Patent ID: 7182705

Claim:
A tee-ball server apparatus for conducting batting practice wherein the apparatus supplies a ball to a ball receiving seat and the batter swings a bat in order to hit the ball, comprising: a) a movable rod having a ball receiving seat member thereon, said movable rod being movable between a refracted position and an extended position within a server housing; b) a worm gear assembly for driving said movable rod between said retracted position and said extended position for receiving a ball on said ball receiving seat member to be hit; c) a ball supply chute assembly being disposed adjacent to said server housing for supplying balls to said ball receiving seat member on said movable rod for the batter to hit a ball; d) said worm gear assembly includes a first drive shaft connected to a motor and a second drive shaft interconnected to said first drive shaft by a pair of cooperating meshed gears; e) said first drive shaft includes a worm drive shaft connected to said movable rod by a shaft connector member; f) said server housing is cylindrically-shaped and said first drive shaft, said shaft connector members aid worm drive shaft and said movable rod are all disposed within said cylindrically-shaped server housing; and g) said cylindrically-shaped server housing includes a vertical slotted channel having an adjustment knob connected to an adjustment sensor switch member for controlling and adjusting said predetermined height of the vertical movement of said movable rod.