Rollable sports base
View Patent ↗A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member which has a first edge and a second edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is adapted to contact a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly for contacting the support surface. One of the wheel assemblies is retractable from a lowered position to a raised position such that when in the raised position, the bottom surface of the base member substantially contacts the support surface. In the lowered position, both wheel assemblies contact the support surface thereby separating or elevating the base member from the support surface. In another embodiment, the invention consists of a similar rollable sports base for supporting a sports apparatus support member wherein one wheel assembly is retractable and comprises a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector. The wheel bracket is adapted to receive an axle and at least one wheel, and is further provided with a handle extending outwardly from the wheel bracket. The handle is used to pivotally rotate the wheel assembly about a transverse axis such that when the handle is rotated away from the base member, the wheel contacts the support surface and the bottom surface of the base member is separated or elevated from the support surface.
1. A rollable basketball apparatus comprising:
a support member having a first end portion and a second end portion;
a basketball goal assembly coupled to the first end portion of said support member;
a base member coupled to the second end portion of said support member, said base member having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface adapted to contact a support surface; and
a displaceable first wheel assembly having at least one wheel for contacting the support surface, wherein said first wheel assembly is displaceable relative to the bottom surface of said base member and is configured to be displaced from a lowered position to a raised position such that when in the raised position the bottom surface of said base member substantially contacts the support surface and when in the lowered position said at least one wheel contacts the support surface thereby separating said base member from the support surface;
wherein said support member does not substantially tilt when said first wheel assembly is moved between the raised position and the lowered position.
2. The rollable basketball apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said base member includes a cavity capable of receiving a ballast material.
3. A rollable basketball apparatus comprising:
a support member having a first end portion and a second end portion;
a basketball goal assembly coupled to the first end portion of said support member;
a base member coupled to the second end portion of said support member, said base member having a top surface and a bottom surface and a front portion and a rear portion, the bottom surface adapted to contact a support surface; and
a displaceable first wheel assembly having at least one wheel for contacting the support surface, wherein said first wheel assembly is displaceable relative to the bottom surface of said base member and is configured to be displaced from a lowered position to a raised position such that when in the raised position the bottom surface of said base member substantially contacts the support surface and when in the lowered position said at least one wheel contacts the support surface thereby separating said base member from the support surface;
a wheel member attached to the rear portion of the base member and configured to contact the support surface and continuously separate at least a portion of the rear portion of said base from the support surface;
wherein said base member is rollable on said wheel member and said at least one wheel when said first wheel assembly is displaced in the lowered position.
4. The rollable basketball apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said base member includes a cavity capable of receiving a ballast material.