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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J Blackburn, Morris, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus for mounting a basketball rim to a glass basketball backboard to prevent a basketball rim from being torn from and thereby shattering the backboard. A small portion of a glass backboard normally supporting a basketball rim, is removed and replaced with a rim mounting plate. The rim mounting plate is joined between two horizontal support tubes that connect to a support frame that attaches to the perimeter of the glass backboard. A support bracket assembly is connected to both the rim mounting plate and the glass backboard to secure the assembled rim and backboard to a support pole.