Title: Portable folding indoor-outdoor horseshoe court

We claim:

1. A portable horseshoe court, comprising:

a horizontally disposed frame means including spaced-apart front and rear frame members having opposite ends, a first side frame member secured to and extending between said front and rear frame members at one end thereof, a second side frame member secured to and extending between said front and rear frame members at the other end thereof, a first intermediate frame member secured to and extending between said front and rear frame members inwardly of said first side frame member, a second intermediate frame member secured to and extending between said front and rear frame members inwardly of said second side frame member,

a first pitcher's platform positioned between said first side frame member and said first intermediate frame member extending between said front and rear frame members,

a second pitcher's platform positioned between said second side frame member and said second intermediate frame member extending between said front and rear frame members,

a pan means extending between said intermediate side frame member and said front and rear frame members to define an area capable of receiving dirt,

a stake extending upwardly from said pan means equidistantly between said platforms,

a normally upstanding backstop means having upper and lower ends, said backstop means having its lower end pivotally connected to the rearward end of said frame means whereby said backstop means may be selectively pivoted from its normal upstanding position behind said frame means to a substantially horizontal transport position at least partially over said platforms and pan means,

and means selectively maintaining said backstop means in its said upstanding position.

2. The court of claim 1 wherein said stake is removably secured to said pan means.

3. The court of claim 1 wherein a plate means is secured to said pan means, a collar mounted on said plate means, said stake being removably mounted in said collar.

4. The court of claim 1 wherein a protective material extends forwardly from the forward end of said frame means.

5. The court of claim 1 wherein said backstop means completely extends over said platforms and pan means when in its said transport position to maintain the dirt in said pan means when the court is being transported from one location to another.


Other info:


Inventors: Updike, Harold K. (946 E. 6th St., Fremont, NE, 68025)
Updike, Kenneth N. (1737 E. 5th St., Fremont, NE, 68025)

Application Number: 06/121930
Filing Date: 1980-02-15
Publication_date: 1982-02-09
Assignee: Updike, Harold K.
Updike, Kenneth N.

Primary Class(es): 273/336
Other Classes: A63B67/06; A63B67/00
US Patent Ref:

1543767	June, 1925	Heggen	273/336	Pitching court
2476532	July, 1949	Bouchard	273/336	Horseshoe pitching court
3356368	December, 1967	Dixon	273/336	Horseshoe target with floor simulating clay
3547442	December, 1970	Fenicchia	273/336	PORTABLE HORSESHOE PIT

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Grieb, William H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Zarley, McKee, Thomte, Voorhees & Sease