Baseball game apparatus
AssigneeRegent Sports Corporation
InventorsPeter Hylak, Jason Marshall, Lyle Willimann
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Abstract
The present invention provides a simulated baseball game apparatus. The game is played generally in accordance with the rules of actual baseball. The apparatus resembles a baseball field and is designed to be played by at least two players. An offensive player attempts to the hit the ball using a batting mechanism, while a defensive player pitches and fields the ball using pitching and fielding mechanisms, respectively.
Claims28
A baseball game apparatus comprising:
- a housing having:
- a playing field having an upper surface having indicia formed thereon representing a baseball field including a baseball diamond and an outfield;
- a ball;
- a pitching mechanism disposed within the housing for rolling the ball toward a batting mechanism at home plate, the batting mechanism for swinging at the ball, wherein the pitching mechanism includes a joystick mechanism for controlling the type of pitch and a striker mechanism for causing the ball to be delivered from the pitching mechanism toward home plate, the striker mechanism permitting the speed of a pitched ball to be variable;
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- a plurality of hit valuation indicators disposed across the playing field.
A baseball game apparatus comprising:
- a housing having:
- a playing field having an upper surface having indicia formed thereon representing a baseball field including a baseball diamond and an outfield;
- a ball;
- a pitching mechanism disposed within the housing for rolling the ball toward a batting mechanism at home plate, the batting mechanism for swinging at the ball, wherein the batting mechanism includes a rotatable batting arm disposed above the upper surface for contacting and hitting the rolled ball in response to manipulation of a batting handle, the rotatable batting arm being operatively connected to the batting handle by cam and pulley members;
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- a plurality of hit valuation indicators disposed across the playing field.
The baseball game apparatus of claim-19, wherein the batting mechanism further includes a second biasing member for returning the pulley member to an initial rest position after the batting arm is rotated by manipulating the handle which causes the second biasing member to extend, the second biasing member being attached at a first end to the pulley member and at a second end to a fixed member.
A baseball game apparatus comprising:
- a housing having:
- a playing field having an upper surface having indicia formed thereon representing a baseball field including a baseball diamond and an outfield;
- a ball;
- a pitching mechanism disposed within the housing for rolling the ball toward a batting mechanism at home plate, the batting mechanism for swinging at the ball;
- a plurality of hit valuation indicators disposed across the playing field;
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- a ball retrieval track system for returning the ball to the pitching mechanism after the ball has been pitched and including a number of ball carrying members each of which communicates with one or more openings formed in the playing field, each of the ball carrying members being disposed at an angle so that the pitched ball is returned to the pitching mechanism by gravity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.