Abstract: A portable apparatus for practicing batting that includes a frame, a net, and a ball. Each lower terminal end of the frame has a ball-engaging eye bolt. A pair of net-engaging uprights of the frame have a pair of tubes that are formed as one-piece therewith for ease of manufacture by eliminating a need for welding. Button fasteners replaceably maintain the members of the frame together for ease of fabrication and collapsing by eliminating a need for nuts and bolts. A second upper member of the frame has a plurality of ball-engaging blind bores. A lowermost terminal edge of the net drapes so as to prevent any balls from rolling thereunder while providing a dampening effect for the ball when hit thereagainst and is free as a result of the frame being void of a lower cross member for eliminating rebound of a ball that hits low on the net.

Abstract: A safety attachment, for use by a worker in preventing a fall from a beam having four parallel flanges and at least one flat surface extending between two of the flanges, comprising a first main member and a second main member. Each of the main members has a U-bend which extends around one of two opposite flanges. The main members each have a joining member extending across the flat surface. A clamp comprises two parallel members and a peak. The parallel members each have an upper hole and a lower hole. One of the joining members extends through both upper holes, and the other joining member extends through both lower holes. A tether is attached between the worker and the peak of the clamp. The safety attachment slides along the beam following the worker, with the beam flanges remaining trapped within the U-bends. If the worker accidentally fell from the beam, said worker's fall would be stopped by the tether.