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Portable pitcher's mound

Details

Inventors: Stevenson, James W.; Arato, Paul T.;
Assignee: James William Stevenson (Toronto, Ontario, CA)
Primary Examiner: Coven; Edward M.
Assistant Examiner: Passhniti; Sebastiano
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Rogers, Bereskin & Parr

A pitcher's mound on, which a pitcher in the sport of Baseball stands while pitching the ball, is collapsible, and is made up of several wedge-shaped segments which are connected to a central hub in an easily releasable manner. The segments and the central hub are quite rigid yet are of a size and weight which makes them reasonably portable. The surface of the pitcher's mound can be such as to absorb impact when struck by a ball and to provide good footing for the pitcher.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with the present invention there is provided a portable pitcher's mound comprising a central hub and a plurality of individual components surrounding the central hub, which can be disassembled and separated, and connecting means for releasably connecting the individual components and the central hub together to form a pitcher's mound wherein each of the components has a top layer and a bottom layer, whereby surface of the pitcher's mound, and at least part of the bottom layer of each component lies in a common horizontal support plane.
The hub can be provided with either a full complement of components surrounding the hub, or just one or two components.
The provision of just one or two will make for a cheaper and simpler assembly.
In a variant, the central hub is omitted and the mound is formed solely by arcuate segments.

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