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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Mark Thomas, Chesterfield, IL (US);
Richard Bertagnolli, Rices Landing, PA (US);
Mark Thomas, Chesterfield, IL (US);
Richard Bertagnolli, Rices Landing, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Baseball or softball training equipment that is capable of converting from a system for practicing pitching and throwing to a machine for throwing balls to practice batting or fielding. The equipment comprises: a main frame for catching a ball thrown toward the system; foldable backstop components hinged on both sides to the main frame; a plurality of movable, resettable targets connected to the main frame and extending over a ball collecting component; and a ball return component with a motorized wheel situated beneath the ball collecting component and detachably mounted for removing from the main frame and affixing to its own stand.