Portable dual batter trainer

• US 6,190,176 B1
• Filed: 12/17/1999
• Issued: 02/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hilton L. Turner
• Original Assignee: Hilton L. Turner
• Inventors: Turner, Hilton L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ackun, Jacob K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fernstrom, Kurt
• Application Number:
  US09/465,673
• Time in Patent Office: 431 Days
• Field of Search: 434/247, 473/429, 473/430, 473/424, 473/393, 473/417, 473/419
• US Class Current: 434/247
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0008 for batting
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0079 Balls tethered to a line or cord A63B43/007 takes precedence; other games using tethered balls A63B67/10; games using a bat or racket with a ball tethered thereto A63B67/20

Abstract

A portable dual batter trainer device that includes a collapsible support stand; a trainer top plate assembly secured to the collapsible support stand; and two tethered batting balls suspended from the trainer top plate assembly. In a preferred embodiment the portable dual batter trainer device also includes a removable fabric safety divider securable to the collapsible support stand between the two tethered batting balls.

Claims

1. A portable dual batter trainer comprising:

a collapsible support stand;

a trainer top plate assembly secured to said collapsible support stand; and

two tethered batting balls suspended from said trainer top plate assembly;

said collapsible support stand including an upper horizontal support assembly, two telescoping, pivoting leg assemblies and a bottom cross brace;

each of said two telescoping pivoting leg assemblies including a foot portion including a floor contact tube with two spaced foot tubes extending perpendicularly from said floor contact tube and in parallel with each other and a top pivoting portion having a cross brace receiving tube secured between two foot tube receiving tubes;

said two foot tube receiving tubes each having a first receiving tube end pivotally connected to said upper horizontal support assembly and a second pivoting tube end adapted to slidingly receiving one of said two foot tubes;

said two foot tubes being adjustably securable in fixed relation to said two foot tube receiving tubes with a height adjustment securing bolt so as to support said trainer top plate assembly at said desired height in use;

said bottom cross brace having two brace ends wherein each brace end is insertable into and securable within one of said cross brace receiving tubes by a bolt and nut assembly;

said upper horizontal support assembly having three, spaced, parallel oriented, horizontal support tubes;

two telescoping, pivoting leg assemblies each pivotally connected to opposite ends of said three spaced parallel oriented, horizontal support tubes of said upper horizontal support assembly and pivotal into an open position oriented perpendicular to said three spaced, parallel oriented, horizontal support tubes and into a closed position folded against said three spaced, parallel oriented, horizontal support tubes;

said bottom cross brace being connectable between said two telescoping, pivoting leg assemblies when said two telescoping, pivoting leg assemblies are both positioned in said open position;

said two brace ends of said bottom cross brace being each securable to a respective one of said two telescoping, pivoting leg assemblies to maintain said two telescoping, pivoting leg assemblies in said open position.

2. The portable dual batter trainer of claim 1 further comprising:

a removable fabric safety divider securable to said collapsible support stand between said two tethered batting balls, said removable fabric safety divider including divider fasteners along opposed side edges thereof;

and wherein;

one of said three, spaced, parallel oriented, horizontal support tubes of said upper horizontal support assembly and said bottom cross brace are each provided with tube fastening fasteners along a side thereof that are companionately attachable to said divider fasteners to detachably secure said removable fabric safety divider to said collapsible support stand.