Baseball base plate assembly

Abstract

A baseball base plate assembly for securing a baseball base on a baseball diamond includes a baseball base that includes a rigid underbody and a pliable top attached to the rigid underbody. An anchor well is integrated into the rigid underbody and a plug recess is formed into the rigid underbody. An anchor is insertable into the anchor well in the rigid underbody which can be extended into a hole in the ground thereby anchoring the baseball base to the ground. A plug is positionable in the plug recess for storing the plug and the plug can be inserted into the hole in the ground to inhibit the hole in the ground from becoming filled with debris.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A baseball base plate assembly for marking a base on a baseball field, said assembly comprising:
 a baseball base that includes a rigid underbody and a pliable top attached to said rigid underbody, said rigid underbody having an anchor well being integrated into said rigid underbody and a plug recess being formed into said rigid underbody;   an anchor being insertable into said anchor well in said rigid underbody wherein said anchor is configured to extend into a hole in the ground thereby anchoring said baseball base to the ground; and   a plug being positionable in said plug recess for storing said plug, said plug being removable from said plug recess when said baseball base is not being employed wherein said plug is configured to be inserted into the hole in the ground to inhibit the hole in the ground from becoming filled with debris.   
     
     
         2 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said rigid underbody has a top wall and a perimeter wall extending downwardly from said top wall;   said perimeter wall has a plurality of perpendicularly oriented sides such that said rigid underbody defines a rectangle;   said rigid underbody has a plurality of interior walls each extending between a respective pair of said perpendicularly oriented sides of said perimeter wall for reinforcing said perimeter wall;   said plurality of interior walls being oriented to criss cross each other such that said plurality of interior walls defines a series a repeating triangular spaces between said plurality of interior walls;   said plurality of interior walls includes a set of anchor interior walls which are perpendicularly oriented with each other to define said anchor well; and   said anchor well being centrally located on said rigid underbody.   
     
     
         3 . The assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 said plurality of interior walls includes a first diagonal wall and a second diagonal wall;   said first diagonal wall extends between a respective corner of said anchor well and a respective corner of said perimeter wall of said rigid underbody;   said second diagonal wall is perpendicularly oriented with said first diagonal wall;   said first diagonal wall is broken to define a first space in said first diagonal wall which is located closer to said anchor well than said respective corner of said perimeter wall of said rigid underbody; and   said second diagonal wall is broken to define a second space in said second diagonal wall which is aligned with said first space in said first diagonal wall such that each of said first space and said second space defines said plug recess in said rigid underbody.   
     
     
         4 . The assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 said pliable top has a lower wall and an upper wall and an outer wall extending between said lower wall and said upper wall;   said outer wall has a plurality of intersecting sides such that said pliable top has a rectangular shape;   said lower wall is bonded to said top wall of said rigid underbody such that said outer wall of said pliable top is aligned with said perimeter wall of said rigid underbody;   said outer wall curves inwardly at an intersection between said outer wall and said upper wall; and   said pliable top is filled with a resiliently compressible material wherein said pliable top is configured to facilitate a baseball player to comfortably step on said pliable top during the game of baseball.   
     
     
         5 . The assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 said anchor has a top end and a bottom end and an exterior wall extending between said top end and said bottom end;   said exterior wall has a plurality of intersecting sides such that said anchor has a rectangular shape; and   each of said plurality of intersecting sides of said exterior wall abuts a respective one of said anchor interior walls of said plurality of interior walls of said rigid underbody when said anchor is inserted into said anchor well having said anchor extending downwardly from said rigid underbody.   
     
     
         6 . The assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 said plug has a head and a stem extending away from a bottom end of said head wherein said stem is configured to extend into the hole in the ground having said bottom end of said head resting on the ground;   said head has an upper end which is concavely arcuate with respect to said bottom end such that said head has a dome shape;   an outer surface of said stem frictionally engages each of a first terminal end and a second terminal end of said first diagonal wall of said rigid underbody when said plug is inserted into said plug recess for removably retaining said plug in said plug recess;   a distal end of said stem frictionally engages a first terminal end of said second diagonal wall of said rigid underbody when said plug is inserted into said plug recess for retaining said plug in said plug recess; and   said upper end of said head frictionally engaging a second terminal end of said second diagonal wall when said plug is inserted into said plug recess for retaining said plug in said plug recess.   
     
     
         7 . A baseball base plate assembly for marking a base on a baseball field, said assembly comprising:
 a baseball base that includes a rigid underbody and a pliable top attached to said rigid underbody, said rigid underbody having an anchor well being integrated into said rigid underbody and a plug recess being formed into said rigid underbody, said rigid underbody having a top wall and a perimeter wall extending downwardly from said top wall, said perimeter wall having a plurality of perpendicularly oriented sides such that said rigid underbody defines a rectangle, said rigid underbody having a plurality of interior walls each extending between a respective pair of said perpendicularly oriented sides of said perimeter wall for reinforcing said perimeter wall, said plurality of interior walls being oriented to criss cross each other such that said plurality of interior walls defines a series a repeating triangular spaces between said plurality of interior walls, said plurality of interior walls including a set of anchor interior walls which are perpendicularly oriented with each other to define said anchor well, said anchor well being centrally located on said rigid underbody, said plurality of interior walls including a first diagonal wall and a second diagonal wall, said first diagonal wall extending between a respective corner of said anchor well and a respective corner of said perimeter wall of said rigid underbody, said second diagonal wall being perpendicularly oriented with said first diagonal wall, said first diagonal wall being broken to define a first space in said first diagonal wall which is located closer to said anchor well than said respective corner of said perimeter wall of said rigid underbody, said second diagonal wall being broken to define a second space in said second diagonal wall which is aligned with said first space in said first diagonal wall such that each of said first space and said second space defines said plug recess in said rigid underbody, said pliable top having a lower wall and an upper wall and an outer wall extending between said lower wall and said upper wall, said outer wall having a plurality of intersecting sides such that said pliable top has a rectangular shape, said lower wall being bonded to said top wall of said rigid underbody such that said outer wall of said pliable top is aligned with said perimeter wall of said rigid underbody, said outer wall curving inwardly at an intersection between said outer wall and said upper wall, said pliable top being filled with a resiliently compressible material wherein said pliable top is configured to facilitate a baseball player to comfortably step on said pliable top during the game of baseball;   an anchor being insertable into said anchor well in said rigid underbody wherein said anchor is configured to extend into a hole in the ground thereby anchoring said baseball base to the ground, said anchor having a top end and a bottom end and an exterior wall extending between said top end and said bottom end, said exterior wall having a plurality of intersecting sides such that said anchor has a rectangular shape, each of said plurality of intersecting sides of said exterior wall abutting a respective one of said anchor interior walls of said plurality of interior walls of said rigid underbody when said anchor is inserted into said anchor well having said anchor extending downwardly from said rigid underbody; and   a plug being positionable in said plug recess for storing said plug, said plug being removable from said plug recess when said baseball base is not being employed wherein said plug is configured to be inserted into the hole in the ground to inhibit the hole in the ground from becoming filled with debris, said plug having a head and a stem extending away from a bottom end of said head wherein said stem is configured to extend into the hole in the ground having said bottom end of said head resting on the ground, said head having an upper end which is concavely arcuate with respect to said bottom end such that said head has a dome shape, an outer surface of said stem frictionally engaging each of a first terminal end and a second terminal end of said first diagonal wall of said rigid underbody when said plug is inserted into said plug recess for removably retaining said plug in said plug recess, a distal end of said stem frictionally engaging a first terminal end of said second diagonal wall of said rigid underbody when said plug is inserted into said plug recess for retaining said plug in said plug recess, said upper end of said head frictionally engaging a second terminal end of said second diagonal wall when said plug is inserted into said plug recess for retaining said plug in said plug recess.