Batting Apparatus

Abstract

A batting apparatus is provided, including a supporting unit, at least a linking unit, and a suction disk. The supporting unit includes a base, a supporting rod, and a hanging arm. The bottom of the supporting rod is fixed to the base. The hanging arm is engaged to the top of the supporting rod, and extends outwards. The linking unit is attached to and hanging below the hanging arm, and the bottom end is attached to the suction disk. With the temporary holding of the ball by the suction disk, the present invention can enhance the focus and the eye-hand coordination of the batter. The present invention is also easy to assemble, move and store.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention generally relates to a batting apparatus, and more specifically to an apparatus using suction disk to hold the ball for batting practice.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]There are a variety of batting apparatus for batting practice. The conventional batting apparatus is usually designed as a vertically standing position. FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a vertically standing batting apparatus, including a base 11, a supporting rod 12, and a ball holder 13. Supporting rod 12 stands on the top of base 11. The upper part of supporting rod 12 is made of soft and resilient material. Ball holder 13 is placed on the topmost part of supporting rod 12. When batting, a baseball or softball 14 is placed on ball holder 13 for the batter to hit.[0003]This type of batting apparatus only provides static batting practice; namely, the ball stays still for the batter to hit. Although the practice may be useful in some aspect, the practice is too monot...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]Another object of the present invention is to provide a batting apparatus to enhance the eye-hand coordination and the focus of the batter. In addition to hitting the still ball held by the suction disk, the batter can also hit a ball falling from the suction disk. The latter practice requires the batter to be more focused and to work on the eye-hand coordination. Furthermore, in the latter practice, the trajectory of the hit ball is free of the friction between the ball holder and the ball, as in conventional batting apparatus.

Problems solved by technology

As the surface of the baseball or softball is usually made of leather or PVC, neither is smooth, while the suction disk uses air compression for suction, which requires a smooth surface, and the ball is heavy with an arc surface, therefore, the suction disk can only temporarily hold the ball due to the aforementioned factors.

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