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Baseball pitching target with an adjustable strike zone

  • US 4,629,188 A
  • Filed: 03/09/1984
  • Issued: 12/16/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A baseball target device comprising:

  • a. a base;

    b. a tubular frame extending substantially vertically therefrom;

    c. said frame having a spring-loaded roller mechanism mounted across it in a substantially horizontal position, whereby the top of the roller defines the top level of a simulated strike zone for the device;

    d. said frame having a pair of telescopic vertical legs whose overall length can be adjusted to raise or lower the height of the roller to conform to the actual top level of a particular batter'"'"'s strike zone; and

    ,e. a target sheet attached to the roller for simulating the strike zone, said sheet having a width equal to that of any batter'"'"'s strike zone, said sheet also having one end fixedly attached to the roller so that a midsection of the sheet is rollable upon the roller and a second, free end of the sheet is adapted to hang from it, whereby the unrolled portion of the sheet between the top of the roller and the sheet'"'"'s free end defines the length of the simulated strike zone, the free end defines the lower level of the device'"'"'s strike zone and the length of the simulated zone can be selectively varied by rolling or unrolling the sheet from the roller to simultaneously adjust both the length of the device'"'"'s strike zone and its lower level to conform to the actual length and lower level of the batter'"'"'s strike zone.

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