Portable basketball hoop assembly

Abstract

A portable basketball hoop assembly includes a post having at least one hinge connecting two portions thereof together to enable the post to be in an elongated operative position or a folded transportable position, a backboard and hoop carried by the post at one end thereof, and an attachment member adjacent the other end of the post to enable the post to be detachably secured to a support.

1 . A portable basketball hoop assembly including a post having at least one hinge connecting two portions thereof together to enable the post to be in an elongated operative position or a folded transportable position, a backboard and hoop carried by the post at one end thereof, and an attachment member adjacent the other end of the post to enable the post to be detachably secured to a support.  
     
     
         2 . A hoop assembly according to  claim 1  also including a net detachably securable to the hoop or backboard so as to extend laterally behind the hoop and downwardly towards the ground to prevent a ball from travelling past the hoop assembly in the area of the net.  
     
     
         3 . A vehicle having a basketball hoop assembly in accordance with  claim 1  secured to the rear thereof, said vehicle having a hitch at the rear thereof, and the attachment member of the hoop assembly being secured to the hitch with the portion of the post adjacent the attachment member extending upwardly therefrom to enable the post to be in the elongated operative position or the folded transportable position.