US 12,134,017 B2
Bat-and-ball swing training platform
Stuart Cameron Slakey, Sherman, TX (US)
Assigned to Home Run Pro, LLC, Sherman, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/420,638
Filed by HOME RUN PRO, LLC., Sherman, TX (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/068816
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/142392, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,241, filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0088453 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 102/18 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 69/0002 (2013.01) [A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A63B 2069/0008 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0625 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0655 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0694 (2013.01); A63B 2102/18 (2015.10); A63B 2102/182 (2015.10); A63B 2210/50 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01); A63B 2225/09 (2013.01); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bat-and-ball swing training platform (STP) apparatus, comprising:
a center frame coupled to a front panel and to a rear panel to create an STP base;
a rotational platform coupled to the center frame and accessible through the front panel for rotationally supporting a user's foot;
two balance beam panels, wherein pockets defined by the center frame are configured for retention of the two balance beam panels fully within the STP base; and
a balance beam engagement slot used to couple one balance beam panel of the two balance beam panels to the STP base with a first interlocking member configured on a first end of the one balance beam panel, wherein the one balance beam is configured on a second end with an interlock slot to couple with a second interlocking member configured on an end of a second balance beam panel of the two balance beam panels, and wherein the two balance beam panels are coupled together linearly to create the balance beam.