Article: Florida Inventor Develops Batter Training Method

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17 -- William W Henning of Longboat Key, Fla., has developed a batter training and protection system and a method.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protector for protecting an infield area is provided with a plurality of indicia situated thereon or integrally formed therein to define a plurality of target areas, respectively. The indicia may comprise a plurality of material segments, a plurality of colors, patterns, graphics or the like in order to define the plurality of target areas at which a player may practice bunting a baseball."

The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,160,213 on Jan. 9.

The patent has been assigned to Aer-Flo Canvas ...

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