Batting practice apparatus

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1990-04-13

1991-02-05

Brown, Theatrice

Amusement devices: games

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

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A63B 6940

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049898655

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus including a vertical support including a tether line mounted to a top end of the support including a target cylinder mounted at a lower end of the flexible line. The target cylinder is formed as a semi-rigid polymeric tube including a support rod mounted therethrough. The cylinder includes a singular plurality of strips mounted medially of the surface of the cylinder for impact by an associated bat during a batting practice. Modifications of the invention include cylindrical weights adjustedly mounted within the cylinder to effect and exaggerate a spiral motion of a target cylinder subsequent to impact. Covering sheaths of a paper coated with a powdered coloring may optionally be utilized to indicate impact by the associated bat.

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patent: 4513965 (1985-04-01), Aschermann
patent: 4664375 (1987-05-01), Tetreault

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