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US 4,865,318 AGranted
Ball tossing device
OwnerRoger W. Lehmann, Michael I. Satteninventors
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Abstract
A ball tossing device includes a tossing mechanism and a foot pedal assembly which is manually depressible for actuating the tossing mechanism to toss a ball upwardly into the air so that it can be hit with a bat. The tossing mechanism includes a timer assembly which delays the ball tossing action of the device by a predetermined delay interval so that a batter can assume a fully ready position before the ball is tossed into the air.
Claims7
A device for tossing a ball into the air comprising:
- (a) a base receivable on a supporting surface;
- (b) a manually depressible foot pedal;
- (c) means on said base defining a tossing station;
- (d) receiving means on said base for receiving a ball and for positioning it at said tossing station;
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- (e) tossing means actuatable by manually depressing said foot pedal for automatically tossing said ball located at said tossing station into air substantially upon the expiration of a predetermined delay interval, said tossing means including spring means, said foot pedal being operative for moving said spring means to a loaded position in order to actuate said tossing means, and timer means defining said predetermined delay interval, said timer means mechanically retaining said spring means in the loaded position during said delay interval and releasing said spring means to an unloaded position upon the expiration of said delay interval, said spring means communicating with said ball located at said tossing station for tossing the latter into the air as said spring means is released to the unloaded position thereof.
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