초록

A basketball backboard is provided with fastener members so that it may be quickly and easily suspended from notches on a mounting bracket. With the backboard thusly suspended from the bracket, nuts on the fastener members are tightened to secure the backboard to the bracket.

대표청구항 ▼

Apparatus comprising a basketball backboard having a net on one side thereof, a mounting bracket for mounting said backboard on a support at a desired elevation above a playing surface, said backboard having a pair of fastener members generally perpendicular thereto and projecting from an upper port

Apparatus comprising a basketball backboard having a net on one side thereof, a mounting bracket for mounting said backboard on a support at a desired elevation above a playing surface, said backboard having a pair of fastener members generally perpendicular thereto and projecting from an upper portion of said other side of said backboard, said mounting bracket having a pair of saddle brackets, each saddle bracket having a notch on its upper edge, each notch lying in a generally vertical plane which is generally parallel to said backboard, said notches being spaced apart by a distance corresponding to the distance between said pair of bolts so that each notch may receive one of said bolts, said mounting bracket having at least one more saddle bracket below the elevation of said first mentioned saddle brackets, said third mentioned saddle bracket having a notch lying in the same plane as said first and second mentioned saddle bracket notches, said backboard having at least one more bolt projecting from said other surface and generally perpendicular thereto in a location so that it may be received in the notch on said third saddle bracket, said mounting bracket including a vertically disposed strap having a length corresponding generally to the vertical distance between the location of said third bolt and a line extending between said first and second bolts, and said mounting bracket including at least one brace having means thereon for securing the mounting bracket to a support.