Patents Assigned to Mega Slam Hoops, LLC
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Patent number: 11612794Abstract: A breakaway basketball rim, includes a base plate; a rim; and a collapsible assembly to which the base plate and the rim are affixed. The collapsible assembly further includes: a control subassembly affixed to the base plate and the rim; and a bearing subassembly horizontally disposed between the control subassembly and the rim.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: MEGA SLAM HOOPS, LLCInventor: Jon Casey Givens
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Patent number: 11045704Abstract: An adjustable wall mount assembly for a basketball goal is provided. The adjustable wall mount assembly may include a frame, a pair of supports, an actuator, a pair of actuator brackets, and a support bracket. The pair of support brackets may each be rotatably coupled to a respective side member of the frame and adapted to be rotatably coupled to a backboard. The pair of actuator brackets may be rotatably coupled to the frame and the actuator. The support bracket may be adapted to be rotatably coupled to the backboard of the basketball goal, rotatably coupled to the frame, and rotatably coupled to the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: MEGA SLAM HOOPS, LLCInventor: Jon C. Givens
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Patent number: 10857438Abstract: A locking apparatus for an adjustable basketball goal. The locking apparatus may include a center plate, a sleeve, a first side plate, and a second side plate. The center plate may define a center plate opening. The sleeve may extend from the center plate and define a bore extending therethrough. The bore may terminate at the center plate opening, and the sleeve may further define a pair of apertures disposed opposite one another. The first side plate may extend from a first end portion of the center plate. The second side plate may extend from a second end portion of the center plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: MEGA SLAM HOOPS, LLCInventor: Jon Casey Givens
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Patent number: 10806981Abstract: A basketball goal includes a stand, a backboard, a mounting assembly, and a rim. The backboard has a cutout. The mounting assembly includes a lower extension arm, a pair of upper extension arms, a mounting plate, and a mounting frame. Each upper extension arm has a first end coupled to the lower extension arm and a second end coupled to the backboard. A back surface of the mounting plate is affixed to an end of the lower extension arm. The mounting frame is affixed to the mounting plate and defines a channel into which a bottom edge of the backboard is fitted with the cutout around the mounting plate. The rim is affixed to the front surface of the mounting plate through the cutout in the backboard.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Mega Slam Hoops, LLCInventor: Jon Casey Givens
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Patent number: 10576353Abstract: A net assembly for an adjustable basketball goal. The net assembly may include a net, a support frame, and a mounting assembly configured to mount the support frame to a post of the adjustable basketball goal. The net may include a net frame having an upper portion including a plurality of net frame sleeves. The support frame may be configured to support the net, and may include at least one elongated member configured to extend through the plurality of net frame sleeves. The support frame may also include a plurality of support arms, each having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion may be configured to couple to the at least one elongated member, and the second end portion may have a support arm sleeve. The support frame may further include a cross brace configured to couple the plurality of support arms.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: MEGA SLAM HOOPS, LLCInventor: Jon Casey Givens
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Publication number: 20190076712Abstract: A locking apparatus for an adjustable basketball goal. The locking apparatus may include a center plate, a sleeve, a first side plate, and a second side plate. The center plate may define a center plate opening. The sleeve may extend from the center plate and define a bore extending therethrough. The bore may terminate at the center plate opening, and the sleeve may further define a pair of apertures disposed opposite one another. The first side plate may extend from a first end portion of the center plate. The second side plate may extend from a second end portion of the center plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: MEGA SLAM HOOPS, LLCInventor: JON CASEY GIVENS
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Publication number: 20190076724Abstract: A net assembly for an adjustable basketball goal. The net assembly may include a net, a support frame, and a mounting assembly configured to mount the support frame to a post of the adjustable basketball goal. The net may include a net frame having an upper portion including a plurality of net frame sleeves. The support frame may be configured to support the net, and may include at least one elongated member configured to extend through the plurality of net frame sleeves. The support frame may also include a plurality of support arms, each having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion may be configured to couple to the at least one elongated member, and the second end portion may have a support arm sleeve. The support frame may further include a cross brace configured to couple the plurality of support arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: MEGA SLAM HOOPS, LLCInventor: JON CASEY GIVENS
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Patent number: 9933151Abstract: The present invention relates to a basketball stand lighting system comprising a fixing seat connected to a U-shaped supporting structure, a main stand, an inclined support frame, a telescopic frame outer pipe, a telescopic frame inner pipe, a lower fixing plate, a light, a lower support, and a column. This basketball stand lighting system allows convenient installation by using the basketball stand's own backboard height adjustment system to adjust the height of the installed lighting system, so there is no dangerous high altitude operation. The lighting system uses the basketball stand's own backboard height adjustment system to ensure that the installation is fixed in place. The lighting system saves time and labor, and the structure is ingenious and simple. This basketball stand lighting system need not employ complicated installation auxiliary equipment, and it has reduced time used when the equipment is loaded and unloaded.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Mega Slam Hoops, LLCInventor: Zhang Xiangang