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Baseball batting trainer

a batter training and baseball technology, applied in the direction of sports equipment, etc., can solve the problems of ruined or at least degraded swing at the ball

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-12-23
LENTZ JR WALTER M
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[0009]Consequently, there is an unsatisfied need to provide an apparatus that will enable a batter to overcome an involuntary reflex to “flinch” or step back from a fast ball that

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In either event, the swing at the ball is ruined or at least degraded.

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[0020]As illustrated in FIG. 1 a typical embodiment of the invention has a movable weight 10 shown as a canvas sack 11 loaded with sand (not shown in the drawing). The weight of sand in the sack 11 varies according to age, size, weight and physical conditioning of a batter 12. It has been found, for example, that for a 9 year old boy about 4 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 75 pounds and in good physical condition, for the purpose of the invention a weight 10 of about twenty pounds is satisfactory. Thus, in this exemplary embodiment of the invention the sack 11 is filled with about twenty pounds of sand.

[0021]The sack 11 is opened and closed by nylon strapping and a Dee ring 13, of which Unicorn Stainless, Inc. Item No. S 0139-X540 or Item No. S 0139-X525 is preferred. A spring clip and eye 14 (Unicorn Stainless, Inc. Item No. S 0121-0050) couples the Dee ring 13, through a loop 18 formed at an end of a line, such as black wire rope cable 16, (preferably ⅛ inch Unicorn Stainless, Inc. I...

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Abstract

The batter training device attaches an ankle strap on the batter's forward ankle to a weighted sack on the side of home plate opposite to the batter. A cable placed over home plate connects the sack to the ankle strap. As a fast ball is pitched through the strike zone the weight attached to the batter's ankle inhibits the batter's involuntary reflex to draw away from the ball and ruin the batter's swing. Repeating this training with the device enables the batter to overcome or cope with this undesirable involuntary reflex. The weight in the sack, however, is not so great that it will prevent the batter from ducking away from a wild pitch outside of the strike zone in order to avoid injury. The device also can be used to restrain the batter's rear ankle, or the weighted sack can be attached to restrain both of the batter's ankles.

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[0001]This is a continuation-in-part of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 456,522 filed by Walter M. Lentz, Jr., who is the sole inventor of claims 1 through 6, inclusive, in the '522 application and claims 1 through 8, inclusive, in this application, for which applicant also claims the benefit of the '522 application filing date.CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0002]NoneFEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0003]NoneNAMES OF PARTNERS TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT[0004]NoneREFERENCE TO “SEQUENCE LISTING”[0005]NoneBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0006]This invention relates to a baseball batter training device for attachment from one or both of the batter's ankles to at least one weighted sack on the opposite side of home plate that conditions the batter to overcome a natural reflex to draw away from a fast ball pitched through the strike zone, and the like.[0007]Baseball and softball batter training devices have concentrated on developing the proper stance for a batter to...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B69/00
CPCA63B69/0002A63B2069/0008A63B69/0059
Inventor LENTZ, JR., WALTER M.
Owner LENTZ JR WALTER M