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Pitching practice device

  • US 4,254,952 A
  • Filed: 12/11/1978
  • Issued: 03/10/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A baseball pitching practice device comprising:

  • a. a stand,b. means operable to anchor said stand relative to the ground, in upstanding relation from the ground,c. a generally rectangular sheet of flexible material disposed in a generally vertical plane and having an aperture forming a strike zone formed therein whereby a pitcher may pitch baseballs at the exposed forward surface of said sheet to pass through said aperture, said sheet being spaced forwardly from said stand and said stand being disposed entirely behind said sheet, andd. connecting means extending forwardly from said stand and connected to the peripheral edge of said sheet, said connecting means being resiliently yieldable in a rearwardly horizontal direction, whereby to be yieldable under the impact of baseballs striking said sheet in the area of said connecting means, said connecting means comprising a series of horizontal, forwardly-opening socket members affixed to said stand in spaced relation about the periphery of said sheet, an elongated horizontal stud slidably mounted in each of said sockets and affixed at its forwardly extended end to said sheet, and a spring yieldably resisting rearward movement of said stud in said socket member.

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