Patent ID: 8075426

Claim:
A baseball swing training device comprising: an upper platform member and a lower platform member that are rotatably secured to one another by a bearing plate assembly; the platform members each having a generally rectangular body with at least one side of each platform member formed as an extending finger portion, an upper surface of the upper platform member having a spring loaded foot mechanism fixedly secured thereon; the spring loaded foot mechanism comprising a continuous cylindrical member having upper and lower generally U-shaped ends, the upper and lower U-shaped ends being generally orthogonal to one another forming an L-shaped continuous cylindrical member and the upper U-shaped end being shorter than the lower U-shaped end; the spring loaded foot mechanism further comprising a biased element assembly which is securable to the upper platform member and to the upper U-shaped end, the biased element assembly further comprising a hook shaped element and an elongated rod, the hook shaped element being securable to an arm of the upper U-shaped end, the biased element assembly being securable to the elongated rod, the elongated rod having ends which are received within an eye portion of respective spaced apart eyebolts, the eye bolts being securable to the upper surface of the upper platform member, thus securing the spring loaded foot mechanism to the upper platform member; and wherein in an unloaded condition, the upper U-shaped end of the spring loaded foot mechanism extends upwardly from and orthogonal to the upper surface of the upper platform member and the lower U-shaped end will lie generally parallel to the upper surface of the upper platform member; and wherein a loaded condition, the lower U-shaped end extends upwardly from and orthogonal to the upper surface of the upper platform member in a manner that the heel of the user's foot is engaged with the lower U-shaped end and a bottom of the user's foot is engaged with the now depressed upper U-shaped end.