42 results about "Baseball field" patented technology

The present invention provides a baseball practice machine for propelling balls onto a practice field thereby providing simulated hits for use in fielding practice for ball players. The practice machine includes a ball hopper, a propulsion unit for propelling a ball toward a practice field, a movable barrel through which a ball is propelled. A barrel positioner is coupled to the propulsion unit and the movable barrel for adjusting the position of the barrel thereby controlling the trajectory of a propelled ball. A programmable control system controls the operation of the practice machine. Trajectory parameters for the propelled balls are selected from predetermined parameters defining the path of the ball to a location of a practice field where the ball is intended to land. Information defining the dimensions of a practice field are stored in a memory of the control system and used in determining the trajectory parameters.

The present invention provides a baseball batting stance training assembly. The assembly essentially comprises a stance training mat for placement upon a baseball field or similar other playing field and at least one rearward foot-receiving cuff for removable or breakaway attachment to the stance training mat. The stance training mat essentially comprises at least three distinct zones, namely, left and right mat zones and a home plate zone. The left mat zone and the right mat zone are aligned laterally opposite the home plate zone, which home plate zone comprises a home plate marker or virtual home plate. The left and right mat zones each comprise a plurality of foot print indicia. The cuff is removably attached adjacent select rearward foot print indicia and is designed for breakaway from the stance training mat in the event of a net cuff-removing force.

A technology for playing baseball is provided. The technology enables real-time baseball gameplay between a first team associated with a first baseball field and second team associated with a second baseball field.

The present invention provides a baseball batting stance training mat and assembly. The assembly essentially comprises a stance training mat for placement upon a baseball field or similar other playing field and at least one rearward foot-receiving cuff for removable or breakaway attachment to the stance training mat. The stance training mat essentially comprises two distinct zones, namely, a stance zone and a plate-alignment zone. The plate alignment zone comprises a zone vacancy for receiving a selected lateral half of a home plate. When a left-handed mat and a right-handed mat are used in tandem with one another, the mats form an hourglass-shaped batter's box type arrangement. Each stance zone may comprise a plurality of foot print indicia. The cuff is removably attached adjacent select rearward foot print indicia and is designed for breakaway from the stance training mat in the event of a cuff-removing force.

A safety baseball base includes a base with a bottom recess and a bottom stem in the bottom recess, an anchor embedded in the ground in a baseball field, a positioning member inserted into the anchor, a flexible mounting plate affixed to the positioning member and having recessed holes on the top side, and a flexible coupling member fitted into the bottom recess around the bottom stem and affixed to the base and having a plurality of bottom locating blocks respectively engaged into the recessed holes of the flexible mounting plate to secure the base to the flexible mounting plate for allowing disconnection of the base from the flexible mounting plate upon an impact to avoid injuries when a player is sliding into the base.

A sports trivia board game includes a game board having a substantially planar top surface and indicia thereon for illustrating a baseball field. The game board further includes a six-sided die, a plurality of playing cards for providing trivia questions for players to ask one another, and a mechanical mechanism for displaying a player's ball and strike count. The board game further includes a plurality of game pieces including upper and lower portions and a plurality of spring members for connecting the upper and lower portions to each other. When select ones of the plurality of game pieces are moved across the game board, the upper portion of a game piece is thereby caused to oscillate about the spring member. The board game further includes a plurality of score pads, a plurality of writing utensils, and a reusable scoreboard having a dry-erase surface for keeping track of a player's score.

Discussed herein is a new way to light baseball fields or other target areas (e.g., target areas including a plane and an aerial space) according to accepted standards or desired levels which provides both target area lighting and uplighting and in a manner that reduces or eliminates glare for certain playing positions while maintaining lighting levels across both the target area and the aerial space above the target area without necessitating the use of low-mounted uplights.

The invention discloses a soft foundation structure of a sports ground lawn and a construction method of the soft foundation structure. The soft foundation structure comprises a plurality of drainageblind pipes, a tamped layer, a gravel layer, a pea gravel layer, a plastic permeable soft base layer and a lawn layer, wherein the tamped layer is located at the bottommost end and is made of plain soil, the lower surface of the gravel layer is in contact with the upper surface of the tamped layer, and the drainage blind pipes are arranged in the gravel layer; the lower surface of the pea gravel layer is in contact with the upper surface of the gravel layer, the lower surface of the plastic permeable soft base layer is in contact with the upper surface of the pea gravel layer, and the lower surface of the lawn layer is in contact with the upper surface of the plastic permeable soft base layer. The construction method is simple, a built soft foundation is more suitable for the hardness of human body sports and environmentally friendlier, the water seepage rate of a site can be increased, an artificial lawn and a natural lawn can be freely switched, the project cost is reduced to a certain extent, and the soft foundation structure is suitable for sport grounds such as football fields, baseball fields, softball fields, rugby fields, cricket fields and golf courses.

The present invention relates to home plates for ball fields, such as softball and baseball fields. Embodiments of the invention provide a double-sided home plate. Double-sided home plates according to embodiments can comprise a support base with two opposing recesses each shaped to receive a home plate insert, with a home plate insert fixed in each recess. Also provided is an improved home plate comprising two identical sides so when one side is worn due to use all that is required is to invert the home plate to expose a new surface.

The present invention provides a magnetic organizing apparatus for a baseball team. The organizing apparatus comprises a board, a frame, and a plurality of rectangular nameplates. The board has a perimeter and opposing surfaces. The frame is positioned around the board and is offset outward to a distance perpendicular to the opposing surfaces. Indicia in the form of a baseball field and a baseball diamond are located on one of the opposing surfaces. The rectangular nameplates are releasably attached to the board magnetically and overly the baseball field and the baseball diamond to the opposing surfaces. The frame provides a means for aligning the rectangular nameplates in side-by-side, vertically-aligned relation with nameplate edges engaged against the frame and with the frame acting as an alignment guide for the rectangular nameplates.

Provided is a baseball pitch training device having a base with a primary opening adapted to receive an anchoring structure. The base secondary opening is adapted to receive an adapter. The adapter has an opening configured to receive a resilient material, a coupling, and a support structure shaft. The support structure includes a primary shaft connected to a secondary shaft. A baseball bat support structure is connected to an end of the primary shaft. The baseball bat support structure is adapted to grip a surface of a baseball bat. A resilient torso member is adapted to connect to at least one of the primary shaft or to the secondary shaft with an attaching element, to be foldable, and to receive a garment. The secondary shaft has a head gear support structure connected thereto and is adapted to support a head gear.

An assembly for baseball dugout seating and for baseball equipment storage incorporating an upwardly opening vessel having a height, an upper end, and an interior space, the interior space having front and rear ends; a removable seat plate overlying the front end of the interior space; a plurality of lower brackets mounted within the rear end of the interior space; a plurality of upper brackets mounted within the rear end of the interior space; a plurality of bats having lengths greater than the upwardly opening vessel's height, each bat having an end cap, a barrel, a taper, and a handle, each bat's end cap being received by one of the lower brackets, and each bat's taper being received by one of the upper brackets; and a seat-comprising upwardly extensions of the bat handles from the upwardly opening vessel's upper end.

This invention relates to an integrally weighted baseball cover and system, method and apparatus for quickly delivering the cover and placing it onto an area of a baseball field, such as one or more of the infield areas, such as home base area, first base area, second base area, third base area, pitcher's mound area and/or bullpen areas.

This present invention relates to a baseball simulation game. The baseball simulation game comprises one or more bays, a microchipped baseball, and a field into which the baseball is hit by a user positioned in the bay. A plurality of targets and catchers, each comprising a sensor for detecting the baseball, are also positioned in the field in spaced apart fashion. The game assigns points to the player, wherein the amount of points assigned depends on what target or catcher is struck by the baseball. The baseball simulation game is capable of being enjoyed by multiple players simultaneously and can be enjoyed at any time of day and is not dependent on the weather.

Disclosed is a baseball board game and method for playing a baseball board game the includes a game board having a baseball diamond provided thereon, one or more conventional, six-sided game dice that are rolled to achieve a sum value of three through eighteen, and rules which include batting outcomes that correspond with the three through eighteen sum values to determine events that occur during a simulated baseball game that includes two participants taking turns rolling the dice, each turn including three or more dice rolls and representing three outs of the simulated baseball game, each out being determined according to the batting outcomes. In some embodiments, the baseball board game also includes two sets of nine or more baseball cards that may be positioned at locations proximate each of the four bases on the baseball diamond. One or more score sheets are also provided in some embodiments.

The present invention aims to provide a baseball game board which makes the baseball game more interesting through adding the changing of baseball throwing. According to the baseball game board a ball is thrown from a ball throwing part simulating the board surface of baseball field to a baseball catching part, and the thrown baseball is struck back by a baseball striking part. A projection component which can be projected from the disc surface is installed at one side of the baseball catching part next to the baseball throwing part and at the side part of the ball throwing side of the ball striking part.

The invention provides a red clay sports field. A method can be used for constructing tennis courts, gateball courts, softball courts, baseball fields and the like and comprises the steps of laying afoundation layer, a stable layer, a red clay bottom layer, a red clay surface layer, a protective layer on the basis of a field body from bottom to top in sequence, and drawing a line or installing apermanent field line, wherein the foundation layer is composed of hard stone and stone with sand, the stable layer is made of slag ash and white ash (or red cinerite particles), the red clay bottom layer adopts high-quality machine-selected crushed red clay, mechanism red sand, red brick powder and red cinerite as main raw materials, the red clay surface layer is made of sieved or machine-crushedhigh-quality fine red clay, machine-made red sand, red brick powder and machine-selected red cinerite, and the protective layer is made of machine-made red sand. The constructed red clay sports fieldis low in maintenance cost, moderate in hardness, uneasy to change, durable, not sticky in case of raining or watering, good in anti-freeze and anti-cracking performance and long in service life.

The submitted game with folding board stylized like a baseball field is uniquely associated with Baseball, providing entertainment about people or an original learning method to sustain interest and retention of any substituted subject. Rules in an instructive copyrighted Manual simultaneously enhance English use. Also boxed for two to twenty-two players aged five on, are two teams alternating at bat once an inning; laminated picture cards with removable holders represent team manager, umpire and nine members. Each of nine members has playing position originally correlated with the nine speech parts. Defense requires Offense to use speech parts designated at bases to fit the nine designated sentence parts for sentence construction to win with runs and walks. The subject's vocabulary is listed by speech parts, kindergarden through twelve on. After pitcher selects verb for each batter, Offense chooses vocabulary as designated to make and record sentences for reteaching.