Anita A Wagner

US Patent:

55471854, Aug 20, 1996

Filed:

Oct 25, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/548089

Inventors:

Glenn Wagner - Tulsa OK
Anita Wagner - Tulsa OK

International Classification:

A63B 6308

US Classification:

273 15R

Abstract:

A basketball goal and pole is provided of the type permitting the height of the basketball goal above a playing surface to be adjusted. The adjustable basketball goal comprises: a vertical pole having a plurality of rails formed on the outside thereof running along the longitudinal axis of the pole, a crank assembly having a rotatable reel fastened to the pole beneath the rails, a pulley assembly having a grooved wheel fastened to the pole atop the rails, a collar having an interior surface forming trackways slidably mounted on the rails and movable between the crank assembly and the pulley assembly, a basketball goal extending upwardly and outwardly from the collar, and a cable connected to the reel and threaded over the grooved wheel and connected to the collar for moving the collar between the crank assembly and the pulley assembly.