Baseball/softball batting tee

Abstract

A batting tee for baseball and softball; adjustable depending on the size and age of the individual player; safer to use; portable; and allowing intensive training is essentially comprised of an “L”-shaped tee, a telescoping and fordable leg and serving unit; linking unit is disposed between the telescoping leg and the serving unit; or a column made of resilient material to hold the ball being directly inserted onto the serving unit; and a ball feeder connected to the linking unit being externally inserted to the serving unit.

1 . A baseball/softball batting tee made of hollow pipes in an “L” shape including a vertical section and a lateral section to respectively accommodate a retractable ball bearing ring and a telescoping leg adapted with a pedal; both of the pedal and the lateral section of the tee being connected to each other in series by means of a linking lever; the telescoping leg being mounted externally to the vertical section of the tee; a serving unit including an elevation column accommodated in a sleeve provided on the inner side of the vertical section of the tee; an elastic member being provided at where appropriate inside the elevation column; one end of the elastic member being connected to one end of the sleeve; a slot being disposed one end of the elevation column that is exposed out of the sleeve; and a triggering plate being disposed on the other end of the elevation column to hold against the other end of the sleeve or the linking lever.  
   
   
       2 . The baseball/softball batting tee of  claim 1 , wherein an insertion tube is further disposed externally to the vertical section of the tee to receive insertion by a ball feeder serving unit; a chute to guide ball extends from a base of the feeder and a locking post being disposed on the lower edge of the base; a locking ring is separately provided to the outlet of the ball guide chute at where in relation to the retractable ball bearing ring; the ball guide chute contains an elastic member and externally connected with a support rod; and a pull rod is disposed between the support rod and the triggering plate.  
   
   
       3 . The baseball/softball batting tee of  claim 1 , wherein a column made of resilient material to hold the ball is directly inserted onto the serving unit.  
   
   
       4 . The baseball/softball batting tee of  claim 1 , wherein a one-way ratchet is provided to a designated location on the vertical section of the tee; a prefabricated row gear is disposed to the elevation column; a connection arm is axially provided to the ratchet; the ratchet is engaged with the row gear; a free end of the connection arm is suspended with a weight to promote the connection arm to swing downward by the inherited mass of the weight to link the ratchet to engage the row gear of the elevation column to descend the elevation column until the triggering plate is retained by the linking lever; and the trouble and inconvenience in controlling the descending of the elevation column by manual force to step on the pedal are eliminated.