Patent ID: 8151782

Claim:
A baseball batting practice equipment comprising: a base provided with a movable member having a lower side fixed with one end of an elastic member whose another end secured with said base, said elastic member helping said movable member to recover its original position, said movable member controlled to operate by a retaining post of a ball pitching speed adjusting device, said base provided with a hooking member for holding an elastic plate, said elastic plate released to pitch balls after said movable member touches said hooking member; a ball pitching apparatus consisting of a left shell and a right shell for accommodating all members of said ball pitching apparatus, said ball pitching apparatus disposed with a spring-shaped elastic member functioning to adjust and delay time of ball pitching, said ball pitching apparatus set with a gear unit composed of a plurality of gears engaged mutually, said spring-shaped elastic member actuated to be wound tight or unwound loose by mutual operation of said gear unit together with a rack and an actuating rod, said ball pitching apparatus having a ball pitching speed adjusting device provided with a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear engaged with each other, said second bevel gear positioned in the interior of an actuating member, said actuating member formed with a protruding-out portion and a circular portion, a driving rod positioned under said actuating member and a retaining post fixed with one side of said driving rod, said retaining post having a topside assembled with an elastic member and having one side cut with a notch for said driving rod to be extended therein, said ball pitching apparatus disposed with a power unit with an actuating rod, said actuating rod inserted through one end of two connecting rods and a slot of an upper cover and through a hole of said rack, said connecting rods of said power unit having another end pivotally assembled with a shaft rod of a pedal of said power unit, and a press rod inserted through said pedal, said power unit provided with said elastic plate to be operated together with said hooking member for pitching balls; and an upper cover having a topside bored with a ball pitching hole for placing practice balls therein.