POWER LIFT BASKETBALL ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM

摘要

A basketball goal assembly includes a deformable parallelogrammic structure (12) attached at one end to a rigid support (22) and to a basketball goal (20) at the other end. An adjustment lever (240) is pivotally mounted to the rigid support below the parallelogrammic structure. An extension arm (26) is positioned between the parallelogrammic structure and the adjustment lever such that movement of the adjustment lever deforms the parallelogrammic structure which repositions the basketball goal to a different height above the playing surface. A lockable piston assembly (33) is attached to the rigid support and to the adjustment lever. The piston assembly includes a switch which locks the piston assembly preventing the parallelogrammic structure from deforming. An actuation trigger (42) pivotally connected to the adjustment lever can be engaged to move the switch to an unlocked position thereby allowing the height of the basketball goal to be adjusted.