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US 6,666,781 B1Granted
Baseball training device
OwnerRudolpho Illisinventor
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Abstract
A mobile practice device for practicing the swinging motion of a baseball bat includes a holding apparatus (14) and strike zone restriction apparatus (16), the strike zone restriction apparatus (16) being supported by and maintained at a distance from and underlying ground surface by the holding apparatus (14). The strike zone restriction apparatus (16) includes a vertical side wall that restricts the swing of the baseball bat (12) by a practicing batter (18).
Claims9
A baseball practice device (10) for practicing the swinging motion of a bat (12), comprising:
- a holding frame (34) placed on an underlying ground surface;
- holding apparatus (14) supported on said holding frame (34);
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- a strike zone restriction apparatus (16) supported on said holding flame (34) and having at least one vertical side wall (22) for restricting the swinging motion of the bat (12), a back wall set approximately at a right angle to said side wall (22), and a lower wall set approximately at a right angle to said side wall (22), wherein said back wall and said lower wall form a continuous curved wall (24), said continuous curved wall (24) having a spherical 90° curvature, a first end (26) of said curved wall (24) being oriented in a substantially vertical plane and a second end (28) of said curved wall (24) being oriented at an acute angle to a substantially horizontal plane.
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