IP Library Granted Patent US 10,857,442
Granted Patent B2
US 10,857,442 · App. 16/273,915 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Baseball swing training device

Inventors: Robert Nicholas Kibbe (Ames, IA); Grant David Roepsch (Cozard, NE); Aaron Matthew Tjaden (Cedar Rapids, IA); Ryan Patrick McGuire (Ames, IA)
Assignee: Magic Sports, LLC
A63B69/0075A63B69/0002A63B69/0079A63B2069/0008A63B2069/401A63B2071/026A63B2225/093
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Patent No.
US 10,857,442
App. No.
16/273,915
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A baseball swing training device has a base, a support member adjustably connected to the base, and a suction assembly disposed in the base that extends through and out of the support member to hold a ball in a stationary position. The suction assembly includes a coil vacuum hose disposed within the support member, and connected to a vacuum pump assembly, and an elongated hose connected to the coil vacuum hose at one end, and removeably connected to a suction nozzle at an opposite end.

Claims (16)

1. A baseball swing training device, comprising:

a support member connected to a base;

the support member having a top tube;

the top tube having a first curved portion, a second curved portion, and an elongated portion between the first curved portion and the second curved portion; wherein the first curved portion is curved at an angle that is different from an angle of the second curved portion such that a height of the support member is adjustable by reversing the position of the first curved portion with the second curved portion, wherein the top tube is configured to be releasable and reversible with respect to the support member; and

a suction assembly disposed within the base, extending through the support member and adapted to hold a ball in a stationary position.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the suction assembly has a suction nozzle adapted to hold the ball with a majority of a top portion of the ball uncovered.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein a battery and a vacuum pump assembly are disposed within a housing of the base.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein an activation device is connected to the base.

5. The device of claim 1 where the base has a housing with a groove that extends horizontally at least partially around the outer surface of the housing, and is adapted to receive a plurality of balls.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the support member includes a plurality of hollow tubes connected together.

7. The device of claim 6 with a first tube adjustably connected to a connection tube that extend out of the base.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the suction assembly includes a coil vacuum hose connected to a vacuum pump assembly.

9. The device of claim 8 further comprising an elongated hose connected to the coil vacuum hose at one end and is removeably connected to a suction nozzle at an opposite end.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein the suction nozzle has an elongated shaft that terminates in a suction cup.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein the first curved portion is angled at an angle between 45 to 60 degrees.

12. The device of claim 11 wherein the second curved portion is angled at an angle of approximately 120 degrees.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2019
From: KIBBE, ROBERT NICHOLAS; ROEPSCH, GRANT DAVID; TJADEN, AARON MATTHEW; MCGUIRE, RYAN PATRICK
To: MAGIC SPORTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 048312/0658 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62643566 · Mar 15, 2018
Related Publication 20190282876A1 · Sep 19, 2019
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