Patent ID: 6663519
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A training device, comprising:a baseball defining an outer surface including a seam, said seam extending at least partially around said baseball, said baseball including a plurality of stitches extending across said seam; a plurality of tactile surfaces, said tactile surfaces being raised above said outer surface of said baseball and configured to provide tactile stimulation to a user of said training device when grasping one or more of said plurality of tactile surfaces, said plurality of tactile surfaces being disposed on at least a portion of said plurality of stitches; and a plurality of finger placement indicia on said outer surface, said indicia being associated with said tactile surfaces and configured to indicate a finger placement orientation on one or more of said tactile surfaces relative to said baseball for at least four different types of baseball pitches; wherein each of said plurality of tactile surfaces comprises one or more enlarged stitches.