US 2006/0148597 A1Published application

Practice, exercise, and strengthening device for batting and similar swinging motions

OwnerLawrence Pope, Forrest Baconinventors

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Abstract

A device is disclosed for batting practice, by baseball players in batting practice; it can also be adapted for use by golfers, tennis players, etc., for practice and exercise in swinging other types of clubs, racquets, etc. It comprises a horizontal base, a vertical neck assembly that allows height adjustment, and a “head” component that encloses a set of “flaps” made of a stiff-but-yielding material, such as rubberized materials commonly used to make conveyor belts. Roughly a dozen to twenty rectangular segments of resistive material are mounted within the head in a generally vertical direction, from the top and bottom surfaces in the head, spaced apart from each other a suitable distance. As the end of a bat is swung through the head assembly, it encounters substantial resistance from the flaps, which generate a level of resistive force that provides good exercise.

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Dependent claims

A device for improving strength and skill in swinging motions, comprising:

a. a plurality of flexible components, each flexible component having at least one fixed portion and at least one movable portion, said flexible components made of material that will yield but that will resist displacement when a solid movable object is swung, by a person using the device, in a manner that contacts and displaces said flexible components;
b. a frame assembly that supports said flexible components in a manner that holds said fixed portions of said flexible components in a secure and non-moving manner while allowing displacement of said movable portions of said flexible components;
and,
c. means for positioning said frame assembly and said flexible components at a height and orientation that enables a person to swing a solid movable object through a swing pathway that causes displacement of said flexible components,
wherein the device has sufficient mass, weight, strength, and stiffness to minimize motion and travel of said frame assembly when a person using the device swings a solid movable object in a manner that contacts and displaces said movable portions of said flexible components.

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