Soccer Goal With Improved Stability

Abstract

The invention is directed to a soccer goal having improved stability.

1 . A soccer goal having a balance point angle greater than about 25 degrees. 
   
   
       2 . The soccer goal of  claim 1  wherein the balance point angle is greater than about 50 degrees. 
   
   
       3 . The soccer goal of  claim 1  wherein the balance point angle is greater than about 60 degrees. 
   
   
       4 . A soccer goal having a pull-over force at a 45 degree angle to the horizontal at a mid-point of a front crossbar of greater than about 100 pounds. 
   
   
       5 . The soccer goal of  claim 4  wherein the pull-over force is greater than about 125 pounds. 
   
   
       6 . The soccer goal of  claim 5  wherein the pull-over force is greater than about 150 pounds. 
   
   
       7 . A soccer goal having a static load as measured at a mid-point of a front crossbar at 12 inches above a level surface of less than about 60 pounds. 
   
   
       8 . The soccer goal of  claim 7  wherein the static load is less than about 50 pounds. 
   
   
       9 . A soccer goal having improved stability comprising:
 first and second bottom side bars, each of the first and second bottom side bars comprising steel and having a forward section and a rearward section;   first and second front uprights comprising aluminum, each of the first and second front uprights having a lower and upper section, the lower section of the first front upright connected to a forward section of the first bottom side bar and the lower section of the second front upright connected to a forward section of the second bottom side bar;   a front cross bar comprising aluminum, the front crossbar connected at one end portion to an upper section of the first front upright and an opposite end portion connected to an upper section of the second front upright; and   first and second rearward stability bars comprising steel, each of the first and second rearward stability bars having a forward section and a rearward section, the first rearward stability bar connected at its rearward section to a rearward section of the first bottom side bar and the forward section of the first rearward bar connected to an upper section of the first front upright, the second rearward stability bar connected at is rearward section to a rearward section of the second bottom side bar and the forward section of the second rearward bar connected to an upper section of the second front upright.   
   
   
       10 . The soccer goal of  claim 9  further having a balance point angle is greater than 25 degrees. 
   
   
       11 . The soccer goal of  claim 9  further having a pull-over force at a 45 degree angle to the horizontal at a mid-point of the front crossbar of greater than about 100 pounds. 
   
   
       12 . The soccer goal of  claim 9  further having a static load as measured at a mid-point of a front crossbar at 12 inches above a level surface of less than about 60 pounds. 
   
   
       13 . A soccer goal having a balance point angle of greater than about 25 degrees, a pull-over force at a 45 degree angle to the horizontal at a mid-point of a front crossbar of greater than about 100 pounds, and a static load as measured at a mid-point of a front crossbar at 12 inches above a level surface of less than about 60 pounds. 
   
   
       14 . The soccer goal of  claim 13  wherein the balance point angle is greater than about 50 degrees, the pull-over force is greater than about 125 pounds and the static load is less than about 50 pounds. 
   
   
       15 . The soccer goal of  claim 14  wherein the balance point angle is greater than about 60 degrees and the pull-over force is greater than about 150 pounds.