Appeal No. 95-0575
Application No. 07/921,645
APPENDIX
1. An adjustable basketball backboard support system comprising:
a basketball backboard;
a support member;
a parallelogram linkage system including at least
two parallel links pivotally interconnecting the basketball
backboard and the support member;
adjustment means including an adjustment link
interconnecting said one link and said support member for
adjustably connecting one of said links to said support member to
determine the height of the basketball backboard; and
wherein said adjustment link includes a
counterweight means for applying a primary force to said
parallelogram linkage system in opposition to and substantially
equal to a force applied to said parallelogram linkage system by
the weight of the basketball backboard.
14. An adjustable basketball backboard support system for
mounting a basketball backboard to a support member comprising:
a parallelogram linkage system including at least
two parallel links pivotally interconnecting the basketball
backboard and the support member;
a bracket for mounting said linkage system to
said support member;
adjustment means for adjustably connecting one of
said links to said support member to determine the height of the
basketball backboard;
said adjustment means including a clamp mounted to
said support and having a plurality of holes defining a plurality
of heights of said backboard for mounting to said support member
and a pin adjustably securing said adjustment means in at least
one of said holes; and
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