US2005255946A1PendingUtilityA1

Portable basketball stand

Assignee: LIU AI-HUA CPriority: May 12, 2004Filed: May 12, 2004Published: Nov 17, 2005
Est. expiryMay 12, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Ai-Hua Liu
A63B 63/083A63B 2208/12A63B 2210/50A63B 2071/026
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Abstract

A portable basketball stand comprises an expandable box body; when the box body is expanded, one outer side of the box body being used as a backboard; the box body having a receiving space therein; the box body having at least one penetrating hole penetrating outer walls of the box body and a retaining ring within the box body; a basket having a locking device for locking to the box body; a supporting rod for supporting the box body; the supporting rod being inserted into the at least one penetrating hole and the retaining ring so as to be fixed to the box body; a seat with a plurality of supporting posts extended from the seat so as to form as a base for supporting the basketball stand; the seat having an inserting hole for receiving the supporting rod; and the supporting posts being foldable with respect to the seat.

Claims

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1 . A portable basketball stand comprising: 
 an expandable box body; when the box body is expanded, one outer side of the box body being used as a backboard; the box body having a receiving space therein; the box body having at least one penetrating hole penetrating outer walls of the box body and a retaining ring within the box body;    a basket having a locking device for locking to the box body;    a supporting rod for supporting the box body; one end of the supporting rod being inserted into the at least one penetrating hole and the retaining ring so as to be fixed to the box body;    a seat with a plurality of supporting posts extended from the seat so as to form as a base for supporting the basketball stand; the seat having an inserting hole for receiving another end of the supporting rod; the supporting posts being foldable with respect to the seat;    wherein as all the components of the portable basketball stand are detached, the backboard, supporting rod, seat and supporting posts can be received within the box body for storage.    
   
   
       2 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the supporting rod is formed by a plurality of sub-rods.  
   
   
       3 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the supporting rod is a telescopic rod.  
   
   
       4 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a front end of the supporting rod has a positioning device and the retaining ring has a positioning hole, a stud passes through the positioning hole to tightly fix the supporting rod to the box body so as to prevent the supporting rod from rotation.  
   
   
       5 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the backboard and the locking device are combined as an integral body.  
   
   
       6 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising at least one sand bag for pressing upon the seat and the plurality of supporting posts so as to make the basketball stand stable.  
   
   
       7 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein further comprising at least one water bag for pressing upon the seat and the plurality of supporting posts so as to make the basketball stand stable.  
   
   
       8 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the at least one sand bag is received within the box body as the sand is removed from the sand bag.  
   
   
       9 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least one water bag is received within the box body as the water is removed from the water bag.  
   
   
       10 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the box body has a holding portion for being held by users.  
   
   
       11 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one locking portion is installed on the box body for locking the box body.  
   
   
       12 . The portable basketball stand as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the box body is formed by an upper cover and a lower cover.

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