US2013345000A1PendingUtilityA1

Portable pitching mound

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Dec 2, 2011Filed: Dec 3, 2012Published: Dec 26, 2013
Est. expiryDec 2, 2031(~5.4 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Douglas G GangwerSteven J. Lenieux
A63B 69/0002Y10T29/49826A63B 71/04A63B 2069/0006A63B 2210/50
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Claims

Abstract

A portable pitching mound includes a base portion and a skin formed over the base portion. The base portion may include a foam core to reduce the weight of the mound. The skin may be a rigid skin to improve durability, such as sheet metal. The foam core may include a forward portion and a rearward portion selectively removably secured to one another. The forward portion is sloped downward away from the rearward portion. The rearward portion provides a substantially horizontal upper surface. A pitching rubber is secured to the metal skin on the substantially horizontal surface. Artificial turf may be secured to the forward sloped surface of the forward portion.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A portable pitching mound comprising:
 a foam core; and   a rigid skin secured to the foam core.   
     
     
         2 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 1  wherein the foam core includes a forward portion and a rearward portion selectively removably secured to one another. 
     
     
         3 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 2  wherein the forward portion is sloped downward away from the rearward portion. 
     
     
         4 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 3  wherein the rearward portion provides a substantially horizontal upper surface. 
     
     
         5 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 4  further including a pitching rubber secured to the substantially horizontal upper surface. 
     
     
         6 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 5  further including artificial turf secured to the rigid skin. 
     
     
         7 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 6  further including a plurality of reinforcements secured to an underside of the foam core. 
     
     
         8 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 7  further including a plurality of feet secured to the plurality of reinforcements. 
     
     
         9 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 8  wherein the foam core is formed of expanded polystyrene. 
     
     
         10 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 9  wherein the rigid skin is sheet metal. 
     
     
         11 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 1  wherein the foam core includes a forward portion sloped downward away from a rearward portion of the foam core. 
     
     
         12 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 11  wherein the rearward portion provides a substantially horizontal upper surface. 
     
     
         13 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 12  further including a pitching rubber secured to the substantially horizontal upper surface and artificial turf secured to the rigid skin 
     
     
         14 . The portable pitching mound of  claim 13  wherein the foam core is formed of expanded polystyrene. 
     
     
         15 . A method for forming a portable pitching mound including the steps of:
 a) forming a foam base;   b) attaching a rigid skin to the foam base; and   c) attaching turf to the rigid skin.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15  further including the step of attaching a pitching rubber to the rigid skin. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein said step a) includes the step of forming a forward base portion and a rearward base portion, said method further including the step of removably securing the forward base portion to the rearward base portion.

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