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Ball base construction and anchor

  • US 4,493,486 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1983
  • Issued: 01/15/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved ball base comprising, in combination:

  • a unitary base pad member having a rectangular shape and divided into only two substantially square equal sized subsections when viewed in a top plan view, the pad member further comprising a pad support and a pad cover, each of said subsections including visually distinctive and different coloring of the covering of each subsection, each subsection being substantially monochromatic;

    each subsection being substantially equal to the regulation size of a base pad, the subsections being integrally formed in a single rectangular pad with a single straight line having no lateral dimension demarking one subsection from the other, each subsection having substantially the same thickness; and

    means for attaching the pad member to the ground to retain one subsection inside an imaginary line defined as the foul line and the other subsection simultaneously outside said line with the straight line demarking the subsections, being positioned coincident with the foul line, said means for attaching comprising cooperative means attached to the bottom center of the base, a rod means which projects into the ground, and means for slidably securing the rod means to the cooperative means whereby the rod means and the cooperative means slide relative to each other in a direction transverse to the straight line demarking the subsections, said means for attaching also defining means for preventing the straight line from becoming unaligned with the foul line by shifting the straight line to the outside of the foul line or twisting the straight line relative to the foul line, and including pad holding means engaging the pad and holding the pad rigidly with respect to the ground, whereby a runner may tag the outside subsection and a baseman can tag the inside subsection and the pad will remain substantially rigidly positioned.

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