Abstract: A training aid for a batter, which can include a barrel, a handle, and a connection assembly, wherein the connection assembly can be configured to allow the barrel to pivot to form an angle of one hundred eighty degrees between the barrel and the handle when a batter uses proper swing mechanics. The connection assembly can be configured to allow the barrel to pivot to form an angle different than one hundred eighty degrees between the barrel and the handle when a batter swings with improper swing mechanics, such as a “flying lead elbow”, “casting”, a “wrap swing”, a “hitch”, or “barring out”.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2011
Date of Patent:
July 23, 2013
Assignee:
Training Bat, LLC
Inventors:
Craig Alan Biggio, Matthew Paul Hicks, Blaine Stephen LaFleur, Paul Buckley Hicks