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Baseball batting aid for detecting motion of head in more than one axis of motion
Assignee: Creative Sports Design Inc
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Filing: 1994-09-20
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Granted: 1995-09-05
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Expires: 2014-09-20
Abstract
Abstract The present invention is concerned with a training device which can be worn by a user to teach the correct body position when hitting a baseball comprising: an adjustable sensing mechanism fitted on the batter's helmet to sense the movement in three mutually perpendicular axes of the batter's head in relation to his shoulder during a swing; an audible sound device connected to the sensing mechanism to alert the batter when his head is not correctly positioned in relation to his shoulders during the swing; and an electrical power supply integrated with the sensing mechanism and said audible device and wherein said electrical power supply has sufficient voltage to activate the audible device.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger Socci
- 👤 Mark A. Lacko
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:44
CPC Classifications
A; A42; A42B; A42B3/00; A42B3/04; A42B3/0406; A42B3/0433; A63; A63B; A63B69/00; A63B69/0002; A63B69/36; A63B69/3608; A63B71/00; A63B71/06; A63B71/0619; A63B71/0622; A63B2071/0625; A63B2071/0627
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A training device which can be worn by a user to teach the correct body positioning when hitting a baseball, comprising: a) a baseball helmet fitted with a sensing means for sensing movement of the batter's head in relation to his shoulders during a swing simultaneously in three axes which are mutually perpendicular to each other; b) an audible sounding device connected to the sensing mechanism to alert the batter when his head is not correctly positioned in relation to his shoulders during the swing; and c) an electrical power supply integrated with the sensing mechanism and the audible sound device and wherein said electrical power supply has sufficient voltage to activate the audible sound device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
A training device which can be worn by a user to teach the correct body positioning when hitting a baseball, comprising: a) a baseball helmet fitted with a sensing means for sensing movement of the batter's head in relation to his shoulders during a swing simultaneously in three axes which are mutually perpendicular to each other; b) an audible sounding device connected to the sensing mechanism to alert the batter when his head is not correctly positioned in relation to his shoulders during the swing; and c) an electrical power supply integrated with the sensing mechanism and the audible sound device and wherein said electrical power supply has sufficient voltage to activate the audible sound device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable sensing mechanism includes three gyroscopes, one for each of three axes which are mutually perpendicular to each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A device according to claim 2, wherein the sensitivity of each said gyroscope is within a range of 0 to 180 degrees per second.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable sensing mechanism includes three accelerometers, one for each of said axes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the audible sound device is a member selected from a group consisting of an alarm, a speaker, a buzzer, and an air phone.
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