Patent ID: 7793397

Claim:
A method of delineating a desired athletic field on an outdoor surface, comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of fold-over posts, each fold-over post further comprising a vertical member; providing a length of flexible fencing material; providing a plurality of springs each having a mounting spike connected thereto; providing a plurality of stability plates each having first and second sides, said first side defining a depression having a bottom surface aligned at an angle relative to a plane of said stability plate and conforming generally to a bottom coil of said spring, said second side being flat such that it rests flush and level with said outdoor surface, said stability plate further defining a cylindrical passage generally transverse to said plane of said stability plate and in communication with said depression; installing one of said plurality of springs onto said vertical member of each of said fold-over posts; inserting one of said plurality of mounting spikes through said cylindrical passage of one of said plurality of stability plates and into said outdoor surface such that said bottom coil of spring rests within said depression and wherein said stability plate lies horizontally between said outdoor surface and said spring; inserting said remaining mounting spikes through said stability plates and into said outdoor surface in a pattern corresponding to said desired athletic field; and connecting said length of flexible fencing material to each of said posts.