US20050255946A1

US20050255946A1 - Portable basketball stand

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Publication number: US20050255946A1
Application number: US10/843,443
Authority: US
Inventors: Ai-Hua Liu
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2004-05-12
Filing date: 2004-05-12
Publication date: 2005-11-17

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.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to basket balls, and particular to a portable basketball stand, wherein all the components of the portable basketball stand can be detached and then are received in a box body of the basketball stand so that the user can carry or store the basketball stand easily and conveniently.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Basketballs are popular exercises, especially for young people. Conventionally, to play basketball is confined by the basket ball field. Currently, foldable basketball stands are developed which is easily carried and can be placed in many convenient places so that the player can play basketball as desired.
In one portable basketball stand prior art, all the components are detachable, but these components cannot be well stored. Users must take a box to receive these boxes. Thereby, the storage of this portable basketball stand is inconvenient.
In another prior art, all the components of the portable basketball stand can be folded to be attached to an outer wall of the backboard, but this still induce some inconvenience in the storage and transfer of the basketball stand.
In a further prior art, the seat of the portable basketball stand is made as a box for receiving the components of these components, but the backboard can not be received within the box. Moreover, a water bag is added to the portable basketball stand so as to fix the portable basketball stand. However, it is inconvenient as no water source is nearby. Moreover, the box is at the seat portion so that in use, the box must contact the ground. As the basketball stand is used for a longer time, the box will wear to present an unbeautiful outlook. Moreover, a supporting rod to support the backboard is fixed so that it cannot be adjusted to be used by children.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a portable basketball stand, wherein all the components of the portable basketball stand can be detached and then are received in the box body of the portable basketball stand so that the user can carry or store the basketball stand easily and conveniently.
To achieve above objects, the present invention provides a portable basketball stand. The portable basketball stand comprises an expandable the 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; the supporting posts being foldable with respect to the seat. 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.
The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view of the portable basketball stand of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an expanded perspective view of the portable basketball stand of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the portable basketball stand of the present invention, where the box body is closed.
FIG. 4A shows the assembly operation of the portable basketball stand of the present invention.
FIG. 4B is a perspective view of the backboard of the portable basketball stand according to the present invention.
FIG. 5A is an assembly view about the assembly of the seat and the supporting rod of the present invention.
FIG. 5B is a perspective view about the folding of the seat of the portable basketball stand according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an assembly view of the backboard and the supporting rod of the portable basketball stand according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an assembled view of the present invention, where sand bags are used to stable the seat of the portable basketball stand according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an assembled view of the present invention, where a water bag is used to stable the seat of the portable basketball stand according to the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the storage of the portable basketball stand of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order that those skilled in the art can further understand the present invention, a description will be described in the following in details. However, these descriptions and the appended drawings are only used to cause those skilled in the art to understand the objects, features, and characteristics of the present invention, but not to be used to confine the scope and spirit of the present invention defined in the appended claims.
With reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, the portable basketball stand of the present invention is illustrated. The portable basketball stand includes the following elements.
A box body 10 has a holding portion 17 extending from a lower side of the box body 10 and two locking portions 18 at two sides of the holding portion 17. The box body 10 is formed by an upper cover 11, a lower cover 12 and a pivotal shaft 13 connecting the upper cover 11 and the lower cover 12. One side of the box body 10 is used as a backboard 101. The inner space formed by the upper cover 11 and the lower cover 12 is as a receiving space 14 for receiving other elements of the portable basketball stand. The receiving space 14 in the upper cover 11 has a retaining ring 15. The retaining ring 15 has a positioning hole 151. Each of the lower side of the upper cover 11 and the upper and lower sides of the lower cover 12 has a respective penetrating hole 16.
A basket 20 is illustrated in FIG. 4A. One end of the basket 20 has a retaining portion 21. The basket 20 is locked to the screw holes 102 on the backboard 101 by using a locking device 22 to fix the retaining portion 21 to the backboard 101, wherein a plurality of screws passes through the locking device 22 to the screw holes 102 in the backboard 101.
A supporting rod 30 passes through all the penetrating holes 16 and the retaining ring 15, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. The supporting rod 30 is formed by a plurality of sub-rods 31 and one front rod 32. A front end of each sub-rod 31 has a connection section 311 which has a smaller diameter than the other portion of the sub-rod 31. An outer side of each connection section 311 has a nose portion 312. An inner side of each sub-rod 31 has a positioning hole 313 which is coupled to the nose portion 312 of the connection section 311. A distal end of the front rod 32 has a resisting section 321 which has a diameter larger than other portion of the front end 32. In assembly, the sub-rods 31 are connected one by one by inserting the respective connection sections 311 into the inner sides of the respective sub-rod 31. A sub-rod 31 at the outmost end is connected to the front end 32 so as to assemble as a supporting rod 30.
A seat 40 has an inserting hole 41 at a center portion for receiving the supporting rod 30, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B. A periphery of the seat 40 has a plurality of buttons 42. By rotating the buttons 42, the supporting rod 30 will be tightened for preventing the supporting rod 30 from rotation. A plurality of supporting posts 43 are installed to the seat 40. The supporting posts 43 are expandable so as to make the portable basketball stand stably stands on the ground. The supporting posts 43 are foldable as illustrated in FIG. 5B so as to reduce the volume of the portable basketball stand to be stored in the box body 10.
The assembly of the present invention will be described herein. Firstly, the box body 10 is expanded as illustrated in FIG. 2. Then the retaining portion 21 of the basket 20 is locked to the backboard 101 by using the locking device 22, as shown in FIG. 4A. Then the supporting posts 43 of the seat 40 are expanded on the ground and the distal end of the supporting rod 30 is inserted into the inserting hole 41 of the seat 40 and the buttons 42 are rotated so that the supporting rod 30 is tightly combined to the seat 40, as shown in FIG. 5A. Then the front end of the supporting rod 30 is inserted into the positioning holes 16 of the upper cover 11 and lower cover 12 and the retaining ring 15 of the upper cover 11. A button passes through the positioning hole 151 of the retaining ring 15 so as to fix the supporting rod 30. The front rod 32 at the front end of the supporting rod 30 has the resisting section 321 with a larger diameter for adjusting the height of the backboard 101. The assembly of the backboard 101 with the supporting rod 30 is illustrated in FIG. 6. The assembly view of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 1. In use of the present invention, the base including the seat 40 and the supporting posts 43 can be pressed by heavy weights 40, such as at least one sandbag 50 in FIG. 7 or at least one water bag in FIG. 8, so as to stablize the basketball stand.
Referring to FIG. 9, in detachment of the present invention, the containing objects in the sandbags 50 or the water bag 51 can be removed. Then all the components are detached and then are received within the receiving space of the box body 10. Then the upper cover 11 and lower cover 12 are closed and then are locked by locking the locking portions 18.
In above example, the numbers of the sandbags 50 and water bags 51 are not confined by those illustrated in the drawings.
Moreover, in the present invention, the above-mentioned structure is not used to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, as shown in FIG. 4B, the retaining portion 21 of the basket 20 and the locking device 22 can be combined as a retaining device 23 so that the installation of the present invention can be simplified. Moreover, the supporting rod 30 can be embodied by a telescopic rod. All these are within the scope and spirit of the present invention.
The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

Claims

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.