Practice pitching devices

Claim 1

A baseball pitching target defining an average strike zone which can be readily disassembled into a plurality of component frame parts of predetermined, generally uniform length, comprising: a first frame portion formed by a pair of frame parts of predetermined length affixed in end-to-end relationship and including a pair of hook eyes secured to said frame portion proximate each end thereof, each of said frame parts consisting of tube means of said predetermined length, sleeve means rigidly secured on the end of said tube means, said sleeve means being positioned approximately half way over said tube means, and clamping screw means disposed through said sleeve means outer portion; a second frame portion formed by a similar pair of said frame parts of predetermined length affixed in end-to-end relationship and including a pair of hook eyes secured to said second frame portion proximate each end thereof; a base frame portion formed by a pair of frame parts of predetermined length affixed in end-to-end relationship; a pair of support parts of predetermined length; a pair of junction means each affixed proximate a midpoint of each of said support parts, each of said junction means providing rigid affixture to opposite ends of said base frame portion, and each of said junction means providing rigid affixture to the respective lower ends of said first and second frame portions; a top frame portion formed by a pair of frame parts of predetermined length affixed in end-to-end relationship and having opposite ends secured to the upper ends of said respective first and second frame members; string means joined as an endless loop and having a perimeter equal to the length of an average strike zone perimeter; four support lines secured at spaced points about the perimeter of said string line means, each of said support lines being secured to one of said hook eyes proximate each end of said first and second frame portions to support said string line means as an upright rectangle approximating said average strike zone; and additional string means joined in an endless loop of a size smaller than said first mentioned string means loop and approximately equal to that of a Little League players strike zone, and an additional set of four support lines each longer in length than said first mentioned support lines and secured at spaced points about the perimeter of said additional string means so that said practice pitching device can be converted to Little League practice use.