Baseball pitching practice target

Claim 1

A baseball pitching practice device comprising a support frame, a plurality of panel members independently supported by said frame in side-by-side relationship to form a target area, each said panel constituting a segment portion of said target area, said target area including a central strike zone area delimited by some of said panel members, a normally-open electrical contact means associated with each said panel and closable upon applying an impact face on an outer surface of its associated panel, display means to identify which panel has been subjected to an impact force, said target area further including a hit zone defined by a narrow rectangular horizontally disposed panel located centrally of said target area with a large rectangular strike zone panel supported along each elongated straight edge above and below said narrow rectangular horizontally disposed panel, said large rectangular panels each having a like numerical value which is added and accumulated by counter means associated with said display means, an additional large rectangular panel is supported along an outer straight edge of each said strike zone panel, said additional panels having a like numerical value which is less than the numerical value of said strike zone panels and being ball zone panels; two elongated rectangular panels are vertically supported end to end and disposed along opposed straight end edges of said narrow rectangular horizontally disposed panel, said strike zone panels and said additional large rectangular panels; said elongated rectangular panels which are vertically supported having a like numerical value which is less than the numerical value of said additional panels and being ball zone panels.