Safety base
AssigneeJ. D. & C., Inc.
InventorsFrancis N. Fatool, James L. Gordon
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Abstract
A safety base comprising a cushion and root formed of a resilient material with a protective wrapping and a ground support having an aperture for receiving the root and holding the base in a desired orientation on the playing field. The force of a player sliding into the base deforms the base and pops it free of the ground support without injury to the player.
Claims14
For use in playing the game of baseball and the like, the combination of a safety base having a cushion with a top surface, sides and a bottom surface and a root joined to and extending outwardly from the center of the cushion bottom surface, the cushion and root being formed from a resilient energy absorbant material to define a body;
- and a ground support adapted to be buried in a playing field and having an interior opening for receiving the base root when the base bottom surface is positioned on the playing field, a loose fit clearance between the root and the ground support opening in at least one direction along the playing field whereby a player sliding into the cushion in a direction perpendicular to such one direction compresses the body against the ground support, expands the root into the loose fit clearance, buckles the cushion and pops the root out of the ground support without binding.
For use in playing the game of baseball the combination of a safety base comprising a flat rectangular cushion having a top surface, sides and a bottom surface, and a root joined to and extending downwardly from the center of the cushion bottom surface, the cushion and root being formed from resilient energy absorbant material to define a body;
- and a ground support independent of the base adapted to be buried in a playing field and having an interior opening for receiving the base root when the base is positioned on the playing field with the bottom surface resting on the field whereby a player sliding into the cushion compresses the body against the support and pops the root out of the ground support the base including a first protective cloth bonded to the top surface, sides and bottom surface of the cushion, second protective cloths extending across the Vee between the root and the bottom wall of the cushion and bonded to the root and cushion, and a third protective cloth bonded to and wrapped around the root.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.