Apparatus for use in practicing pitching of baseballs
First Claim
1. An apparatus for use in practicing pitching of baseballs to enable the user to improve pitching accuracy and to indicate pitched balls delivered within a strike zone, comprising:
- a vertical backboard member having a rectangular opening therethrough conforming in width defined by an inside vertical edge and an outside vertical edge and in height defined by a horizontal top edge and a horizontal bottom edge to simulate a typical strike zone as employed in the game of baseball;
means to impede a baseball after it has passed through said opening;
means attached to said backboard adjacent said opening inside vertical edge to detect the impingement of a baseball thereagainst and for indicating an "inside" pitch;
means attached to said backboard adjacent said opening outside vertical edge to detect the impingement of a baseball thereagainst for indicating an "outside" pitch;
means attached to said backboard adjacent said opening top horizontal edge to detect the impingement of a baseball thereagainst for indicating a "high" pitch; and
means attached to said backboard adjacent said opening bottom horizontal edge to detect the impingement of a baseball thereagainst for indicating a "low" pitch.
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Abstract
An apparatus for use in practicing pitching of baseballs to enable the user to improve pitching accuracy and to indicate pitched balls delivered within a strike zone having a vertical backboard with a rectangular opening therethrough, four trapezoidal shaped wings secured to the backboard and serving to form an opening defining a strike zone, each of the wings being pivotal when engaged by a baseball, electrical contacts activated as each trapezoidal wing is pivoted when struck by a baseball and electrical indicators for signaling when a baseball strikes one of the trapezoidal wings to indicate that the baseball has been pitched high, low, inside or outside of the strike zone.
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9 Claims
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1. An apparatus for use in practicing pitching of baseballs to enable the user to improve pitching accuracy and to indicate pitched balls delivered within a strike zone, comprising:
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a vertical backboard member having a rectangular opening therethrough conforming in width defined by an inside vertical edge and an outside vertical edge and in height defined by a horizontal top edge and a horizontal bottom edge to simulate a typical strike zone as employed in the game of baseball; means to impede a baseball after it has passed through said opening; means attached to said backboard adjacent said opening inside vertical edge to detect the impingement of a baseball thereagainst and for indicating an "inside" pitch; means attached to said backboard adjacent said opening outside vertical edge to detect the impingement of a baseball thereagainst for indicating an "outside" pitch; means attached to said backboard adjacent said opening top horizontal edge to detect the impingement of a baseball thereagainst for indicating a "high" pitch; and means attached to said backboard adjacent said opening bottom horizontal edge to detect the impingement of a baseball thereagainst for indicating a "low" pitch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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