Portable association croquet wicket practice assembly of three-point playing surface contact, defining a simulated target wicket wherein upright legs are fixedly spaced apart in regulation measure by a topmost transverse crown, the free ends of the legs being supported by surface contact, the target wicket being ballasted and balanced rearwardly by two interconnected weights, a first weight being elevated and fixed relative to the crown to apply vertical and horizontal moments to the wicket, a second weight being in slope declination relative to the first weight to apply target aligned and anchoring moments to the wicket. The wicket, per se, is white in the assembly foreground and neutral or dark in its background.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 07/748,878, filed Aug. 23, 1991 (ABANDONED), entitled PORTABLE CROQUET WICKET ASSEMBLY. A related Design Pat. application Ser. No. 07/751,211, entitled PRACTICE WICKET ASSEMBLY WHEREIN COLOR IS DEPICTED was filed Aug. 28, 1991.
A croquet system for use in an arena is provided wherein a croquet wicket or stake can be attached to a floor. A sleeve is inserted into a void in the floor. The sleeve is capable of receiving a mounting rod which is coaxially attached to either the croquet stake or an upright of a croquet wicket. The croquet wicket or stake can then be inserted for play or removed such that the arena can serve other functions.
