Safety base for athletic events
OwnerArthur Eugene Willettinventor
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Abstract
A safety base for athletic events, particularly for the first base position of softball and baseball playing fields, includes a first portion of conventional size and shape for conventional placement in the infield at first base position, and an integral, extended, colorcoded portion for placement across and outside the base line, whereby an extended portion of the base is available to a player running toward first base, which the player may tag in order to be safe, and thus the danger of collision with another player attempting to tag the first player out at first base is substantially reduced, with a resultant reduction in the incidence of injury to either of the players.
Claims4
A safety base for the first base position of softball and baseball playing fields, comprises an elongate, rectangularly shaped base having a first end portion of the size and shape of a conventional softball and baseball base for disposition in a conventional position in the infield at the first base position, an integral, extended end portion for placement across and outside the base line to thus present an extended end portion of the base to a player running toward the base, which extended end portion may be tagged by the runner, thereby significantly reducing the danger of collision between the runner and another player attempting to get the runner out at the base, said extended end portion comprising a second portion which has a length substantially the same as the width of the base line and is adapted to overlie the base line, and a third portion which is adapted to extend outwardly of the base line, said first and third portions being readily visually distinguishable one from the other and said second portion being readily visually distinguishable from the first and third portions.
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