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US 10,471,322 B2Granted
Baseball training methods and systems
OwnerBeau James Craiginventor
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Abstract
A training device comprising a track having one or more channels extending along part of the length of the track, and one or more skates comprising bearings that can spin freely and are positioned to engage the one or more channels of the track. One or more foot blocks are affixed to the top surface of the one or more skates, wherein the skates can move along the length of the channels in the track.
Claims14
A training apparatus comprising:
- a base platform having a length and a top surface defined by edges, the top surface having a longitudinal axis and at least two or more tracks extending along the longitudinal axis of the base platform for at least a portion of the length of the base platform and set in from the edges of the base platform, each of the two or more tracks comprising a substantially u-shaped channel extending downward into the top surface of the base platform;
- one or more movable skates, each movable skate comprising a generally horizontal planar top surface and one or more bearings or wheels extending downward from the planar top surface to engage the u-shaped channel of at least one of the two or more tracks such that lateral movement of the one or more bearings or wheels is constrained by the u-shaped channel but upward movement of the bearings or wheels is not constrained;
- each of the one or more movable skates being configured to move along the longitudinal axis of the base platform and to flex under a weight applied thereon such that a bottom surface between the bearings or wheels contacts the top surface of the base platform between two of the two or more tracks such that the movable skate resists movement due to friction between the bottom surface of the movable skate between the bearings or wheels and the top surface of the base platform when the weight is applied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.