Portable pitching practice system
First Claim
1. A portable baseball and softball pitcher'"'"'s practice device comprising:
- a rigid housing having vertically top, bottom, front, rear and side walls, said front wall having an opening at an upper portion thereof, a ball penetrating target screen supported by a rigid frame, said frame being placed about said opening such that a ball propelled through said opending will pass through said screen and into said housing, a ball impact energy absorbing panel within said housing attached to said rear wall adjacent said opening and target screen whereby a ball passing through said screen will impact against said energy absorbing panel, a hollow ball collecting trap within said housing and positioned below said screen and said energy absorbing panel, said trap having upper and lower ends and configured to receive and discard a ball rebounding from said pad, said front wall having a further opening therein adjacent a lower end portion thereof, said further opening communicating with said trap lower end whereby a ball impacting said pad will fall into said trap and exit said housing at said further opening, means defining a pair of retractable wheels, said wheels being attached to a lower portion of said housing, a portable pitcher'"'"'s mound and a cord of predetermined length, said cord having one of its ends attached to said pitcher'"'"'s mound and its other end attached to said housing means attached to said cord for adjusting the effective length thereof, and means on said pitcher'"'"'s mound to identify proper placement of a pitcher'"'"'s feet.
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Abstract
A portable baseball and/or softball pitching practice system for a pitcher. The practice system includes a pitching target with ball capture and collector means, and a removable target screen having a visual display painted on the screen. The pitching target is connected by a measuring cord to a pitcher'"'"'s mound. The measuring cord functions to assist the pitcher in establishing a regulated and standard distance from target-to-pitcher. The pitcher'"'"'s mound is equipped with training indicators that include a rearwardly located embossed rubber bar, a set of forwardly situated Velcro stripes, and a footprint insignia situated on top of the Velcro stripes.
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12 Claims
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1. A portable baseball and softball pitcher'"'"'s practice device comprising:
a rigid housing having vertically top, bottom, front, rear and side walls, said front wall having an opening at an upper portion thereof, a ball penetrating target screen supported by a rigid frame, said frame being placed about said opening such that a ball propelled through said opending will pass through said screen and into said housing, a ball impact energy absorbing panel within said housing attached to said rear wall adjacent said opening and target screen whereby a ball passing through said screen will impact against said energy absorbing panel, a hollow ball collecting trap within said housing and positioned below said screen and said energy absorbing panel, said trap having upper and lower ends and configured to receive and discard a ball rebounding from said pad, said front wall having a further opening therein adjacent a lower end portion thereof, said further opening communicating with said trap lower end whereby a ball impacting said pad will fall into said trap and exit said housing at said further opening, means defining a pair of retractable wheels, said wheels being attached to a lower portion of said housing, a portable pitcher'"'"'s mound and a cord of predetermined length, said cord having one of its ends attached to said pitcher'"'"'s mound and its other end attached to said housing means attached to said cord for adjusting the effective length thereof, and means on said pitcher'"'"'s mound to identify proper placement of a pitcher'"'"'s feet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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