US 2014/0213392 A1 · BALL HITTING PRACTICE DEVICE AND BALL

Abstract

The present invention is a device to be used to practice hitting a ball. The device according to the invention suspends a ball at a variety of positions movable along three axes. The ball is removably connected to a flexible line having a first side magnet thereon. The user can select if the first-end magnet will rise or fall when the removable ball is struck and the first-end magnet is hit and/or swings a predetermined amount by using either a counterweight or a connector-magnet attached to an adjustment peg fixedly attached to a vertical support. When using the connector-magnet, the user can also select the amount of force required to dislodge the connector-magnet from a metallic component on the vertical support. The present invention is also the ball having metallic components inside which can be safely used with or without the device. The device is safer than existing devices and it produces better results due to its configuration.

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Dependent claims

A ball hitting practice device comprising a weighted base, a vertical support connected to the base, and a horizontal support slidably connected to a top of the vertical support, said device having a first side and a second side about said vertical support defined by the location of each of two ends of the horizontal support;

a line having a first end and a second end, said line slidably connected to the horizontal support;
a first-end magnet fixedly connected to said first end of said line;
a connector fixedly connected to said second end of said line comprising a connector-magnet and a removable counterweight;
wherein a ball having a magnetic component is releasably attachable to said first-end magnet and can be suspended at a height below said horizontal support;
and
wherein a user can select to have said first-end magnet rise toward the first side of said horizontal support when said ball releases from said first-end magnet by using said device with said removable counterweight on said connector or to have said first-end magnet fall away from said first side of said horizontal support when said ball releases from said first-end magnet by using said device with said removable counterweight removed from said connector.

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Ball hitting practice device and ball

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Ball hitting practice device and ball

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