Baseball pitching practice target with ball and strike indicators

• US 3,157,399 A
• Filed: 05/04/1960
• Issued: 11/17/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Frederick J. Gaudet
• Original Assignee: Frederick J. Gaudet
• Inventors: Gaudet, Frederick J.
• Application Number:
  US04/026,786
• Time in Patent Office: 1,658 Days
• US Class Current: 473/455
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0043 Systems for locating the point of impact on a specific surface
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games golf cups A63B57/40

Claims

1. A BASEBALL PITCHING PRACTICE DEVICE FOR SCORING IN RESPONSE TO THE PASSAGE OF A PITCH THROWN TOWARD THE DEVICE THROUGH A STRIKE ZONE HAVING A VERTICAL EXTENT AND A LATERAL EXTENT INCLUDING IN COMBINATION RESPECTIVE LATERALLY SPACED FIRST ACTUATABLE MEANS FOR DEFINING THE LATERAL EXTENT OF THE STRIKE ZONE, RESPECTIVELY VERTICALLY SPACED SECOND ACTUATABLE MEANS FOR DEFINING THE VERTICAL EXTENT OF SAID STRIKE ZONE, MEANS MOUNTING THE FIRST AND SECOND ACTUATABLE MEANS ONE BEHIND THE OTHER IN THE PATH OF PITCHES TO DEFINE SAID STRIKE ZONE, A PLURALITY OF FIRST COUNTING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE ENERGIZED TO GENERATE RESPECTIVE COUNTS, A PLURALITY OF SECOND COUNTING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE ENERGIZED TO GENERATE RESPECTIVE COUNTS MEANS CONNECTING THE FIRST ACTUATABLE MEANS TO SAID FIRST COUNTING MEANS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID SECOND ACTUATABLE MEANS TO THE SECOND COUNTING MEANS, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SEQUENTIAL ACTUATION OF A FIRST ACTUATABLE MEANS AND A SECOND ACTUATABLE MEANS FOR TOTALIZING THE COUNTS PROVIDED BY THE RESPECTIVE CORRESPONDING COUNTING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND ACTUATABLE MEANS.