Games using tangible projectile – Playing field or court game; game element or accessory... – Practice or training device
Patent
1998-02-10
2000-07-25
Rimell, Sam
Games using tangible projectile
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...
Practice or training device
124 78, A63B 6900
Patent
active
060931175
ABSTRACT:
A ball pitching machine includes a head assembly for ejecting a ball therefrom, operably mounted on a vertically extensible piston to permit selective vertical adjustment of the head assembly on a base assembly. The base assembly includes an upright tubular mast within which the piston is slidably journaled, the mast having a plurality of legs supporting the mast above the ground. A lock mechanism on the mast permits selective securement of the piston within the mast. The head assembly has a mounting bracket rotatably connected to the forward end of an elongated handle to permit selective rotation of the head assembly about the axis of the handle. The handle has a shaft rotatably mounted in a bracket on the upper end of the piston, permitting selective rotational movement of the handle about the shaft on the piston. The shaft on the handle is mounted orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the handle and orthogonal to the axis of the piston, thereby permitting selective adjustable movement of the head assembly about three orthogonal axes. The head assembly includes first and second rotating pitching wheels mounted on coplanar support plates which are slidably mounted for selective movement towards and away from one another in the same plane, to permit selective adjustment of the space between the pitching wheels.
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Sherlock Sue M.
Squibb Neal C.
American Sports International, Ltd.
Rimell Sam
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