Portable basketball backstop construction

Claim 2

A base means for movable apparatus used in games and physical training, comprising: a frame means comprising a rigid plate having a curvilinear periphery, an upstanding hollow socket member secured to a central area of said plate, gusset members extending between said socket members and plate for fracing said socket member, said socket member providing an attachment means to a piece of athletic equipment; and a hollow container means of resilient material on said plate and having an outer surface extending upwardly from the peripheral edge of the plate and converging at the top of the socket member, said container means enclosing said socket and gusset members, the container means being adapted to be filled with liquid to stabilize and fix said base means and associated equipment at a selected location, the outer surface of the container means above the plate being curvilinear, spaced from the gusset members, and providing a resilient surface adapted to be contacted by and yieldable under a players body without harm or injury thereto.

Claim 3

In a baSe means as stated in claim 2 wherein said hollow container means includes a preformed resilient wall of convex form, a liquid filling said container means to anchor and stabilize said equipment; the resilient convex wall extending between said peripheral edge and the top of said socket member, the resilient container wall and liquid in said container means serving to yeildably cushion contact therewith of a player''s body.

Claim 4

A readily assembled and disassembled basketball backstop construction adapted to provide ready portability and fixed stability when located, comprising in combination: a backstop member having a goal attached to the front thereof and having a connector element projecting centrally from the back thereof; a post means having a connector member at one end removably attachable to said connector element on said backstop member; said post means having a bottom vertical end laterally spaced from the backstop member; and a base means having a floor plate and a reinforced centrally located upstanding socket member to removably receive the bottom vertical end of the post means, said floor plate having a convex peripheral edge located rearwardly of the backstop member, and a closed container means of preformed yieldable material on said plate and including a convex wall extending upwardly from the peripheral edge of the plate and converging at the top of the socket member for presenting a smooth curved external surface adapted to be contacted by and yield under a player''s body without injury thereto, said container means being adapted to be filled with a fluid.

Claim 5

A readily assembled and disassembled basketball backstop construction adapted to provide ready portability and fixed stability when located, comprising in combination: a backstop member having a goal attached to the front thereof and having a connector element projecting centrally from the back thereof; a post means having a connector member at one end removably attachable to said connector element on said backstop member; said post means having a bottom vertical end laterally spaced from the backstop member; and a base means having a floor plate and a reinforced centrally located upstanding socket member to removably receive the bottom vertical end of the post means, said floor plate having a convex peripheral edge located rearwardly of the backstop member, and a closed container means of preformed yieldable material on said plate and including a convex wall extending upwardly from the peripheral edge of the plate and converging at the top of the socket member for presenting a smooth curved external surface adapted to be contacted by and yield under a player''s body without injury thereto, said container means being adapted to be filled with a fluid.

Claim 6

In a backstop construction as stated in claim 3 wherein said post means includes a coupling connection intermediate its ends for ready disassembly, said connector element on said backstop member being receivable in said socket member when said post means is disassembled whereby said backstop member may be disposed horizontally for use as a table.

Claim 7

In a backstop construction as stated in claim 3 wherein said container means provides a chamber for reception of a liquid above said floor plate and below the top of said upstanding socket member and surrounding said socket member and bottom end of said post means for providing weight to offset the weight of the backstop member.