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Bat swing training device

  • US 9,144,726 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2013
  • Issued: 09/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A bat swing training device for use in correcting a batter'"'"'s swing comprising:

  • A) a bat with a proximal handle or grip, a handle portion and a distal end, said bat including an axial passage extending proximally from the distal tip barrel end into the bat to receive the training aid,B) a training aid including a structure received in the axial passage of said bat that, at a predetermined bat speed, generates a snapping sound, said training aid including;

    i) a shaft extending longitudinally through and rotatable in said training aid,ii) first and second stops at longitudinally spaced positions along said shaft,iii) a magnet on said shaft proximate said first stop, andiv) a slider of a paramagnetic material mounted on said shaft intermediate said first and second stops that is magnetically attracted to said first stop whereby upon proper swinging the bat, inertial forces overcome the magnetic attraction and said slider accelerates to said second stop thereby to produce a sound, andC) means for affixing said training aid to the bat.

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