Adjustable Baseball Hitting Device Height Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional baseball hitting devices are often designed for either adults or children and lack the necessary adjustability and structural strength to accommodate various user heights and withstand repeated use.
Innovation Solution
A multi-height baseball hitting device featuring a sleeve with positioning blocks that engage with ring-shaped rails on a pipe, allowing adjustable height settings and enhanced structural strength through a base plate assembly and fastening elements, enabling the device to support multiple user heights and withstand thousands of hits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional hitting device is designed for a specific height (adults or children), then the device structure is simple and cost is low, but the device cannot accommodate users of different heights
Solution Approach 1:
The pipe is made adjustable in height through a dynamic positioning mechanism. The sleeve with positioning blocks can slide along the pipe and lock at different heights by engaging with the ring-shaped rails. This allows the device to adapt to different user heights while maintaining structural integrity through the fastening element that secures the sleeve to the pipe.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an adjustable stand is added to sustain a baseball, then the device can accommodate different heights, but the stand strength is not enough to bear thousands of hits
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable stand is divided into separate components: a pipe for height adjustment, a sleeve with positioning blocks for locking mechanism, and a fastening element for securing. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while collectively providing both adjustability and sufficient strength to withstand repeated hits.
3Volume of stationary object
If multiple plates are assembled as a home base, then the device can be simply packed with reduced volume, but the assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The home base is segmented into multiple plates that can be disassembled for compact packaging and reassembled for use. The first plate, second plate, and third plate can be separated to reduce package volume while maintaining the structural integrity and functionality of the home base when assembled.
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AI summary
A multi-height baseball hitting device includes a base plate assembly, a sleeve and a pipe. The sleeve is disposed on the base plate assembly. The sleeve has at least three positioning blocks extending from an inner wall of the sleeve. The pipe has a supporting portion, a connecting portion and a positioning portion. The supporting portion is connected with the connecting portion for supporting a ball. A plurality of ring-shaped rails are formed on the positioning portion and arranged from the connecting portion at equal intervals, and the positioning blocks of the sleeve are engaged with the ring-shaped rails, such that the pipe is adjustable to be fixed with plural heights, thereby meeting all of the heights of children and adults.