# US 5,342,061 A · Simulated baseball game

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- Number: US 5,342,061 A
- Document ID: US5342061A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/099,904
- Filed: 1993-07-19
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1993-07-19
- Inventors: Eudell Watts, III
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5342061A

## CPC

- A63B 67/12: Flip games {, i.e. games using playing bodies being flipped or twirled up in the air, e.g. for hitting them with a bat; Games of tip-cat}
- A63B 2102/18: Baseball, rounders or similar games
- Y10S 273/20: Weighted balls
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A new and improved simulated baseball game includes a projectile assembly which includes an end portion and a middle portion. The middle portion includes a substantially constant height, and the end portion includes a variable height decreasing in a distal direction from the middle portion. A bat is used for hitting the projectile assembly. The end portion and the middle portion join together at a fulcrum. The end portion forms a first lever arm adjacent to the fulcrum, and the middle portion forms a second lever arm adjacent to the fulcrum. A number of markers are provided for indicating respective specific accomplishments relating to baseball. The markers are positioned on a region of a ground surface in front of a home plate region where the projectile assembly is launched by the bat. A removable and replaceable weight assembly may be located in interior portion of the projectile assembly. The weight assembly may include a cylindrical metal tube element. The weight assembly may include a separable housing which includes a plurality of shiftable weight members. The shiftable weight members include metal balls. A new and improved a projectile assembly includes an end portion, and a middle portion. The middle portion includes a substantially constant height, and the end portion includes a variable height decreasing in a distal direction from the middle portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

For use in a new and improved simulated baseball game, comprising:
a projectile assembly, said projectile assembly adapted to be hit by a baseball bat and including at least one end portion and a middle portion, said middle portion including a substantially constant height, and said at least one end portion including a variable height decreasing in a distal direction from said middle portion,
further including:
a removable and replaceable weight assembly located in an interior portion of said projectile assembly.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus described in claim 1 wherein said end portion and said middle portion join together at a fulcrum.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The apparatus described in claim 2 wherein:
said end portion forms a first lever arm adjacent to said fulcrum, and
said middle portion forms a second lever arm adjacent to said fulcrum.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus described in claim 1, further including:
a number of markers for indicating respective specific achievements relating to baseball, wherein the markers are positioned on a region of a ground surface in front of a home plate region where said projectile assembly is launched by said bat.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus described in claim 1 wherein said weight assembly includes a cylindrical metal tube element.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus described in claim 1 wherein said weight assembly includes:
a separable housing which includes a plurality of shiftable weight members.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The apparatus described in claim 6 wherein said shiftable weight members include metal balls.