Patent ID: 6514163
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A batting aid apparatus for baseball players comprising:an adjustable upper arm cuff and an adjustable wrist cuff, said upper arm cuff being attached to the upper portion of the leading arm of a person preparing to swing a bat and having fastening means such that the tightness of said upper arm cuff about said upper portion of said arm may be adjusted, said wrist cuff being attached to the wrist portion of said arm and having fastening means such that the tightness of said wrist cuff about said wrist may be adjusted, said wrist cuff being supported against substantial movement away from the hand of said person by an adjustable thumb strap, said thumb strap having a first attachment point to said wrist cuff on one side of said wrist and extending through a space between the thumb and the index finger of said hand, and having a second attachment point to said wrist cuff at a position substantially opposite to said first attachment point, said wrist cuff further comprising a wrist ring attached to said wrist cuff, said upper arm cuff further comprising an upper arm ring located at the portion of said upper arm cuff that is substantially opposite the portion of said upper arm cuff that is closest to said wrist ring, said wrist ring and said upper arm ring being connected by not fewer than two strands of a plurality of elastic strands in which one strand of said not less than two strands of said plurality of elastic strands passes around said upper arm on the outside of said upper arm and a second strand of said not less than two strands of said plurality of elastic strands passes around said upper arm on the inside of said upper arm such that, when said leading arm is flexed said elastic strap is slack, and upon the extension of said leading arm, said plurality of elastic strands become tensioned and provide a resisting force against the further extension of said leading arm.