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Baseball pitching apparatus

  • US 5,588,645 A
  • Filed: 07/24/1995
  • Issued: 12/31/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A baseball pitching apparatus comprising:

  • a frame defining at least three, different generally rectangular planes, a first plane formed by a pair of mirror image tubular base members that are parallel, horizontal and spaced a predetermined distance apart from one another and each having a front and rear end, each base member having two upwardly extensions that taper at their ends, one extension is angled approximately 90°

    from the horizontal length of the base member and the other extension is angled toward the front end of the base at an angle less than a 90°

    angle, a first pair of U-shaped cross bar members having tapered leg ends inserted into the front and rear ends of the base members, a second plane formed by a first pair of upright member having lower and upper ends, said lower ends inserted over the tapered ends of the angled extension and having a U-shaped cross bar member having tapered leg ends inserted into the upper ends of said pair of upright members, a third plane formed by a second pair of uprights having lower and upper ends, said lower ends inserted over the tapered ends of the vertical extensions and having a U-shaped cross bar member having tapered legs ends inserted into the upper ends of said second pair of upright members; and

    a tarp of a generally rectangular shape having means for attaching it to the front cross bar member, the angled upright cross bar member and the vertical upright cross bar member so that the tarp drapes between the front and angled cross bar members to form a channel for catching errant pitches and drapes between the angled and vertical cross bar members having means attached to the tarp hanging down from the vertical upright cross bar to form a baffle between the drape over the angled and vertical cross bars, said tarp having a target opening through the drape over the angled upright cross bar so that a baseball maybe thrown through the target opening to be stopped by the rear drape over the vertical cross bar and then drop to the baffle therebetween for later retrieval.

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