Batting tee system for bat-and-ball games
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1. A batting tee system comprising:
- a support base having a support base periphery, a home plate having a home plate periphery that is smaller than the support base periphery;
a ball carrying at least one target indicator;
a swing arm pivotally coupled to the support base a pivot point located outside of the home plate periphery, the swing arm movable laterally over and proximate to an upper surface of the home plate;
an adjustable-height tee coupled to the swing arm, the tee selectively positionable along a desired bat-to-ball contact path defined relative to the home plate;
wherein the swing arm includes an effective, fixed length defined as a distance from the pivot point to the adjustable-height batting tee, the fixed length determines the contact path that permits the tee to be selectively positioned at any point along the contact path by rotating only the swing arm about the pivot point to place the ball where a batter should contact the ball for achieving a desired type of pitch; and
a netting system positionable at a desired distance from the tee, the netting system having a plurality of indicators arranged to provide feedback information regarding a direction of the ball after the ball is struck with a bat.
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Abstract
A batting tee system includes a batting tee assembly that may be used with conventional balls or with the ball described as an embodiment of the present invention. Optionally, the batting tee assembly may be used with a netting system that provides feedback to a batter based on a trajectory of the ball after it has been struck by a bat and leaves the batting tee assembly. In one embodiment, the batting tee assembly includes a support base coupled to a swing arm, which in turn is coupled to an adjustable-height batting tee. The batting tee system may be configured for both left and right handed batters and also placed in a portable or storable configuration.
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1. A batting tee system comprising:
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a support base having a support base periphery, a home plate having a home plate periphery that is smaller than the support base periphery; a ball carrying at least one target indicator; a swing arm pivotally coupled to the support base a pivot point located outside of the home plate periphery, the swing arm movable laterally over and proximate to an upper surface of the home plate; an adjustable-height tee coupled to the swing arm, the tee selectively positionable along a desired bat-to-ball contact path defined relative to the home plate; wherein the swing arm includes an effective, fixed length defined as a distance from the pivot point to the adjustable-height batting tee, the fixed length determines the contact path that permits the tee to be selectively positioned at any point along the contact path by rotating only the swing arm about the pivot point to place the ball where a batter should contact the ball for achieving a desired type of pitch; and a netting system positionable at a desired distance from the tee, the netting system having a plurality of indicators arranged to provide feedback information regarding a direction of the ball after the ball is struck with a bat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A batting tee assembly comprising:
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a support base having a support base periphery; a home plate supported by the support base, the home plate having a home plate periphery that is smaller than the support base periphery; a swing arm pivotally coupled to the support base at a pivot location outside of the home plate periphery, the swing arm extending laterally over and proximate to an upper surface of the home plate, the swing arm selectively positionable along an arc relative to the home plate; and an adjustable-height batting tee coupled to the swing arm, the tee movable with the swing arm to be selectively positioned in a location along the arc to simulate a type of pitch by rotating only the swing arm about the pivot point to place the ball where a batter should contact the ball for simulating the desired type of pitch. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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