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US 8,556,753 B1Granted
Batting training system and the components thereof
OwnerNicholas E. Dixon, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A batting training system is adapted for use with standard variety of conventional baseball and softball batting tees to expand their capabilities by enabling hitters using them to receive an advanced level of training in how to properly swing a bat to effectively hit a ball. The batting training system includes a swing plane guide, a swing barrier guide and/or a swing instructional training guide which serve most effectively as training tools when used in conjunction with one another. However, they also may be used in different paired combinations or individually as training tools. The system also includes a resiliently deformable interface in the form of an insert wedge which enables the swing plane guide or the swing barrier guide to be attached to batting tee columns of different diameters.
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A batting training system, comprising:
- a batting tee column having an upper end portion and a ball holder element on a top end of said upper end portion;
- and
- a swing plane guide having
- a clip-on portion detachably attached to said upper end portion of said batting tee column adjacent to and below said ball holder element, and
- a guide portion connected to and extending away from said clip-on portion, said guide portion having a top side extending linearly outward away from said clip-on portion such that said top side provides a guide for a hitter to follow for training to swing a bat along a swing plane running toward a ball on said ball holder element and substantially parallel to and above said top side of said guide portion of said swing plane guide to enable the hitter to make desired contact of the bat with a ball on the ball holder element.
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A batting training system, comprising:
- a batting tee column having an upper end portion and a ball holder element on a top end of said upper end portion;
- a swing plane guide having
- a clip-on portion detachably attached to said upper end portion of said batting tee column adjacent to and below said ball holder element, and
- a guide portion connected to and extending away from said clip-on portion, said guide portion having a top side extending linearly outward away from said clip-on portion such that said top side provides a guide for a hitter to follow for training to swing a bat along a swing plane running toward a ball on said ball holder element and substantially parallel to and above said top side of said guide portion of said swing plane guide to enable the hitter to make desired contact of the bat with the ball on said ball holder element;
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- a swing barrier guide detachably attached to one of said clip-on portion of said swing plane guide or said upper end portion of said batting tee column at a location adjacent to and below said clip-on portion of said swing plane guide, said swing barrier guide having a barrier element displaced outwardly from and extending above said guide portion of said swing plane guide and said ball holder element to provide another guide for the hitter to follow for training to swing the bat along said swing plane and between the hitter and said barrier element without contacting said barrier element.
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A batting training system, comprising:
- a batting tee column having an upper end portion and a ball holder element on a top end of said upper end portion;
- and
- a swing plane guide having
- a clip-on portion detachably attached to the upper end portion of said batting tee column adjacent to and below said ball holder element, and
- a guide portion connected to and extending away from said clip-on portion of said swing plane guide so as to provide a guide for a hitter to follow for training to swing a bat along a swing plane running toward a ball on said ball holder element and substantially parallel to and above said top side of said guide portion of said swing plane guide to enable the hitter to make desired contact of the bat with a ball on the ball holder element;
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- a swing barrier guide having
- a clip-on portion detachably attached to the upper end portion of the batting tee column at a location adjacent to and below said clip-on portion of said swing plane guide, and
- a barrier portion connected to and extending away from said clip-on portion of said swing barrier guide, said barrier portion having
- an outwardly-extending first arm connected at an inner end to said clip-on portion of said swing barrier guide, and
- an upwardly-extending second arm connected at a lower end to an outer end of said first arm and extending above said guide portion of said swing plane guide and said ball holder element so as to define a barrier element that provides another guide for the hitter to follow for training to swing the bat along said swing plane and between the hitter and said barrier element without contacting said barrier element,
- wherein said first arm of said barrier portion has inner and outer arm portions pivotally connected to one another to enable changing the position of said second arm and thereby said barrier element relative to the hitter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.