Basketball System with Multi-Cavity Base

Abstract

A basketball backboard system having a multi-cavity base is disclosed herein. The base has two or more cavities for receiving ballast. The base may have interior cavities enclosed within the base or exterior cavities, such as a receptacle or bowl, or receiving and storing ballast. Both interior and exterior cavities may be used in the same base.

The claimed invention is: 
     
         1 . A basketball backboard system comprising:
 a pole;   a basketball backboard secured to the top of the pole;   and a base attached to and supporting the pole, wherein the base comprises two cavities adapted to store ballast.   
     
     
         2 . A basketball backboard system comprising:
 a high-density polyethylene base having
 a first cavity fully enclosed within the base and having walls formed from the exterior of the base, the first cavity adapted to store liquid ballast; 
 a port opening into the first cavity and adapted to receive liquid ballast into the first cavity; 
 a second cavity formed within the top of the base and having an open top, the second cavity adapted to store solid ballast; 
 an attachment joint adapted to secure a pole; 
   a container insertable into the second cavity and adapted to store liquid or solid ballast;   a pole secured to the base at the attachment joint; and   a basketball backboard secured to the top of the pole.