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US 6,786,842 B1Granted
Base anchoring assembly
OwnerFrank E. Nasiatkainventor
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Abstract
A base assembly for playing softball has a base, and a ground-engaging elongated plate on the bottom side of the base. The plate is elongated, stiff and has a length greater than the width of the base. A strap passes horizontally through the sides of the base and then through slots in the plate. The strap ends are folded back and fastened to the bottom side of the plate in a tight fitting arrangement. A pair of spikes are received through openings adjacent the ends of the plate to anchor the base to the ground.
Claims6
A base assembly suited to be anchored in the ground, comprising:
- a base having an outer cover, a bottom surface, and a pair of spaced side surfaces having a pair of oppositely disposed cover slits;
- a strap inserted through said pair of cover slits, said strap having a first end, and a second end;
- a planar, rigid, elongated plate, having a length greater than the dimension of the bottom surface of the base between said cover slits;
- the plate having a pair of strap-receiving plate slots for receiving the strap ends, said plate slots being spaced a distance corresponding to the distance between said cover slits;
- the plate being disposed in a face-to-face relationship with the bottom surface of the base, the plate having a pair of spike-receiving openings located outwardly of the strap-receiving slots for receiving a pair of spikes;
- means for fastening said first and second strap ends to the plate;
- a pair of spikes receivable through said spike-receiving openings;
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- whereby the base may be anchored to the ground by laying the base and the plate on the ground in a selected location and then driving the spikes into the ground through said spike-receiving openings.
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