Patents by Inventor H. Kenneth Lewis

H. Kenneth Lewis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for practicing pitching a baseball
    Patent number: 7762912
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for practicing pitching a baseball. The apparatus can be configured to receive pitches thrown into a specific designated area of the strike zone and to reject pitches not thrown to the specific designated area. The apparatus alters the position of the strike zone to compensate for the positioning of a catcher behind home plate. The apparatus more accurately identifies the strike zone, and areas outside the strike zone, to which a pitcher should practice throwing pitches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Zonein Sports, LLC
    Inventor: H. Kenneth Lewis
  • Titlable portable baseball tee with stowable handle and bucket retainer
    Publication number: 20090149279
    Abstract: A tiltable portable baseball tee unit is provided. The unit includes a base shaped to seat removably a bucket; includes a hitting tee assembly; and, includes a handle assembly. The base is mounted on a wheel-axle assembly such that the handle assembly can be used to tilt the base and hitting tee onto the axle and wheel and to pull the baseball tee to a desired location. The handle assembly and the hitting tee assembly can be folded into stored configurations to facilitate storage of the unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Sandra Kay Fischer, H. Kenneth Lewis