Patent ID: 8226504
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for teaching bunting techniques, the apparatus comprising: a first mat and a second mat; said first mat defining a batter's box and having a batter's box interior boundary, a batter's box front boundary substantially perpendicular to said batter's box interior boundary, a first fiducial marking adjacent said batter's box interior boundary and at approximately a forty to fifty degree angle with respect to said batter's box interior boundary, and a second fiducial marking adjacent said batter's box interior boundary, said second fiducial marking interposed between said first fiducial marking and said batter's box front boundary and in a substantially parallel relationship with said first fiducial marking; said second mat configured for placement adjacent said first mat and having a third fiducial marking and a fourth fiducial marking substantially perpendicular to said third fiducial marking; wherein said third fiducial marking is alignable in a substantially parallel relationship to said first fiducial marking and said second fiducial marking when said second mat is placed adjacent said first mat.