Patent ID: 7462115

Claim:
A pitching screen, comprising: a) a first arcuate support element having a first end and a second end, wherein curvature between said first end and said second end of said first arcuate support defines a circular radius; b) a second arcuate support element having a first end and a second end, wherein curvature between said first end and said second end of said first arcuate support defines a circular radius; c) a coupler having a first coupler leg and a second coupler leg disposed at an angle of between about eighty degrees and about one hundred degrees said first coupler leg coupled to said first end of said first arcuate support said second coupler leg coupled to said first end of said second arcuate support to locate said second end of said first arcuate support element and said second end of said second arcuate support element a distance apart; d) a restraint element coupled by opposed ends between said second end of said first arcuate support element and said second end of said second arcuate support element which maintains said second end of said first arcuate support element and said second end of said second arcuate support element said distance apart; e) a base coupled to said second end of said first arcuate support element and coupled to said second end of said second arcuate support element said second end of said first arcuate support element; and f) an object deflection material having a plurality of aperture elements bounded by said first arcuate support element and said second arcuate support element, and said restraint element which provides a substantially planar object deflection surface.