Patent ID: 7648432

Claim:
A home plate system comprising: a removable top plate including a top, a bottom and a sidewall portion defining a perimeter of the removable top plate with a beveled sidewall protrusion extending around substantially all of the sidewall portion and a plurality of recesses distributed around the bottom of the removable top plate; a removable collar including a plurality of post anchors configured to releasably engage at least one of the plurality of recesses distributed around the bottom of the removable top plate and an inner groove around an inner surface of the removable collar configured to releasably engage the beveled sidewall protrusion of the removable top plate; and an anchor section configured to releasably engage a bottom of the removable collar around a perimeter of the bottom of the removable collar and further to releasably engage at least one of the plurality of recesses distributed around the bottom portion of the removable top plate.