Patent ID: 7547260
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A batting cage comprising, in combination: a first generally flat planar rectangular frame having an upright generally vertical first side member and a generally parallel spaced second side member; at least partially a elastic first panel of a first material, said first panel comprising a generally planar hitting area retained within the first frame; a second generally flat planar rectangular frame having an upright generally vertical first side member, said second frame extending from and forming an included angle with the first frame, said angle including an apex, said second frame also including a generally parallel spaced second side member; an at least partially elastic second panel of a second material, said second panel comprising a generally planar hitting area retained within the second frame, said first panel hitting area and said second panel hitting area each extending from the apex; a top connecting member joining the second side members; an adjustable mounting mechanism for mounting said first and second frames generally vertically upright with said frames forming an angle with each other extending outwardly from said apex at variable adjustable angles to form said first and second panels as angled hitting areas extending from said apex; and a single tethered ball adjustably suspended from said connecting member on a generally vertical, adjustable length, flexible cord within the included angle of the first and second frames, and within or at the outward extent of the first and second frames, said tethered ball cord sufficiently elongate to enable the ball to engage the elastic material in each of said frames and to rebound to said suspended position from engagement with both of said hitting areas of said first and second panels upon one movement of said ball due to hitting the ball into said first or second hitting areas wherein a batsman may engage a bat with said tethered ball when said batsman is located in the adjusted included angle of said frames to drive said ball into either of said hitting areas.