Baseball toss-up apparatus for batting practice and game play

Details Baseball toss-up apparatus for batting practice and game play Baseball toss-up apparatus for batting practice and game play

1986-10-20

1988-10-18

Pinkham, Richard C.

Amusement devices: games

Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...

Target

124 7, 124 36, 124 34, 273 25, 273 26E, A63B 6940

Patent

active

047781777

ABSTRACT:
A spring loaded arm mechanism is incorporated into a baseball home plate support for tossing a regulation or practice baseball, from ground level, upwardly into the batter's strike zone. A ball launching arm, arm bias spring, arm latch and a release are all arranged in a compact, low-profile unit flush with or just slightly protruding above the home plate support. The arm is cocked, using an arm engaging hand tool, by rotating a ball launching arm end downwardly against the biasing into a latched position. After positioning the baseball, the latch is released, either by the batter or by another via a remotely actuated release, to cause the sprung arm to rotate with great force through a limited arc, propelling the baseball vertically up into the strike zone. A practice embodiment includes a lever arm release actuated by the operator's bat and may further include an elastic ball return tethering cord having an in-line swivel to relieve line twisting. A game play embodiment mounts the arm and spring unit below the upper plane of the home plate support which has an opening for receiving and launching the ball, such that the spring loaded mechanism remains safely out of the way for base running.

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