US 12,145,039 B2
Football goalpost rotation apparatus and method
Christopher Charles Cucchiara, Statesville, NC (US); and Timothy Harold Wallace, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to ABT, Inc., Troutman, NC (US)
Filed by ABT, Inc., Troutman, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,831.
Application 17/465,831 is a continuation of application No. 12/337,268, filed on Dec. 17, 2008, granted, now 11,110,332.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/014,330, filed on Dec. 17, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096907 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 63/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 63/008 (2013.01) 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A goalpost rotation apparatus for permitting a football goalpost to be rotated relative to the ground, the goalpost rotation apparatus comprising:
a first collar connected to the goalpost, the first collar comprising a base portion and a collar portion wherein the base portion comprises a planar member and is positioned between the collar portion and the goalpost; and
an anchoring mechanism fixedly anchored to the ground, the anchoring mechanism comprising a second collar and a base plate, wherein the second collar defines an outside perimeter, wherein the base plate is positioned between the ground and the second collar and wherein at least a portion of the first and second collars are overlapping concentrically, one inside the other, and wherein the base portion of the first collar extends beyond the outside perimeter of the second collar, and wherein the first and second collars are rotatably connected to thereby connect the goalpost to the anchoring mechanism so that the goalpost can rotate relative to the anchoring mechanism.