Baseball base and installation apparatus

Apparatus for removably installing and securing a base on the ground for a ball field, including:

• (a) a base having a bottom surface;
• (b) strap means mounted on the base and extending beneath the base adjacent the bottom surface;
• (c) post means including a flat metal plate formed with slots and a noncircular post fixed on the plate and extending vertically downwardly therefrom, the strap means extending through the plate slots to removably mount the post means on the base adjacent the bottom surface thereof;
• (d) anchor means adapted to be removably installed in the ground, said anchor means including a top socket member having a noncircular hollow interior complementary to the configuration of the noncircular post, and a screw auger firmly secured to the bottom of the socket member and extending vertically downwardly therefrom, said screw auger being a flat strip of metal formed into a helical configuration;
• (e) brace means including a vertical noncircular lug having a configuration complementary to the interior of the socket member and a handle for rotating the lug, said lug being adapted to be telescopically inserted into the interior of the socket member to install and remove the anchor means into and from the ground by rotating the screw auger upon rotation of the brace means handle with the top of the socket member being flush with the top of the ground when in the installed position;
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• (f) the post being telescopically inserted into the socket member to removably secure the base in a fixed nonrotatable position on the anchor means after removal of the brace means lug from within the socket member after installing the anchor means in the ground.