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Method for constructing a goal post with audience decibel level controlled spacing established between the uprights

a goalpost and audience decibel technology, applied in the field of goalposts, can solve the problems of automatic and almost boring situation, and achieve the effect of increasing the significance of attending

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-06-22
MACKIE BARRE
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[0005]The present invention relates to a system in which the spacing between the goalposts is controlled by a drive system and the spectators at the football game can control the distance between the uprights by cheering or other noisemaking during either the after touchdown point attempt or the field goal attempt. This spectator participation in the game would greatly increase the significance of attending the game in person as opposed to watching the game over television or the like.

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Because of the high success of the after touchdown point kicks, that situation tends to become an automatic and almost boring feature of the game.

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[0011]As illustrated in FIG. 1, a preferred embodiment of the goalpost with adjustable spacing between the uprights employs a vertical post 10 having its lower end fixed relative to the playing field. The upper end of the post 10 supports a horizontally extending crossbar 14 having a motor based drive system 16 supported on one of its ends. A pair of sliders 18 and 20 are supported on the crossbar 14 for movement along the crossbar under control of the drive system 16. The slider 18 carries a vertically upright crossbar 22 while the slider 20 carries a vertically extending crossbar 24. The drive system 16 acts through the sliders 18 and 20 to adjust the spacing of the uprights 22 and 24.

[0012]FIG. 2 schematically illustrates the drive system for the uprights 22 and 24.

[0013]A sensor 30, which could be a sound volume sensor, or in the alternative embodiment a generator of a signal proportional to the number of Internet messages received, or some combination of both, provides its outp...

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A goalpost for football games and the like has a pair of parallel uprights that may be moved toward and away from one another by a motor driven mechanism. A control system for driving the motor has an input signal. based on the sound level produced by spectators at a game and / or the number of Internet messages generated by TV spectators. The spectators produce a crowd roar or Internet messages when a kick through the uprights is to occur.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This Application is a Division of application Ser. No. 14 / 629,543 filed on Feb. 24, 2015. Application Ser. No. 14 / 629,543 claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 61 / 943,559 filed on Feb. 24, 2014, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to a goalpost for use in football games and the like wherein the spacing between the uprights is adjustable and controlled by audience participation.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]American football games employ goalposts at each end of the field which comprise a pair of spaced uprights through which a player must kick the football to improve his team's score in the games. These goalposts have a pair of spaced apart uprights which the football must go through to score.[0004]It has been proposed to provide goalposts in which the spacing between the uprights is manually adjustable, usually for practice purposes, such as shown i...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B63/00
CPCA63B2063/002A63B63/008A63B2220/808A63B2220/833A63B2225/20
Inventor MACKIE, BARRE
Owner MACKIE BARRE
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