Baseball fielders signaling apparatus
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1. Baseball fielder signaling apparatus comprising:
- control means to be operated by a person or persons positioned to view at least two fielders in a baseball game, and including radio transmitter means operable to transmit selectively different radio signals under the control of said person or persons for instructing adjacent fielders as to which should attempt to field a particular batted ball;
a plurality of fielder units each unit to be carried on the person of a fielder and each including receiver circuitry for receiving said transmitted signals from said control means, and means operable by said receiver circuitry to produce output signals controlled by said radio signals and which can be sensed by the fielder and indicate to him which of the fielders is to field the ball;
said means operable by said receiver circuitry including light emitting means responsive to said radio signals, and reflector means for reflecting light from said light emitting means toward the eyes of the fielder; and
caps carried by said fielders and having bills carrying said reflector means at their undersides.
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Abstract
Apparatus for preventing injury to fielders, including control means to be actuated by a coach or other person or persons, and separate fielder units to be carried by different fielders and adapted to receive radio signals from the control means and produce signals which can be sensed by the fielder to indicate to him which of the fielders is nearer to the ball and should field it.
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1. Baseball fielder signaling apparatus comprising:
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control means to be operated by a person or persons positioned to view at least two fielders in a baseball game, and including radio transmitter means operable to transmit selectively different radio signals under the control of said person or persons for instructing adjacent fielders as to which should attempt to field a particular batted ball; a plurality of fielder units each unit to be carried on the person of a fielder and each including receiver circuitry for receiving said transmitted signals from said control means, and means operable by said receiver circuitry to produce output signals controlled by said radio signals and which can be sensed by the fielder and indicate to him which of the fielders is to field the ball; said means operable by said receiver circuitry including light emitting means responsive to said radio signals, and reflector means for reflecting light from said light emitting means toward the eyes of the fielder; and caps carried by said fielders and having bills carrying said reflector means at their undersides.
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2. Baseball fielder signaling apparatus comprising:
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control means to be operated by a person positioned to view two adjacent first and second fielders in a baseball game, and including radio transmitter means operable to transmit selectively two different radio signals under the control of said person for instructing said adjacent fielders as to which should attempt to field a particular batted ball; said control means including manually operated means actuable by said person between a first condition causing said transmitter means to transmit a first of said radio signals and a second condition causing said transmitter means to transmit a second of the radio signals; and first and second fielder units constructed and adapted to be worn by said two adjacent fielders respectively during a game in a manner avoiding substantial interference with their movements in fielding a ball; said first fielder unit being constructed to receive said first radio signal and produce in response thereto but not in response to said second signal an output which can be sensed by the first fielder and indicate to him whether he is to field the ball; said second fielder unit being constructed to receive said second radio signal and produce in response thereto but not in response to said first radio signal an output which can be sensed by the second fielder and indicate to him whether he is to field the ball. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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