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US 9,844,717 B2Granted
Mobile baseball pitching mound
AssigneePorta-Pro Mounds Inc.
InventorsWilliam S. Lee, Richard A. Sauget
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Abstract
A portable pitching mound that offers the strength and durability of a traditional dirt mound that is compatible with turf fields and will not create an edge lip on a baseball field.
Claims2
A circular portable pitching mound comprised of:
- a front center piece including a flat vertical left side, a flat vertical rear side, and a flat vertical right side, each of which include an interlocking flange protruding horizontally from a base thereof, the front center piece further comprising a rubber located on a convex upper surface;
- a rear center piece including a flat vertical left side, a flat vertical front side, and a flat vertical right side, each of which include an interlocking flange protruding horizontally from a base thereof;
- a front right piece including a flat vertical left side and a flat vertical rear side, each of which include an interlocking flange protruding horizontally from a base thereof;
- a front left piece including a flat vertical right side and a flat vertical rear side each of which include an interlocking flange protruding horizontally from a base thereof;
- a rear right piece including a flat vertical left side and a flat vertical front side each of which include an interlocking flange protruding horizontally from a base thereof;
- a rear left piece including a flat vertical right side and a flat vertical front side each of which include an interlocking flange protruding horizontally from a base thereof;
- wherein, said interlocking flanges are interlocked together at said bases of each of the front left, rear left, front right, rear right, front center, and rear center pieces to place said vertical sides of the various of said front left, rear left, front right, rear right, front center, and rear center pieces adjacent to each other and to form a circular mound body with a flat base and a convex upper surface;
- wherein said interlocking flanges comprise the sole form of attachment between said front left, rear left, front right, rear right, front center, and rear center pieces;
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- wherein said interlocking flanges interlock via a channel and a protrusion.
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