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US 5,897,444 AGranted
Ball support batting tee
OwnerKenneth E. Hellyerinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable ball support device for holding a ball stationary in an elevated position in order that the ball may be struck by a bat, club or the like. The device has particular utility for supporting a baseball in a number of positions to enable the ball to be struck by a baseball bat. The ball support device is easily adjustable and is less susceptible to damage than prior devices. The ball support device which is easily assembled and disassembled and is relatively compact when disassembled.
Claims6
A ball support device comprising:
- a horizontal base (101);
- a vertical support arm (104) held by said horizontal base (101);
- a first adjustable arm (109) pivotally held to said vertical support arm (104);
- means for holding (151, 160, 102) said first adjustable arm (109) to said horizontal base (101) in plurality of horizontal arcuate angles with respect to said horizontal base (101);
- means for holding (107, 108, 109A) said first adjustable arm (109) so that it may be fixed in a plurality of vertical angles with respect to said horizontal base (101);
- a second adjustable arm (116) held to said first adjustable arm (109);
- means for holding (109B, 112, 114) said second adjustable arm (116) so that it may be fixed in a plurality of vertical angles with respect to said first adjustable arm (109);
- a third adjustable arm (122) held to said second adjustable arm (116);
- means for holding (116A, 117., 121) said third adjustable arm (122) so that it may be fixed in a plurality of vertical angles with respect to said second adjustable arm (116);
- a ball holder (130) pivotally held to said third adjustable arm (122);
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- means for pivotally securing (122B, 124, 125) said ball holder (130) in a plurality of fixed angular positions with respect to said third adjustable arm (122) and wherein at least one of said means for holding an adjustable arm in a plurality of vertical angles comprises a sprocket having a plurality of openings therethrough affixed to an adjustable arm, a hole in an adjacent adjustable arm and a pin passing through one of the openings in the sprocket and into the hole in said adjacent arm.
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