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Baseball/Softball Training Aid

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-11-13
BARANEK JOHN D
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This patent describes a device that helps train catchers to properly position their body to catch a baseball or softball. The device has a chest guard to protect the user from a ball strike to the chest. It also has wheels that can be raised to protect them from dust and dirt on the training field. The device can be easily collapsed for transport and can be easily moved onto the ground for wheeled transport. The technical effect of this patent is to provide a safer and more effective tool for training catchers.

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Additionally, other modes of the device may provide a removable or operatively positioned chest guard barrier to protect the user from a ball strike to the chest which has been shown to be potentially deadly.

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[0056]In this description, the directional prepositions of up, upwardly, down, downwardly, front, back, top, upper, bottom, lower, left, right and other such terms refer to the device as it is oriented and appears in the drawings and are used for convenience only; they are not intended to be limiting or to imply that the device has to be used or positioned in any particular orientation.

[0057]Now referring to drawings in FIGS. 1-10, wherein similar components are identified by like reference numerals, there is seen in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 the baseball training aid and protective chair device 10. The device 10 in FIGS. 1-3 is shown in a preferred as-used sitting configuration, for use by a catcher or instructor positioned behind a swinging batter or for practicing catching balls from a pitcher without a batter present.

[0058]The various components of the device 10 disclosed herein can be formed of conventional materials such as steal, stainless steal, aluminum, sheet metal, plast...

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Abstract

A collapsible seating device is provided for support of a catcher in a crouched position while catching balls from a pitcher. The seating device is collapsible from an as-used supporting configuration to a planar collapsed configuration for transport. Wheels on one end of the frame allow for rolling of the frame for transport.

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[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 687,651 filed on Apr. 30, 2012.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates generally to baseball and softball training and instruction aiding devices. More particularly the invention relates to a baseball / softball training aid and protective chair device for use by a catcher or instructor positioned behind a batter which collapses to a substantially planer collapsed mode with a wheeled distal end for easy transport. The device promotes proper stance and eliminates fatigue and knee strain on the catcher, while concurrently providing protection from ball strikes, without the discomfort of conventional chest and leg guards. The device can be employed as a training aid for a catcher, or as a protective and fatigue-reducing instruction aid for an instructor or practice partner when instructing one or both of a training batter and pitcher. The device ...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B69/00
CPCA63B69/0002A63B2069/0011A63B2243/0004A63B2208/0233A63B2071/025A63B2210/50A63B2102/18A63B2102/182
Inventor BARANEK, JOHN D.
Owner BARANEK JOHN D
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