Patent ID: 6767296
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: A63B,A63C

Abstract:
A baseball base securing device to releaseably secure to a baseball base to an outdoor playing surface, said baseball base having a downwardly extending elongate anchor member, the device comprising:a) a receiving tube defining an open top end, a buried bottom end and an interior sidewall surface, said open top end sized to receive a baseball base anchor; b) a cover disposed within the receiving tube defining an outer circumference, the cover being traversable within said receiving tube between a first closed position at the open top end of the receiving tube and a second retracted position within the receiving tube; and c) a biasing member positioned within said receiving tube between said tube cover and the bottom end of said receiving tube, said biasing member adapted to force the cover upward to a closed position when the anchor of the baseball base is removed from the receiving tube.