Patent ID: 6949036
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A system for teaching a person the proper way to swing a baseball bat to meet a moving ball comprising: a batting swing trainer including a shaft having first and second ends, a cylindrical handle attached to the first end of the shaft, a cylindrical head having a central bore with the second end of the shaft being fixed in the bore, and a graspable cylindrical slide sized to accommodate all of the fingers of a user's hand for striking the head to produce an audible signal, the slide being mounted on the shaft for axial sliding movement between the handle and the head, a stop attached adjacent the handle, and the graspable slide having first and second ends and including first and second buffers at its first and second ends, the first buffer limiting movement of the graspable slide toward the handle by contacting the stop adjacent the handle and the second buffer limiting movement of the graspable slide toward the head by contacting the head; wherein the shaft is hollow and a weighted member is secured within the shaft.