Patent ID: 7494433
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A baseball playing area cover in combination with and for use on at least one of a pitcher's mound area or a home plate area of a baseball field, said baseball playing area cover comprising; a flexible material haying a perimeter that defines a predetermined configuration; and a weight associated with said flexible material for retaining said flexible material in a desired position on said at least one of said pitcher's mound area or said home plate area after said baseball playing area cover is situated on said at least one of said pitcher's mound area or said home plate area, so that said baseball playing area cover protects said at least one of said pitcher's mound area or said home plate area from at least one of wind, rain or debris after the baseball playing area cover has been situated on said at least one of said pitcher's mound area and said home plate area of said baseball field, said weight being situated at or proximate to said perimeter; said predetermined configuration being adapted to generally complement or conform to a configuration or area defined by said at least one of said pitcher's mound area or said home plate area; said baseball playing area cover storing or being coupled to said weight and also being portable so that when a user moves said flexible material between said at least one of said pitcher's mound area or said home plate area and a storage area, the user substantially simultaneously moves said weight in unison with said cover.