalled at its ends in said bearing openings, and means connecting said rim to said pivot rod.

Claim 4

The combination of a basketball backboard and a basketball goal as defined in claim 2 and further characterized by said means connecting said rim and said pivot rod comprising a connector member fixed at its normally outer end to the said rim and fixed in its inner end portion upon said pivot rod, said connector member being engaged to said rim in its rearward or court-remote portion.

Claim 5

The combination of a basketball backboard and a basketball goal as defined in claim 3 and further characterized by said pivot rod bearing openings being presented spacedly from the adjacent face of said backboard, said connecting member comprising a plate fixed at its forward end to the rearward portion of said rim and engaged in its opposite end portion upon said pivot rod, there being a flange provided on the rearward end portion of said plate for disposition between said backboard and said pivot rod.

Claim 6

The combination of a basketball backboard and a basketball goal as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by each of said mounting members having a second flange in planar parallel relationship to said backboard, each of said second flanges having elongate vertical openings, and fastener members extending through said second flange vertical elongate openings whereby said mounting members may be selectedly positioned relatively vertical of said backboard.

Claim 7

In combination with a basketball backboard having a front or court-confronting planar face, and mounting members fixed on said backboard front face in its lower central portion, said mounting members each having a first flange in planar perpendicular relationship to said backboard, of a basketball goad comprising a rim, a back plate fixed in its forward end upon the rearward end portion of said rim and extending normally rearwardly therefrom toward said backboard, said plate having a depending flange in its rearward or backboard adjacent portion, aligned bearings provided in the upper portion of said first flanges of said mounting members, a hinge rod journalled in said bearings for extension between said mounting members, said hinge rod being spaced forwardly of said backboard, said back plate in its rearward portion being fixed upon said hinge rod, said flange on said back plate extending between said hinge rod and said backboard, first and second brace rods fixed at their forward ends upon said rim for extension toward said backboard, said mounting members each being provided with an elongate vertical opening beneath the hinge rod bearings, a bolt provided for extension through each of said elongate vertical openings, each of said first and second brace rods having eyelets provided in their rearward or rim-remote ends for extension therethrough of said bolts, said elongate vertical openings of said first flanges of said mounting members permitting of selected relative vertical location of said rim-remote ends of said first and second brace rods.

Claim 8

In combination with a basketball backboard having a front or court-confronting planar face, and mounting members fixed on said backboard front face in its lower central portion, said mounting members each having a first flange in planar perpendicular relationship to said backboard, of a basketball goad comprising a rim, a back plate fixed in its forward end upon the rearward end portion of said rim and extending normally rearwardly therefrom toward said backboard, said plate having a depending flange in its rearward or backboard adjacent portion, aligned bearings provided in the upper portion of said first flanges of said mounting members, a hinge rod journalled in said bearings for extension between said mounting members, said hinge rod being spaced forwardly of said backboard, said back plate in its rearward portion being fixed upon said hinge rod, said flange on said back plate extending between said hinge rod and said backboard, first and second brace rods fixed at their forward ends upon said rim for extension toward said backboard, said mounting members each being provided with an elongate vertical opening beneath the hinge rod bearings, a bolt provided for extension through each of said elongate vertical openings, each of said first and second brace rods having eyelets provided in their rearward or rim-remote ends for extension therethrough of said bolts, said elongate vertical openings of said first flanges of said mounting members permitting of selected relative vertical location of said rim-remote ends of said first and second brace rods.