SPORTS BALL THROWING TRAINING DEVICE

WIPO Patent Application WO1999025428

B1

The present invention includes a training aid (10) for providing an audible or visual indication of a properly thrown ball. The device includes an elongated hollow, tubular member (12) with closed ends and an inner dowel (40) freely moveable longitudinally within the hollow tube (12). The ends (14, 16) on the tube can alternatively include plugs, weights, magnets, or bolts, thereby allowing the device to be adjusted or changed for varying levels of sound, weight, resistance, release points or other training needs. One end of the tubular member includes an upwardly curving handle (28) replicating the lower end of a sports ball (41). An upper curved handle is located at a distance from the lower handle, replicating the top of the sports ball (41). The upper curved handle (28) is adjustable along the length of the tubular member (12), thereby allowing the distance between the handles to be increased or decreased to replicate various sized sports balls, namely a baseball, softball or football. One end (16) of the tubular member can be inserted into a replicated or actual sports ball (or attached to the outside of a sports ball) so the athlete is able to grasp the sports ball (14) with a proper grip. Alternatively, the device includes an elongated rod with beveled ends and an outer ring (18) which circumscribes the rod and is freely moveable longitudinally along the outside of the rod. The device can consist of an electric circuit, external or internal to the ball, in which the mercury switch (52) acts like the dowel in the preferred embodiment.

ROMANICK RON (US)

PCT/US1998/019198

July 22, 1999

September 14, 1998

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ROMANICK RON (US)

A63B69/00; A63B43/00; A63B71/06; A63B15/00; (IPC1-7): A63B67/06

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