Baseball equipment bucket and pitching target
OwnerJack C. VanKuiken, Christopher Jon Mackieinventors
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Abstract
A portable bucket for carrying baseball equipment (such as bases, gloves, balls) that is attached to a pitching target. The bucket, a bottom mounting bracket, a top mounting bracket and an extendable frame provide support for the pitching target. The pitching target can be folded and snapped to the lower mounting bracket when the invention is being carried. The target is positioned for play by fully extending the frame, unsnapping the pitching target from the lower mounting bracket, rotating it, unfolding it, and then fastening it to the extendable frame. Also attached to the bucket could be tubes for carrying baseball bats or holding a tee for tee-ball, or wheels to assist in transport.
Claims24
A baseball equipment and pitching target system comprising:
- a rectangular pitching target foldable into an upper section and a lower section with a first fastening means for fastening the upper section and the lower section together, and a second fastening means;
- a stationary top mounting bracket to which the pitching target is pivotably attached;
- a stationary bottom mounting bracket having mate second fastening means that align with the second fastening means on the pitching target when the pitching target is folded;
- an extendable frame with stationary components and movable components that telescope with the stationary components, the extendable frame attached to the top and bottom mounting brackets;
- means for securing the target when unfolded to the movable components of the extendable frame when extended and
- a bucket attached to the top mounting bracket and to the bottom mounting bracket.
A baseball equipment and pitching target system comprising:
- a rectangular pitching target foldable into upper section and a lower section with a first fastening means for fastening the upper section and the lower section together, and a second fastening means;
- a mounting bracket section to which the pitching target is pivotably attached;
- the mounting bracket section having mate second fastening means that align with the second fastening means on the pitching target when the pitching target is folded, and having two side sections, each side section having top and bottom arms;
- an extendable frame with stationary components and movable components that telescope with the stationary components, the extendable frame attached to the mounting bracket section;
- means for securing the target when unfolded to the movable components of the extendable frame when extended and
- a bucket attached to the top arms and the bottom arms of the mounting bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.