US 3,940,131 A · Batting practice device

Abstract

A batting practice device is provided for assisting a hitter in determining whether or not his swing is level and achieving a level swing at balls located at various positions relative to the strike zone. A pair of elongated vertically spaced horizontally extending arms are provided, the lower arm having a member associated therewith for supporting a practice baseball to be hit. The arms are supported on a vertical support member, and adjustment structure is provided for allowing positioning of the practice ball in any position relative to the strike zone. Base members for supporting the vertical support may be in the form of home-plates, and structure may be provided for rotating the arms about the vertical support to allow cooperation of the arms with either of the plates whereby the device may be used by both left-handed and right-handed batters.

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Dependent claims

A batting device comprising

means for assisting a baseball player in developing a level swing of a conventional baseball bat, said means including
a pair of elongated generally horizontally extending vertically spaced parallel arms including an upper arm and a lower arm, said arms being vertically spaced a distance sufficient to allow the passage of the bottle-shaped portion of a horizontally disposed conventional baseball bat therebetween, said arms substantially lying in a single vertical plane, said arms having no vertically extending connecting member at at least one of the ends thereof thereby forming an open end,
means located on said lower arm for supporting a baseball between said arms, and
means for supporting said pair of arms in their generally horizontally extending position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Batting practice device

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Abstract

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