BASEBALL BATTING PRACTICE DEVICE

• US 3,630,521 A
• Filed: 12/09/1968
• Issued: 12/28/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John Lingbeek, Lingbeek Helen Dorothy
• Original Assignee: John Lingbeek, Lingbeek Helen Dorothy
• Inventors: Lingbeek, John, LINGBEEK HELEN DOROTHY
• Application Number:
  US04/783,457
• Time in Patent Office: 1,114 Days
• US Class Current: 473/426
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0084 the line or cord being fixed to at least two points

Abstract

A baseball batting practice device including a ball mounted in a position to be struck by a batter. The ball is slidably disposed on a short vertical elastic cord. Each end of this cord is provided with a ring. The top ring is slidably disposed on an upper horizontal wire stretched between two vertical posts. The bottom ring is slidably disposed on a lower wire which is parallel to the upper one. The vertical elastic cord has a stop to limit downward sliding of the ball.

Claims

1. A baseball practice device comprising two spaced parallel wires stretched horizontally between vertical posts, a ring slidably attached to each wire, a vertically positioned elastic cord having each end secured to one of said rings, a ball having a grommet extending diametrically therethrough, said elastic cord extending through said grommet, said grommet having an internal diameter greater than the external diameter of said elastic cord to allow said ball to move freely on said elastic cord, a resilient stop fixed on said elastic cord below said ball to limit downward movement of said ball, and a stop fixed on the corresponding end of each wire adjacent one of said posts to stop forward horizontal movement of the rings.

2. The practice device of claim 1 wherein said resilient stop is a springy tube.