Baseball base with identification

Abstract

A base for use during the play of baseball or softball that includes a bottom, a top face, a side wall attached to the bottom and the top face and an identification label attached to either the top face or the side wall.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A base for use during the play of baseball or softball, comprising: 
 a bottom;    a top face;    a side wall attached to said bottom and said top face, and    an identification label attached to either said top face or said sidewall.    
     
     
         2 . The base of  claim 1 , wherein said identification label comprises indicia.  
     
     
         3 . The base of  claim 2 , wherein said indicia comprises a team logo.  
     
     
         4 . The base of  claim 2 , wherein said indicia comprises a league logo.  
     
     
         5 . The base of  claim 2 , wherein said identification label comprises: 
 a photopolymer coating applied over a printed image of indicia.    
     
     
         6 . The base of  claim 2 , wherein said identification label comprises a release paper with a screen print image of said indicia that is heat transferred to either said top face or said side wall.  
     
     
         7 . The base of  claim 1 , wherein said top face comprises a cutout into which said identification label is inserted.  
     
     
         8 . The base of  claim 1 , wherein said sidewall comprises a cutout into which said identification label is inserted.  
     
     
         9 . The base of  claim 8 , wherein said identification label comprises indicia.  
     
     
         10 . The base of  claim 9 , wherein said indicia comprises a team logo.  
     
     
         11 . The base of  claim 9 , wherein said indicia comprises a league logo.  
     
     
         12 . The base of  claim 9 , wherein said identification label comprises: 
 a photopolymer coating applied over a printed image of indicia.    
     
     
         13 . The base of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a second sidewall attached to said sidewall, said bottom and said top face;    a third side wall attached to said second side wall, said bottom and said top face; and    a fourth sidewall attached to said sidewall, said third sidewall, said bottom and said top face.    
     
     
         14 . The base of  claim 13 , wherein said side wall, said second side wall, said third side wall and said fourth side wall define a square-like shape.  
     
     
         15 . The base of  claim 1 , further comprising a post attached to said bottom.  
     
     
         16 . The base of  claim 15 , further comprising a plate attached to said post; and 
 wherein said bottom comprises a lip that defines an opening into which a portion of said plate is inserted.    
     
     
         17 . The base of  claim 1 , wherein said base is made of a resiliently deformable material.  
     
     
         18 . The base of  claim 17 , wherein said resiliently deformable material is rubber.  
     
     
         19 . A method of retrofitting an existing base for use during the play of baseball or softball, comprising: 
 providing an existing base with a top face and a side wall attached to the top face; and    attaching an identification label to either said top face or said sidewall.    
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein said identification label comprises indicia.  
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein said indicia comprises a team logo.  
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein said indicia comprises a league logo.  
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein said attaching comprises: 
 forming a cutout into said top face; and    placing said identification label into said cutout.    
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein said attaching comprises: 
 forming a cutout into said side wall; and    placing said identification label into said cutout.    
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein said identification label comprises indicia.  
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein said indicia comprises a team logo.  
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein said indicia comprises a league logo.  
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein said attaching comprises: 
 placing a release paper with a screen print image of indicia on said top face or said side wall; and    heat transferring said release paper onto said top face or said side wall.    
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , wherein said heat transferring comprises heating said release paper to a temperature of approximately 325° F. for approximately 3 minutes.  
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 29 , wherein said indicia comprises the name of an event.