Abstract: An elbow joint for a foldable goal post assembly, the elbow joint comprising a first elbow portion attachable to a first goal post and a second elbow portion attachable to a second goal post, the second elbow portion pivotally connectable to the first elbow portion about a hinged connection. The assembly also includes a locking rod. The first elbow portion defines a first cavity for receiving at least a portion of the locking rod and the second elbow portion defines a second cavity for receiving at least a portion of the locking rod.
Abstract: Sports footwear having a sole studded with a plurality of directional studs, said directional studs being shaped to present a higher resistance to movement through a flowable ground surface in one radial direction of the stud than in the opposite radial direction of the stud, by means of stud conformation including an abrupt drive face, providing a drive side of the stud directed in one direction along a drive line corresponding to the stud's direction of maximum resistance to movement through a flowable medium, and flank regions diverging from the drive line towards respective shoulder regions bordering the drive side, thereby providing a compliant side of the stud directed in the opposite direction along the drive line.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 13, 1999
Date of Patent:
March 19, 2002
Assignee:
Mitre Sports International Limited
Inventors:
Elliot David Wordsworth, Jennifer Karen Mitchell