Pentagonal pool

Abstract

A five-sided pool may be used to play a game such as water baseball. The pool may include a base having a top surface and a bottom surface. The base may include batter boxes and a home plate on the top surface of the base. The pool may further include multiple sides joined at a periphery of the base. The base and the multiple sides may form a pentagonal-shaped pool.

The claimed invention is: 
     
         1 . A pool configured for playing a ballgame, the pool comprising:
 a base having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the base comprises batter boxes and a home plate on the top surface of the base; and   a plurality of inflatable sidewalls disposed at a periphery of the base, wherein the base and the plurality of inflatable sidewalls form a pentagon shape when in a use position.   
     
     
         2 . The pool of  claim 1 , wherein the pool is made from a plastic selected from the group consisting of: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), Polypropylene (PP), Polyethylene (PE), Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), and any combination thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The pool of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sides have a height of about 18 inches. 
     
     
         4 . A method of playing a ballgame, comprising:
 providing the pool of  claim 1  containing water;   positioning a batter in the water, a pitcher outside of the pool facing the batter, and other players outside the pool on bases;   pitching, by the pitcher, a ball to the batter;   swinging a tool by the batter toward the ball;   wherein if the batter strikes the ball, the batter runs to one of the bases and one of the other players is positioned in the water; if one of the other players enters the pool from the bases, a run is recorded; if the batter misses the ball and the ball lands in the pool, a strike is recorded; and if the ball lands outside of the pool following the pitching, a ball is recorded.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein if the pitcher hits the batter with the ball, the pitcher enters the pool and a ball is recorded.