Bouncing practice net
A bouncing practice net is provided, including at least two plies of nets. The mesh size of the back ply is smaller or equal to the mesh size of the front ply, and both plies are arranged in an asymmetrical or interleaved manner, and are tightly stretched and attached inside a frame. The practice net can provide bouncing trajectory that is unpredictable to simulate the actual batting.
The present invention generally relates to a bouncing practice net for ball games, and more specifically to a practice net providing a non-deterministic bouncing direction.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
However, in the actual ball game, the trajectory of the batted ball is usually more complicated than the simulated trajectory available in the conventional practice net because the force, the direction and the location of the batting on the ball. As the conventional practice net uses a single layer net, the bouncing direction is usually predicable, as aforementioned. Although the part (a) indicated in
The present invention has been made to overcome the above-mentioned drawback of conventional practice net. The primary object of the present invention is to provide a practice net with a non-deterministic bouncing trajectory. The main feature of the practice net is a double-ply net so that the front ply of the net provides the force for bouncing, and the back ply of the net controls the direction of the bounce. Therefore, the trajectory of a bounced ball is sufficiently non-deterministic to simulate the actual batting for catching practice.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a double-ply net. The double-ply net can be made of nylon or other material with suitable elasticity and strength. The back ply of the net should have a mesh size smaller or equal to the mesh size of the front ply. In addition, the meshes of the front ply and the back ply are interleaved, instead of aligned and symmetric.
The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood from a careful reading of a detailed description provided herein below with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe present invention can be understood in more detail by reading the subsequent detailed description in conjunction with the examples and references made to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Practice net 2 of the present invention includes at least two plies of nets. The embodiment in
The meshes of nets 21, 22 are regularly shaped and arranged, as the square mesh shown in
In summary, the practice net of the present invention includes at least two plies of nets. The back ply of the net applies the reaction force to a point or a line on the ball to change the bouncing trajectory of the ball. The prevent invention can be applied in a variety of ball games for bouncing practice, and can be used with a variety of frame shapes.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details described thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
Claims
1. A bouncing practice net, comprising at least two plies of nets, a back ply of two said plies having mesh size no larger than mesh size of a front ply of two said plies, and said two plies of nets being arranged in an asymmetrical manner.
2. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mesh size of said back ply of net is equal to said mesh size of said front ply of net and said both plies of nets are arranged in an interleaved manner.
3. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mesh size of said back ply of net is smaller said mesh size of said front ply of net.
4. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said both plies of nets are arranged in an interleaved manner.
5. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said practice net comprises two plies of nets.
6. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mesh of said practice net has a regular shape and is arranged in a regular manner.
7. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 6, wherein said mesh shape is rectangular.
8. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 6, wherein said mesh shape is diamond.
9. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mesh of said practice net has irregular shape and are arranged in an irregular manner.
10. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said practice net is a two-dimensional structure.
11. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said practice net is a three-dimensional structure.
12. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 11, wherein said practice net is a reverse-Y shape three-dimensional structure.
13. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said practice net is applied to a frame for baseball game practice.
14. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said practice net is applied to a frame for softball game practice.
15. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said practice net is applied to a frame for soccer game practice.
16. The bouncing practice net as claimed in claim 1, wherein said practice net is attached to a frame using a plurality of buckles.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 25, 2005
Publication Date: Apr 26, 2007
Inventor: Grace Liao (Hsinchu City)
Application Number: 11/258,531
International Classification: A63B 63/00 (20060101);