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US 4,072,125 AGranted
Umpire's counter
OwnerThomas W. Spallainventor
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Abstract
An umpire's counter which, in addition to the usual "strike", "ball" and "out" dial indicators, is provided with a novel "inning" dial indicator which is geared to the "out" indicator so as to indicate the "top half" of an inning and the "bottom half" of the inning after three outs.
Claims2
In an umpire's counter comprising a top cover plate and a bottom cover plate in closely spaced parallel relationship and "strike," "ball" and "out" indicating dials rotatably mounted therebetween with indicia visible from the outside of the top plate;
- the improvement comprising an "inning" indicating dial rotatably mounted between said cover plates and visible through opening means in said top plate and geared to said "out" indicating dial such that for each three outs, said "inning" indicating dial will be turned and advanced to denote another half inning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.