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Apparatus for baseball batting practice

  • US 4,708,343 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1985
  • Issued: 11/24/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Baseball batting practice apparatus including:

  • a plurality of spaced light-emitting devices actuable to simulate a pitched ball by directing respective outgoing beams of light in a first direction to a batting zone;

    said batting zone including a front facing said light-emitting devices and a rear opposite said front;

    a bat having a light-reflecting portion;

    a plurality of pickup means disposed forward of said batting zone to receive reflected light from said light-reflecting portion of said bat while the latter is swung in a generally forward direction through said batting zone by a player and intercepts one of said outgoing beams of light;

    said forward direction being opposite said first direction;

    said pickup means being divided into a line drive zone, a ground ball zone disposed below said line drive zone and a fly ball zone disposed above said line drive zone;

    first means to actuate said light-emitting devices in a plurality of different groups and control the light emitting devices within each of said groups so that they are activated in a predetermined sequential-time relationship to simulate speeds and trajectories for differently thrown balls; and

    second means to indicate which of said zones contains a pickup means that has received reflected light.

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