Patents by Inventor Roger Socci

Roger Socci 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).

  • Baseball batting aid
    Patent number: 5713804
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a device for aiding the teaching and training techniques for hitting a baseball consisting of, a shirt to which is installed a flexible magnet within a tunnel to form a magnetic track which runs from the right front shoulder to the left front shoulder in an elliptical fashion; a baseball batting helmet with a chin strap attached thereto containing a magnetic sensor which contacts the magnetic track continuously as it travels from the right shoulder to the left shoulder as the batter swings at the ball; an alarm which notifies the batter of his position when he swings at the ball; an electrical power supply and means for connecting the power supply to the alarm and the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Roger D. Socci
    Inventors: Roger Socci, Albert V. Yannella, Thomas J. Dellipoali, Stanley C. Wykowski
  • Baseball batting aid for detecting motion of head in more than one axis of motion
    Patent number: 5447305
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a training device which can be worn by a user to teach the correct body position when hitting a baseball comprising: an adjustable sensing mechanism fitted on the batter's helmet to sense the movement in three mutually perpendicular axes of the batter's head in relation to his shoulder during a swing; an audible sound device connected to the sensing mechanism to alert the batter when his head is not correctly positioned in relation to his shoulders during the swing; and an electrical power supply integrated with the sensing mechanism and said audible device and wherein said electrical power supply has sufficient voltage to activate the audible device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Creative Sports Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Socci, Mark A. Lacko
  • Baseball batting aid
    Patent number: 5380001
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a training device which can be worn by a user to teach the correct body position when hitting a baseball comprising: an adjustable sensing mechanism fitted on the batters helmet to sense the vertical movement of the batters's head in relation to his shoulder during a swing; an audible sound device connected to the sensing mechanism to alert the batter when his head is not correctly positioned in relation to his shoulders during the swing; and an electrical power supply integrated with the sensing mechanism and said audible device and wherein said electrical power supply has sufficient voltage to activate the audible device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Creative Sports Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Socci, Mark A. Lacko
  • Batting chin shoulder harness
    Patent number: 4826165
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a training device for hitting a baseball comprising a shoulder harness with a chin holder connected thereto in a manner to allow for movement of the chin holder on a plane from the right shoulder to the left shoulder in an elliptical fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Inventor: Roger Socci