Pitcher's catcher
OwnerNorman Welch Burruss, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A training device is disclosed particularly adapted to assist a baseball pitcher in developing accuracy and controlling the velocity of his pitches. The device provides an adjustable strike zone comprising a real catcher's mitt. A velocity meter that records the actual velocity of the pitched ball is an additional feature. Also, there is a net and frame apparatus that stops pitches, including a trough to collect pitched baseballs. The entire apparatus is portable, and can be disassembled and reassembled at any desired site.
Claims9
A baseball training device comprising a standard catcher's mitt supported to a frame member with a spring loaded hinge mechanism, whereby the catcher's mitt recoils when absorbing kinetic energy from a pitched baseball, and whereby the catcher's mitt emits a sound corresponding to a genuine baseball contacting a real pitcher's mitt, further including a frame means which surrounds the catcher's mitt, frame member and hinge mechanism, and a net means attached to the frame means whereby pitched baseballs that miss the catcher's mitt are stopped and captured wherein the frame means is supported by a portable base, which further includes a trough that channels pitched baseballs and a collection net in register with the trough that collects pitched baseballs and wherein the portable base is provided with stabilizers to provide support opposing backward rotation of the baseball mechanism when pitched baseballs are stopped.
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