2 1,685,428 The plate 21 is forme(I with a tongiie 21' insei-t.Lble under the l@.eeper c to fixedly -vet ren-iova-bly attich the pitcher @uo tlle b(,@i-d and wbereby the body poi-t-,'on of 1) is held stationary. The batter 30 is stil)po@ted ii-i, ti@pri,(-Iii po,,,ition by aii. angle plate 31 of identicall,,@ tlie san-ie constriietion as the sLipportii@@'pl',,L @te' for the I)itcher and a similar stii@l 32 pi,ol 'ects, 10 otitivardlv fi-om the ve'r@tic@al ex't6n'@ion 0"T I)Iate ,tnd,has coiled tliereoi-i a sl)i,iiio, 33,@t-lie onv(,r eiad of,.)v@iiieh'is connec d, to, ip, 3, t, a@l. 4. o'ii tl@c,'I'ono,itudinai' exte'ii I sion of t]-ie plate.Aii a@rli@t 35 is iyiotintect on the sttid 32 tnd tlio llf,)])Cl' of' t---e plate 33 fs connected tliei-eto@.@ t@,t@lie lipi)el. fio-i-izont"tl.extensioii 36, OT, tli6 ai-iii 3r@ i's t tu'biil'ar elei-nent 37 tidai)te(l, f6l. tllg, receptio'n of the hanclle ci@(t of a b,4t 3 . c -ie'iil)pei- I)ai-t of th i@ cor(I 39 is atta lied to il 0 20 ai-i-a 35 alid ivh@,h the s@ilile is i:)ulled,'tl@e ai'ni C, Y@ng bat 38 is iii6v6d. i@h(-,n'rele,,is6d, the sp@in(y @13 fiinefi'ons' o rettivil it'fo l@s noi@niil l@osition B'y me',tiis of the co'rd @,it 38 is os25 cillated or Sl@UR07 tO o-of a line on tll'e ball -cl'eI Z, @ I',, . I iii,ei-ed' f@om t'l@e @ifeli(,,r a',n(,-l the ol@ei-at i O' upol'i o-etti@o- tlie' pi@o'per' focus on the b@ll, 'I c,'ase@ the cord.and@ the bat, i,-, s)i,uli(r, in aii encle.t'N@@or to @@it,the ball' in iii-iitation of- tli(@ bat,fin(- ino'N-einent eiiiploye(.1 in tlie orcl'i'na,ry gam6 'ofb-,iseball. I .1.'l e, oscillatiii& aril'is 24 a nd 35 cai,i,vl'iio' t,lie aj@d,bat'tii-e yi,elcl,.Ibl'y inaintaiii ec, in tiiejr noL riiial'l)osition' as stated, by thci st)i-iri 25 tiid 33 and il@e oscillati@g inoieilioiit ill botli'directi'oiis is'liinited by nieaii@ of the stop PI-O.Jectiolis 4'0 an(f -4'1 foi,iiied ozi the upper curve'd edge, of ,ing@e pl,,it6s 21 anc--l 81'. 40 ! T@e 31 is formecl, witl@ a tongtie 31' ei L,, ' --eabl'e ivit@ tli(, i_,a, a to bold the @-6d@ portion oi': tlie I)ilttter -,tationai-y. The -nen 42 ai@e dtil)licites and a de7 script@o-n o-f olle -Nvill stiffice. E4acli basemaii 45 i@q @)tlt of slieet inetal- and'is forinect ivitli t I)ase stil)porti iiv,- fladge d 3 I)y ii:ielus of i,@hicli it is stil)ported in positio.,i it the prol)er b,ise. Ill ilie ol)eration' of the invejition, the cio I)iteli(,r battei! alid,.the ball intei,eel)tino- devl(!e II,c, stitionarily aflixe(I to' the bolird I)V tli(, toiigues on tli6ir i@espectii,e bo('1@ I)oi-tions@ Nvitli their 1-clated@ Iceel)ei-s. the toii!,),tie@ tind tliLis .iffoi-din,,@ i iiieans 55 tllese moi-hbei-s ivill I)e seciii-ely helcl aafi,i 0 1 ,, nst i-rioveii-i(,,n,t i-ef,,itively t tl c boar(l. The bisei-rien pieces are. 16osely set, in pl,,ice on the boai.@rl'in tlieii, i,esl)e@ctii,o i)osi@iO,.IS bein@o, tinattaci.ie(.1 to the b6ard so that tl-iey iflav 60 tof)ple, oner in event they stioiil(l@ be strucl'c ,lie b 11 ivitli quel-i force or in stieli man, %vith i a ner as to iipset tlic@m dilriii(Y coui-,,,e of the pl@y. One of the (Yaine t(ilies a position, to ni a'niptilate the cor(]7fo'r'actuiting: the I)iteliet, 35 aiid the otlier I)I@yer is positi6ned t'o maniptilate the cord for actuating the batter. In playing the ga.i@ie, a ball. is placecl iii the ,in(t, is pr ojeefect,to@v@@rcl-@the batteiby retractin(,y the trm 24 in opposition to the sprin(y 25 by pullili- on the cord 29 and thOT, 70 stiddeill-V i,'e,l'ea'sin"' @'tli@-c6rcl so ,is t6 cause the spri@g 25 to axvtn(-e the arm and tlierel)y ti@@e@ ball on the ariii impacting against TI the stop 40. .-io, b.-Lttin(y player then encte'a@iors to cause' i,he bdt 38 to strike the ball, 75 )Yli ich is off ected, by ieti@acting,,the ariii 35;. in 6sition io t opl) lie Si@i,iiigt li@g 6ii. ilie coi-ct 30 llii@d' @Li@@doi@,ly desci-ib(,cl. 'if"fhe: b@ff i's tlitis'@ti-ticli:, it, lllft3, b(, consi(lei-ect eitfie@ 'a fa'ir b'',,tll 6r b@ll -aiue. C()rd'in i'o' fhe u@@ual i@ules of- ' t bas'e'' if b 11 strucl@ it'-v@iif tIl; 6@t-@ tilig 'I 0 to SC,ofe,'unfe@s'@t,@l i@tifd i@noelk 0 N7C' 11 'I @ sIIIL @t by i,n ivi@ich 6vent l@ woiild@ @e' 6iit. iii en,ent i-,I@e t,.t@ the b,,tll',i @ti-il,6 w'ould'b6e@iinie'@ l@ t@@e@ @af! ent'ei,ed tli@ 6i)eni 1(. in' t e ball 'i@@fei,6e (@ICIVICO., bti@ slioiiid ti -io b,@lf@'nii@s th@-openin, to' iiisiire t 6'b' T' tlie't@t stril@i'lio! 91) hi:lity, o . tli.' -b'all a@cl'al in's-u,re 't'iie @G.@ii:bein-g o e so, casionally 'd"ire6t6d @@@6ii' -'I'@ gli tie oi)enq,n iii 9 tli,., ball iiitere devi6i@, tl'i6' opening: iii el,)t tl-te latter tn'd tile@111)@ai @,r6,i@ositiori6(T,on the noi,ii-.ial line of ti-a'vet 'of fhe @@a,l.l @nclt fh@ b@ll i).-, id.ipell.ing ai-m 24 witli tlle' P661@'et @,8 ar@ ar'i,aii@, ,ed in stieli i@eltLti6n to tl@e@bat anc opening tliat. uiicler tIl-16 iii,6 o@ tl-ie@ sp.r@ng p@6l@6rli, tensioiied, the ball. ivill 61,.d,iiia@ily, t@ra@,erse a line @6f ti-a-Vef f6ading@to @li6 @- penitig in 'tl-.ie l@till ball inteiceptiiio, cle@Tice tn(t iA wl' C'h' t"lle; b isi intei@I)osed.t Afthou@li f liave herein illustrated a 'nd,cl-esci@ibo(l- oi7ly 6n@ @6rlll 'OT' app'ai-atus embodyiii,r)@ ii-iy iiii-.enf i(;n 'i't@ i's@ to @e ii'na6@'sf 66c!'@ti@@t I 0 b vai-iotis chtnffes ailct modifi ati'ons iijay e made tlie'ret'o" @'vitli'o'ut d@p@i,'ti'Tl-' , 'fr'o'm the SPII-lt,lll( scope 0 le ,I pp fti AVItat Ilelaim is:- 1. In a.'- ap'paratus,.a arcl,@ a I)itcher 110 gailie bo (,inbodyino- a 1)1,tt,e foi-m6d-.to"i-@pi,@@ent 'a minia bas6 b, 'p' a@ ' eper ture ill, la r , on sai-d ce board, a tongue on said, 1) ate geable with saicl Iceel)el.-io d'eta@li.,@b '(I' 13late sfati'oiiai-y on saicl@bot@@, swil . ng 115 ted oii said pl. recei ing ai-ii-i pi-@'o I)oclKet Y11olinted oii tlie, at,ii,i,l spi,ing. means f6i- actiiat@inlol- the t'6 tli,@ @ball fi!oni the said poeli@et, a co@d@ @aitaclied @to @ s@idi,arin ,tdaptedto l@e in@nually plill@eci i6 r'e'ira@,t',saii 1,-,o iriil ill 01)1)0.@it ion, to s,,tid @pi@in-'a-'nd. -a 'st @oll) on s'aid plat6 for Iiii,iitiiio@ f6r-@@a@i "' @ @ -@ @ d inoveiiierit of' said ai,m. 2. In a btse ))all @,yaii-le,,,tpl)at-attis,, a. board basome'Ti eaclii liai,in,,- @t si-ippo@ti@-@. Aaiige to 125 seat- I osely 6n s,,t'@@l botr(l',, h-; niecliani'cal 0 I)itclier iai7in(, ,i N, ei,ti6,@fly S NI'l@ig'@@4ng@@ I ariii ai:id a b-,ii.-i-eceivin- 1)@eic-et,co,nyle@e'ted tliei,eto, a sl)i-ijig. on, sai(I I)iteliei- opei-abl o @tdv'a'n'ce n s@lid c@ild c@ nectin(,@,,Il@it S,,ti@l' '' ill 130 ar

1,685,428 3 operable to effect, retraction of the arm in opposition to the spring, a inechanical batter, h,,tvincr an oscillating bat, a spring carrieci rancing said bat by said batter for adNa cord operable to retract the bat in opposition to the sp i.n-. ineans foi, intereeptlncr the ball r 'I; arr,tii(yed adjacent the batter, a series of keepers on said bo,,Ird and means on the I)itcher, batter and hall intereeptiiio, me,,ins detachablv and st,,ttionarily enageable witli said Iceep'- 10 -@e i@ositions. ers in their respecti In testiiiiony wliereof I have affixed i-ny sigiititui-e. MICHAEL J. LOWRY.

l @ 6 8 5 4 2 8 Patented Sept. 25, 1928. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.@ XICHAEL T. LOWRY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. TOY BASEBALL GA]GE. Application filed November 23, 1926. Serial No. 150,.238. The present invention relates to oaiiie apparatus and has for its pi-incil.Dal object the provisioiil Of an impi-oved appai-atus foj,- siiii-Lilating the oame of base b,,tll and which is n-ioi-e I)articuiarly adapted for use as an indoor or house gairie. The invention contemplates the - pi-ovislioii -lec of a iiL @ha,nical pi.tcliej- capable ol' c(@nveli'l.iii(r the ient inanual nitlli@ul@ition foi- deliv(, io ball in the direction of a batter aiid to pi-ovide a mechariical batter for iiianual - @ll@tniptilation to bat the ball dellvf-lrcd by the pitcher. Likewise, tliei-e is a device for inte@i-cepting the ball delivered b,y the pitelier wlien flie 15 b,atter fails to strike th,e ball, whei-el)y a strike indici,,t is aut6iiiatically exhibited. iii tll6 drawinys:- Fig. I is a perzective view of a (ianie apparatus embodying the novel features of the 20 prese:nt invention; Flo,,. 2 is a secti<).n on line 2--9 6f F'- I ilIt, - ltistr,t@tiii- the connection mealls for the scetions of the board; Fig. 3 is a section on Iiiie 3-'O' of Fi(y 1 il25 lusti-atincr 'the slipportin,,r iiieans foi- a, billintercepting device; Fi(y. 4 is an enlar-ed detail view of the pitelier ftndI)itcliing apparatus; Figs. 5 and 6 are side aiid rear detail vieavs 30 of the saiiie; Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are det,,til, front, side ,ind rear views of the batter illustratincy the b@itzn tino- a,pparatus; Fig. 10 is a vertical section of the bdll intereepting device; Fig. 11 is an:elevation of the saiiie Nvitli the strike indicium displai,ed; Fi@,),. 12 is a, pei-speefive @iow of t bqseiiian, illtisti-ating the supportint), niediiini of the ?-I ,4o saiiie. Like ebaracters of refellence iii(lic,,tte coi-responding pai-ts in eacli of the @(,vcral figtli-es of the drawintys. The al)parattis ineftides a pltyiiio- field oi15 bo,,trd, wliieli is preferal)ly foi-nied in t-,vo seetions 12 ,tnd 13, connected together by the iil)pe,r and lower plates 14 and 15, as cleai@ly illustrfited in Fig. 2. The board iiiay be covered witli soiiie stiit.5o able material, such as billiard cloth, aDd a n'li.niature diainond is iiiarked off on the elotli with the, bases defined ,is in the ordinai-y ball field. @ Mo-Linted on the board adjacent the lioliie 6.5 plate, rearward of the home plate and at the pitclier's box, ai-e keepel'S d@,signated at ct,, b 'T and c, respectivela, eaeb of wliiell el:iibo(.Iies It Itic@ttllic sti-ip tlie.ei-id poiltioiis of wliieh ai-e sectirecl to tl-ie board b.)7 rivets, oi- other stiittble fast(@iiiii@ys, ind the iiitermediate 1)6rtlons d of ivliieli, exteiid 1)lti-allel vtltli the I)o,,ird iii-,,,pace(I relation tliel-oto to foi-iri slots C, I,s shoai,n iii ri iy. At the of tlio lioitie tliei-e is 10- cated ,t bzlll clei,-ice stiitably 11- Itililin@itect. @ts illusti.@n,tect iii Fi@,. 11 aild'tli(, saii-ie coiiipiises t i-e(@tan(,,tilai, @lieet of itialt,i-iii 16, on ivhich is priiited oiotherwiso itli@tstilited, the simiilatioii of a playel- iii the ci-ouclied positioii foi@ catchi.n(,, q pitelied 1),Lll. ']'Iiis deal'ee AN711ile depictin a cttehei' fLtnC(r tions as ,iii urflpl'.re to indic,,tte "b,,tlls" tnd C4 strikes" accoi-din,,y to the iii,@tiinei- in i-vhicli,,t ball is deliverecl relatively t6 ihe hoill.C Pl',Lte. Tlle ii-ietal at ce-utral pti,t of the plate 16 is 7-1) staiiiped out to pi-ovide transvgrse openin(- zn tnd resiiltiiit of the staji:il)lng Opel-ation to pi-ovide tl-ie openiiig, an oblong piece of iiietal 17 is foi,l'fl@d and the said iiiettllie piece is connected to tlic, ij:iot,.Ll s'ileet 16 b3, a Iiincre 1.8 81) and pi@ovides a closure for the said ol)eiiing ,tdapted to open re,,tr@vai.dly of the iiiet,,tl shleet, The loaver end of the plate -16 is foriiied with a ton-tic 18' wlilch is iiiserttble under the keeper b to fi-,@:edly 3TOt ieiiioitabil, 8 attacli the plate .16 to the bolrd. A pitcher 19 is stainped otit of sli,@et iiietal aiid. lias it,@ lower end connected to the hopizojital e-xtension 20 of iii tngle plate 21, the A,ertical exteiision -)-9 of i-vhlch his coiii-ioct,e(I !)I thereto a StLid 23, oii, AAIiieh is r-u-tat,,tbl)7 ii-iolliit(@d an ariii -94, adal,)t,ed to be noriiial'iy lic@ld iii upright J)oSitioll 1) @T of a spi-1.11,@ eleiiieiit 2,@5, tlle llla,oj- poi-t'oi-i of ivli'cli .1 co]Jed aroliiicl tli.e sti,@cl 23. Tlie'loAvt@r eiid of the spi,iiao- coniiected to a 111) 26 ilpsti-i-ick froiii the hoi'izoi)t@Ll 1),,Li't 20 of tlic(Yle plate 21, iN,Iiile the upper eiid is I)eiit oi-cr to forn-i a hook 27. wliieli eno,,a-- (,,Os ovei- the ii)- iier lolio,-itu(Iini,l edoe of the 24. 1 0(y 9 'rlie iil)per end. of ai@iii 9-4 has to iii atiy :t l,)I,)i@opi,iate iiiannei-, a, @A,ire po(@Icet 28 tiidt cord 29 is @@onnected to the iriii a Itceiit its upper end. Bv I)Iacing a, 1),ill, st-,Cll is in ordina,rv iiiarble in tllc@ poclcet 2S and 10,@' pulling i-eai@NvnLl,dly oii the cor-,l 29 the I sl)i-inl-- 25 is tensione(I on the stucl, and itpon rele'ase of the cord, t -i(, ,tri-ii 24 ivill he pitebii @, be niaiilptllated to deliver the ball to the batter. 70