Baseball pitching practice target
First Claim
1. A baseball pitching practice device comprising a support frame, a plurality of panel members independently supported by said frame in side-by-side relationship to form a target area, each said panel constituting a segment portion of said target area, said target area including a central strike zone area delimited by some of said panel members, a normally-open electrical contact means associated with each said panel and closable upon applying an impact face on an outer surface of its associated panel, display means to identify which panel has been subjected to an impact force, said target area further including a hit zone defined by a narrow rectangular horizontally disposed panel located centrally of said target area with a large rectangular strike zone panel supported along each elongated straight edge above and below said narrow rectangular horizontally disposed panel, said large rectangular panels each having a like numerical value which is added and accumulated by counter means associated with said display means, an additional large rectangular panel is supported along an outer straight edge of each said strike zone panel, said additional panels having a like numerical value which is less than the numerical value of said strike zone panels and being ball zone panels;
- two elongated rectangular panels are vertically supported end to end and disposed along opposed straight end edges of said narrow rectangular horizontally disposed panel, said strike zone panels and said additional large rectangular panels;
said elongated rectangular panels which are vertically supported having a like numerical value which is less than the numerical value of said additional panels and being ball zone panels.
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Abstract
A baseball pitching practice device comprising a support frame to which is independently supported a plurality of panel members disposed side-by-side and forming a target area. Each of the panels has a designated segment portion of the target area. The target area includes a central strike zone area delimited by some of the panel members. One or more normally-open electrical contacts are associated with each of the panels and closable upon the application of an impact force on an outer surface of its associated panel. A display device is provided to identify which panel has been subjected to an impact force. A visual display identifies the panel having been impacted and also provides a numerical read-out of a total numerical value with each of the panels having independent numerical values.
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10 Claims
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1. A baseball pitching practice device comprising a support frame, a plurality of panel members independently supported by said frame in side-by-side relationship to form a target area, each said panel constituting a segment portion of said target area, said target area including a central strike zone area delimited by some of said panel members, a normally-open electrical contact means associated with each said panel and closable upon applying an impact face on an outer surface of its associated panel, display means to identify which panel has been subjected to an impact force, said target area further including a hit zone defined by a narrow rectangular horizontally disposed panel located centrally of said target area with a large rectangular strike zone panel supported along each elongated straight edge above and below said narrow rectangular horizontally disposed panel, said large rectangular panels each having a like numerical value which is added and accumulated by counter means associated with said display means, an additional large rectangular panel is supported along an outer straight edge of each said strike zone panel, said additional panels having a like numerical value which is less than the numerical value of said strike zone panels and being ball zone panels;
- two elongated rectangular panels are vertically supported end to end and disposed along opposed straight end edges of said narrow rectangular horizontally disposed panel, said strike zone panels and said additional large rectangular panels;
said elongated rectangular panels which are vertically supported having a like numerical value which is less than the numerical value of said additional panels and being ball zone panels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- two elongated rectangular panels are vertically supported end to end and disposed along opposed straight end edges of said narrow rectangular horizontally disposed panel, said strike zone panels and said additional large rectangular panels;
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