Portable pitching machine
AssigneeSling Pitcher, Inc.
InventorKim N. Cherry
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Abstract
A portable pitching machine for pitching balls to a batter. The portable pitching machine convertible from a storage mode to an in use mode. When in the storage mode, the portable pitching machine configured for storage within a container. The portable pitching machine having a frame, a plurality of elastic connectors, a pair of uprights extending from the frame, and a pocket for containing a ball. The portable pitching machine having a seat upon which a user sits, wherein interposed between the seat and the uprights is the open top container.
Claims16
A portable pitching machine for pitching balls to a batter, said portable pitching machine comprising:
- a frame, said frame comprising a seat configured for sitting upon by a user;
- a pair of uprights configured to attach to and extend from said frame, said pair of uprights configured for attachment to a plurality of elastic connectors;
- at least one pocket for containing at least one ball, said pocket configured for attachment to said plurality of elastic connectors;
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- said plurality of elastic connectors, said elastic connectors configured to attach between said uprights and said pocket;
- wherein said frame defines an open top container for storing said ball, said open top container configured for access by a user sitting on said seat, said open top container located between said seat and said uprights, and
- wherein said portable pitching machine is convertible from a storage mode to an in-use-mode, wherein when in said storage mode said seat comprises a top for said open top container, wherein when in said in-use-mode said seat does not comprise a top for said open top container.
A portable pitching machine for pitching balls to a batter, said portable pitching machine comprising:
- a frame, said frame comprising a seat configured for sitting upon by a user, said frame defining an open top container for storing balls, said open top container configured for access by a user sitting on said seat, said open top container located between said seat and a pair of uprights extending from said frame;
- said pair of uprights configured to attach to and extend from said frame, said pair of uprights configured for attachment to a plurality of elastic connectors;
- at least one pocket for containing one of said balls, said pocket configured for attachment to said plurality of elastic connectors;
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- said plurality of elastic connectors, said elastic connectors configured to attach between said uprights and said pocket.
A portable pitching machine for pitching balls to a batter, said portable pitching machine convertible from a storage mode to an in use mode, said portable pitching machine comprising:
- a frame, said frame having a plurality of legs configured for resting upon a ground surface, said frame comprising a seat configured for sitting upon by a user, said frame defining an open top container for storing at least one ball, said open top container configured to be accessible by a user sitting on said seat, said open top container located between said seat and a pair of uprights extending from said frame, wherein when in said storage mode said seat comprises a top for said open top container, wherein when in said in use mode said seat does not comprise a top for said open top container;
- a plurality of elastic connectors, said elastic connectors comprising lengths of surgical tubing, each of said elastic connectors having a first end extending to a second end;
- said pair of uprights extending from said frame, said uprights comprising a plurality of connection pins configured for connecting with said elastic connector first ends;
- a pocket for containing said at least one ball, said pocket defining a rim, said pocket comprising a number of connection barbs extending from said rim, said barbs configured for connecting said pocket to said elastic connector second ends;
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- a storage container configured for receiving therein said portable pitching machine when said portable pitching machine is in said storage mode, said storage container comprising at least one handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.