Patent ID: 6142882
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A device used for plugging an opening into and locating a receptacle in an anchor to a base employed on a playing field, comprising: an elastic body having a shape sufficiently large to extend across the opening, said body being made from an elastomeric material capable of being deformed to insert a portion of said body through the opening and expanded to form a plug across the opening; a flexible indicator connected to said body to indicate the location of said body, said flexible indicator having a length sufficient to extend from said body when mounted with the receptacle disposed below a surface of the playing field and to extend above the playing field surface for a sufficient distance to be observed, and being sufficiently flexible to be deflected during ground care operations of the playing field and be visible after such ground care operations; and connecting means for securing a connecting portion of said flexible indicator within said body while allowing a visible portion of said flexible indicator to extend outwardly of said body.