Patent ID: 7571805

Claim:
An autograph board apparatus for holding a baseball to be autographed, said apparatus comprising: a board having an aperture with a periphery therein; a baseball receiving means attached to said board at the periphery of said aperture for receiving the baseball, wherein said baseball receiving means has a hemispherical cross-section and a radius R r and wherein the baseball has a radius R b and wherein said radius R r is sufficiently close to said radius R b so that the baseball will be held snugly so that it will not rotate while being autographed but also not so snugly that it cannot be easily removed from said baseball receiving means; and, a cover means attached to said board for covering the baseball when the baseball is held in said baseball receiving means; and, hinge means for rotatably attaching said cover means to said board, wherein said cover means can be rotated away from said baseball receiving means so that the baseball can be autographed and said cover means can thereafter be returned back into position to protect the baseball after the baseball has been autographed.