Hitting trainer

• US 7,059,862 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2002
• Issued: 06/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael L. McGinley
• Original Assignee: Michael L. McGinley
• Inventors: McGinley, Michael L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom, Kurt
• Application Number:
  US10/175,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20030235809A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,455 Days
• Field of Search: 434/247, 473/451, 473/453, 473/457, 473/458, 206/315.1, 206/315.9, 206/579
• US Class Current: 434/247
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0008 for batting
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 for baseball
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

A hitting training kit is provided which includes equipment to hit a baseball and instructions to assist a user in learning the technique of hitting a baseball a portion of said instructions appearing on the baseball bat of the kit to permit the user to review the sequence of user movements for hitting a baseball.

Claims

1. A kit for training a user to hit a baseball, the kit comprising:

a casing,

a bat, connected to said casing,

a ball, connected to said casing, and

a set of instructional illustrations on said bat, of a sequence of user movements for batting a ball.

2. The kit as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an instructional booklet connected to said casing, said booklet providing instructions to the user on the hitting of a baseball with said bat.

3. The kit as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a set of finger placement positions printed on said ball to teach the user how to grasp a baseball to throw a pitch with said ball.

4. The kit as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a set of written descriptions of said sequence of user movements said descriptions being printed on said bat.

5. The kit as claimed in claim 3 further comprising an instructional booklet connected to said casing, said booklet providing instructions to the user on the hitting of a baseball with said bat.

6. The kit as claimed in claim 3 further comprising a set of written descriptions of said sequence of user movements said descriptions being printed an said bat.

7. A kit for training a user to hit a baseball, the kit comprising:

a casing,

a bat, connected to said casing,

a ball, connected to said casing

a set of finger placement positions printed on said ball to teach the user how to grasp a baseball to throw a pitch with said ball,

a set of written descriptions of said sequence of user movements said description being printed on said bat,

an instructional booklet connected to said casing, said booklet providing instructions to the user on the hitting of a baseball with said bat, and

a set of instructional illustrations on said bat of a sequence of user movements for batting a ball.

8. A kit for training a user to hit a baseball, the kit comprising:

a casing,

a bat, connected to said casing,

a ball, connected to said casing,

a set of finger placement positions printed on said ball to teach the user how to throw a pitch with said ball,

an instructional booklet connected to said casing, said booklet providing instructions to the user on the hitting of a baseball with said bat, and

a set of written descriptions of a sequence of user movements for batting a bail on said bat.