Low rebound sports target

A sports target comprising:

• a support;
• a pair of elongated spaced apart vertical resilient members each having a top end hingedly affixed to the support for freely suspending each vertical member from the support, each vertical member sufficiently resilient for receiving an object tossed at the member by a player and in combination with the free suspension of the member, absorbing energy of the object for restricting rebounding of the object from the member to a safe position for the player;
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• a pair of elongated spaced apart generally horizontal members each affixed to the spaced apart vertical members thereby freely suspended from the support through communication with the vertical members, the vertical and horizontal member pairs forming an aperture through which the object can pass, the horizontal members sufficiently rigid in a vertical dimension for holding a fixed shape for an aperture side portion, the horizontal members in combination with the free suspension of each vertical member, sufficiently resilient for receiving the delivered object and absorbing the energy of the object for limiting rebounding of the object from the horizontal member to the safe position.

A low rebound sports target comprising:

• a support;
• a pair of spaced apart chains formed from a multiplicity of chain links, each chain affixed to the support at a chain top end for freely suspending the chain vertically from the support;
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• a pair of spaced apart rods affixed proximate each rod end to the chains for forming an aperture dimensioned for receiving an object delivered to the target by a player, wherein chain portions form left and right sides of the aperture and rod portions form top and bottom sides of the aperture.

A low rebound baseball target assembly comprising:

• a base;
• a generally parallel pair of elongated spaced apart elongated support members each having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end rotatably affixed to the base, whereby the support members are rotatable from a first position extending generally upward from the base during operation of the target, to a second position generally parallel to the base for storing the target, the support members dimensioned for receiving and freely suspending chain in a direction toward a player in a generally spaced relation with the support members, wherein the chain is positioned between a baseball being delivered to the target and the elongated member;
• a pair of chains formed from a multiplicity of chain links, each chain affixed to the elongated support member distal end thereby vertically suspending the chain;
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• a pair of spaced apart rods removably affixed to a chain link at each rod end for forming a target aperture dimensioned for receiving a baseball delivered to the target by a player, wherein chain link portions form left and right sides of the target aperture and rod portions form top and bottom sides of the target aperture, the aperture width defined by a separation distance for the spaced apart chain pair and the aperture height defined by a predetermined number of chain links between the rods.