Games using tangible projectile – Playing field or court game; game element or accessory... – Base for game in which play involves base running
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-08
2001-10-02
Chapman, Jeanette (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...
Base for game in which play involves base running
Reexamination Certificate
active
06296584
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to baseball/softball bases and more particularly pertains to a new base with rigid corner section for reducing the risk of injury while playing baseball/softball.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of baseball/softball bases is known in the prior art. More specifically, baseball/softball bases heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art baseball/softball bases include U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,723,779; 4,979,740; 4,817,946; 3,971,558; 5,203,557; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 252,938.
In these respects, the base with rigid corner section according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of reducing the risk of injury while playing baseball/softball.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of baseball/softball bases now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new base with rigid corner section construction wherein the same can be utilized for reducing the risk of injury while playing baseball/softball.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new base with rigid corner section apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the baseball/softball bases mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new base with rigid corner section which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art baseball/softball bases, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a base having a square top face, a square bottom face, and four thin, equally sized rectangular side faces. Such side faces are formed between the top face and the bottom face in perpendicular relationship therewith. The base has a corner section defined by an equal length of both a first side face and a second side face adjacent to the first side face. The corner section is further defined by vertical planes extending in perpendicular relationship with the first and second side faces. As such, the corner section has a square top and bottom face. It should be noted that the corner section of the base is constructed from a material of a first degree of rigidity. A remaining section of the base is formed integral with the corner section. This remaining section is constructed from a material of a second degree of rigidity less than the first degree of rigidity. For allowing the differentiation between the sections of the base, the corner section of the base is colored a first color while the remaining section of the base is colored a second color.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be rcgarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new base with rigid corner section apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the baseball/softball bases mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new base with rigid corner section which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art baseball/softball bases, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new base with rigid corner section which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new base with rigid corner section which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new base with rigid corner section which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such base with rigid corner section economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new base with rigid corner section which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new base with rigid corner section for reducing the risk of injury while playing baseball/softball.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new base includes a first section constructed from a material of a first degree of rigidity. A remaining second section of the base is formed integral with the first section and is constructed from a material of a second degree of rigidity less thin the first degree of rigidity.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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Boomer Timothy J.
West Frank J.
Aryanpour Mitra
Chapman Jeanette
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