Game net support apparatus

Claim 1

Apparatus to support a net for sporting purposes including a first two tubular rods, each having one end thereof tapered so as to be adapted to be engageable within the ground and supported vertically by such grounding engagement, a second two tubular rods; each having a lower end adapted to engage and be supported vertically by an upper end of one of the first two rods, a cross-bar constituted by at least two tubular separable rods, said cross-bar including downwardly depending end portions adapted to be removably engageable with, in each case, the upper end of the said second tubular rods, and two rearwardly extending downwardly inclined stabilizing legs, each stabilizing leg being removably securable at an upper end to one of the vertically aligned portions of the rod, and, at a lower end, in each case, adapted to be at least ground engaging, each stabilizing leg being characterized by including at least two end to end separably engaging tubular rods, the arrangement being characterized in that at least one of the stabilizing rods from each leg is adapted to detachably engage in entering relationship at least one of the vertical rods, and net engaging means located in spaced apart positions along at least some of the said tubular rods, and adapted to retain a net with respect to the rods; and said net engaging means being characterized by including a resilient U-shaped clip adapted to engage around any of said rods with resilient holding pressure and support a net thereby.