# US 8,540,593 B1 · Baseball training device

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- Number: US 8,540,593 B1
- Document ID: US8540593B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 13/198,184
- Filed: 2011-08-04
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2011-08-04
- Applicants: Timothy J. Marnane
- Inventors: Timothy J. Marnane
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8540593B1

## CPC

- A63B 69/0002: {for baseball}
- A63B 63/004: {Goals of the type used for football, handball, hockey or the like}
- A63B 2069/0006: {for pitching}
- A63B 2071/0063: {Shock absorbers}
- A63B 2225/093: Height
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

The baseball training device provides a framed net for capturing thrown balls, especially baseballs. The frame is sturdily supported by stanchions that include upwardly extended sections for additional support. The fasteners are fastened to the frame sides. The device includes a substantially centrally disposed target box. The target box is supported by spaced apart uprights. The uprights feature orifices and the target box, ears, whereby keepers may be passed from the ears into a given set of upright orifices to thereby adjust the vertical positioning of the target box. The device provides padded horizontal members that are fitted as desired, one atop another, in order to effectively shorten the box height and thereby establish a smaller target for a thrower.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A baseball training device comprising, in combination:
a frame having a front spaced apart from a back, a top spaced apart from a bottom, and a first side spaced apart from a second side;
a net loosely suspended across the back of the frame;
a pair of spaced apart uprights disposed centrally within the frame, the uprights comprising a first upright and a second upright, the uprights attached to the frame top and the frame bottom;
a plurality of spaced apart orifices evenly disposed within each upright;
a stanchion supporting each frame side;
a target box having a box height;
a pair of box ears, a one of each box ear projected rearwardly from an opposite side of the target box, the box ears fitted adjacent to and within the uprights;
a more than one keeper, each keeper selectively and removably vertically locating the target box within the uprights via the orifices;
a receiver member disposed downwardly and rearwardly on the target box;
a pair of spaced apart vertically disposed u-brackets disposed on the receiver member;
a plurality of horizontal members, each horizontal member further comprising:
a pair of spaced apart vertically disposed u-brackets, the horizontal member u-brackets disposed in alignment with the receiver member u-brackets;
a pair of spaced apart inserts, the inserts disposed in alignment with the u-brackets, each pair of inserts removably inserted with one of the pairs of u-brackets of the receiver member, each pair of inserts of the horizontal members further removably inserted into the u-brackets of one of the horizontal members;
whereby the target box height is selectively and effectively reduced.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1 wherein each stanchion further comprises an upwardly extended section, one of each stanchion affixed to one of each of the sides via two spaced apart fasteners.

### Claim 3

A baseball training device comprising, in combination:
a frame having a front spaced apart from a back, a top spaced apart from a bottom, and a first side spaced apart from a second side;
a net loosely suspended across the back of the frame;
a pair of spaced apart uprights disposed centrally within the frame, the uprights comprising a first upright and a second upright, the uprights attached to the frame top and the frame bottom;
a plurality of spaced apart orifices evenly disposed within each upright;
a stanchion supporting each frame side, each stanchion further comprising an upwardly extended section, one of each stanchion affixed to one of each of the sides via two spaced apart fasteners;
a target box having a box height;
a pair of box ears, a one of each box ear projected rearwardly from an opposite side of the target box, the box ears fitted adjacent to and within the uprights;
a more than one keeper, each keeper selectively and removably vertically locating the target box within the uprights via the orifices;
a padded receiver member disposed downwardly and rearwardly on the target box;
a pair of spaced apart vertically disposed u-brackets disposed on the padded receiver member;
a plurality of padded horizontal members, each padded horizontal member further comprising:
a pair of spaced apart vertically disposed u-brackets, the padded horizontal member u-brackets disposed in alignment with the receiver member u-brackets;
a pair of spaced apart inserts, the inserts disposed in alignment with the u-brackets, each pair of inserts removably inserted with one of the pairs of u-brackets of the padded receiver member, each pair of inserts of the padded horizontal members further removably inserted into the u-brackets of one of the padded horizontal members;
whereby the target box height is selectively and effectively reduced.