| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 473421000 | Batting backstop or cage | 13 |
| 20080293519 | Multipurpose Prefabricated Sporting Goods - Disclosed is a multi-purpose sectional sports apparatus. The sports apparatus includes a plurality of assembling poles each including a main pole and a sub pole, a connector, and a supporting unit. The main pole has an insertion bore, an L-shaped lower fixture and a plurality of main coupling holes in an upper portion thereof. The sub pole is inserted into the main pole and has a plurality of lower height-adjusting holes and a plurality of upper sub coupling holes. The sub pole is movable up and down to have an adjustable height relative to the main pole as a fastener is fastened through selected ones of the height-adjusting holes and main coupling holes. The connector includes a branched body having a plurality of insertion branches for connection of the assembling poles, each insertion branch having an opening and an insertion bore. The supporting unit includes a plurality of supporting bars for supporting the assembling poles, at least one hollow supporting-connection member having a plurality of supporting-insertion branches for insertion of, for example, the supporting bars, and at least one branched connection member having a plurality of supporting-insertion branches for insertion of, for example, the supporting bars. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100075783 | Baseball/softball batter training device - A practice device for training baseball players, softball players, and umpires. The device trains batters to help the batter identify when to swing or not swing at a pitched based on a combination of what the ball-strike count is on the batter and where the pitched ball will pass through the strike zone for that batter. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20120071278 | NETTING SYSTEM FOR DRINKING GAMES - An accessory for the game of beer pong and related games. The accessory includes two separate net assemblies that attach to both ends of a beer pong table. The netting assembly catches ping-pong balls that go over the edges of the game table during game play to prevent the ping pong balls from touching the floor. This netting system will reduce the amount of dirt and contamination on the ping pong balls, which will reduce the amount of dirt and contamination dirty ping pong balls spread to beverages containers used in game play. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120214618 | WIND RESISTANT PRACTICE CAGE AND PITCHING MACHINE FOR ATTACHMENT - A batting or ball practice cage has one or more frame members with a net attached over the frame. Frame members may be assembled having springs or elbows at the corner. A pitching machine may be aligned with the cage at one end. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120244961 | Backstop and Portable Training System for a Bat-and-Ball Games - A backstop for training of a bat-and-ball game has a body with a central portion flanked by a side portion on either side. Each side portion is adjustable at an angle less than 180 degrees relative to the central portion so that the backstop is capable of standing upright on a supporting surface. There are target areas on the body, each configured to act as one portion of a hook and loop fastener for attaching to a corresponding portion of the hook and loop fastener on an item of sporting equipment such that when contact is made between a target area within the backstop and said sporting equipment, the target area fastens to said sporting equipment thereby interfering with movement of said sporting equipment. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130267353 | Collapsible and Portable Strikezone & Backstop for WIFFLE.RTM. Ball (and other Plastic Baseball) Games - This invention, entitled “Collapsible and Portable Strikezone & Backstop for W | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130274035 | BATTER HITTING TOOL - A hitting tool used for baseball or softball. The hitting tool may include a stopping plate affixed to a support bracket. The stopping plate may be substantially perpendicular relative to the support bracket. The present invention may keep the front foot in a locked position, and thereby prevents the front foot from pivoting to an open stance. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130316854 | WIND RESISTANT PRACTICE CAGE WITH OPENING AND ALTERNATIVE CLOSURES - A batting or ball practice cage has one or more frame members with a net attached over the frame. Frame members may be assembled having springs or elbows at the comer. A pitching machine may be aligned with the cage at one end. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140171225 | COLLAPSIBLE BACKSTOP - A collapsible backstop for stopping and collecting balls is provided that includes a rigid, collapsible, peripheral structure having a plurality of frame members that can be snugly and removably fit to each other to form the peripheral structure. Frame members may be interconnected with a cord to facilitate reassembly. Also included is a web formed of flexible material. A plurality of engagement members are provided for removably mounting the web to the structure to form the backstop. Finally, a rigid base to which the structure is removably mounted is also included. The base may include a plurality of base components that may be removably connected to each other, but interconnected with one or more additional cords, again, to facilitate reassembly. A method of assembling and disassembling such a collapsible backstop may also be provided. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140179463 | PLIABLE BREATHABLE BASEBALL BACKSTOP APPARATUS AND GAME - A baseball game apparatus comprising a pliant sheet of material having at least three support posts secured to the back of the pliant sheet of material and wherein an image of a baseball stadium is secured to the front of said pliant sheet. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140221128 | COLLAPSIBLE BATTING CAGE - A collapsible batting cage is provided with a collapsible canopy structure including a collapsible truss framework supporting an overlying canopy and extendable legs depend downwardly from the truss framework. A ball stop is supported by the truss framework, underlies the canopy and is spaced apart therefrom. A ball assembly having a ball is coupled to the collapsible canopy structure so as to present the ball at a batting height and permit contact between the ball and the ball stop when struck. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140315663 | APPROACH TO PROVIDING SAFETY BARRIER BACKSTOP SYSTEMS FOR SPECTATORS OF BASEBALL GAMES - Embodiments of a novel approach to a business process that utilizes and implements any type of clear netting or fencing as a safety barrier backstop for spectators at baseball events are disclosed. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150352426 | Batting Cage Device - A batting cage device collects a batted ball and returns the ball to the batter in a position to be batted again. The device includes an enclosed area. A back section of the enclosed area is elevated relative to a front section of the enclosed area. A drain coupled to the rear section of the enclosed area receives and directs a ball through the drain. A chute is positioned adjacent to the enclosed area to receive the ball passing through the drain. The chute is sloped downwardly from an upper end to a lower end. A lofting mechanism is positioned at the lower end of the chute for lofting the ball when the ball exits the lower end of the chute. While lofted in the air the ball may be struck back into the rear section of the enclosed area. | 12-10-2015 |
