Patents Assigned to Funtec, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5492321
    Abstract: A practice device for enabling a batter to practice his batting skills as well as eye and hand coordination, comprising a relatively stiff, elongate tubular member with a handle located on one end, with the other end of the member being open and containing in its interior, an elongate, ball-supporting member. This ball-supporting member is slidably disposed in a telescopic manner in the interior of the tubular member, with a ball being tightly disposed on the outer end of the ball-supporting member. Advantageously, the ball-supporting member is readily movable between a compacted position in which most of its length is contained in the interior of the tubular member, and an extended position in which only a relatively small amount of the length of the ball-supporting member remains inside the tubular member. To assure the ball-supporting member remaining in the extended position during use, I utilize a locking collar, which can also be used to retain the ball-supporting member in the compacted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Funtec, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald J. Cipriano