Patent ID: 9050520
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A63B,F41B

Abstract:
1. A ball pitching machine, comprising: a tripod including a pillar; a mounting base including an engaging member and a mounting plate, with the engaging member rotatably mounted to the pillar, with a horizontal axle engaged on the engaging member, with the mounting plate pivotably coupled to the horizontal axle; two rotary wheel devices mounted on two sides of the mounting plate and spaced from each other in a horizontal direction, with the two rotary wheel devices including two joint levers and two base plates, with each of the two joint levers including a top end and a lower end, with the lower ends of the two joint levers independently movably mounted on the two sides of the mounting plate in the horizontal direction, with the lower ends of the two joint levers being moveable relative to each other in the horizontal direction, with each of the two base plates of the two rotary wheel devices including an inner end portion and an outer end portion, with a rotary wheel mounted on the inner end portion of each base plate, with the outer end portion of each base plate pivotably engaged with one of the top ends of the two joint levers, with each of the two rotary wheel devices further including a cover for covering an associated rotary wheel; and a ball holder including a strut bar, two holding plates, and a holding unit, with the strut bar including a front end connected to the mounting plate and located between the two rotary wheel devices, with the two holding plates engaged on the strut bar and both being movable relative to the strut bar in the horizontal direction, with the two holding plates being moveable relative to each other in the horizontal direction, with a space formed between the two holding plates for accommodating a rugby ball or a soccer ball, with two connecting sheets engaged to the two holding plates and connected to the lower ends of the two joint levers to allow joint movement of the two holding plates and the two joint levers, respectively, with the holding unit movably installed on the strut bar and located behind the two holding plates, with the holding unit including a movable seat, a handgrip mounted on the movable seat, and a holding member mounted on a front end of the handgrip, with the movable seat being movable relative to the two holding plates, with the holding member including a front portion for holding or obliging a rear portion of the rugby ball.