Double first base anchor
AssigneeLine To Line LLC
InventorWilliam Ellis Marbet
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an apparatus for adapting a first base to a double first base having a fielder base and a runner base. The apparatus may include a first plate. The first plate may define a top face, a bottom face, a first side, and a second side. The first plate may include an anchor aperture defined on the first side. The anchor aperture may be shaped to receive a ground anchor of a fielder base. The second side may be configured to be secured to a runner base. The first plate may further include one or more teeth protruding from the bottom face on the second side. The anchor aperture may be shaped such that the first plate mechanically engages and resists angular movement of the ground anchor relative to the first plate.
Claims25
An apparatus for adapting a first base to a double first base having a fielder base and a runner base, the apparatus comprising:
- a first plate defining a top face, a bottom face, a first side, and a second side, the first plate including an anchor aperture defined on the first side,
- wherein the anchor aperture is shaped to receive a ground anchor of a fielder base advanced through the anchor aperture, and
- wherein the second side is configured to be secured to a runner base.
An apparatus for adapting a first base to a double first base having a fielder base and a runner base, the apparatus comprising:
- a first plate defining a top face, a bottom face, a first side, and a second side, the first plate including an anchor aperture defined on the first side;
- and
- a runner base disposed above and secured to the second side,
- wherein the anchor aperture is shaped to receive a ground anchor of a fielder base advanced through the anchor aperture.
A method of adapting a first base to a double first base having a fielder base and a runner base, the method comprising:
- providing a first plate defining a top face, a bottom face, a first side, and a second side, the first plate including an anchor aperture defined on and vertically extending through the first side;
- securing a runner base to the second side;
- advancing a ground anchor of a first base through the anchor aperture;
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- inserting the ground anchor into a ground surface.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a fielder base including an anchor post;
- a flat adapter plate disposed below the fielder base, the adapter plate having a first side positioned under the fielder base and a second side extending away from the fielder base;
- an anchor aperture defined through the first side of the adapter plate, wherein the anchor post extends downwardly from the fielder base through the anchor aperture;
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- a runner base disposed on the second side of the adapter plate beside the fielder base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.