ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,610, issued on March 18.
"Ball swing training system" was invented by Stephen Rocco (Pond Eddy, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball swing training system includes a training device having a swing assembly carried by a support assembly. The swing assembly may include a bracket, which may be C-shaped, carrying one or more pairs of elastically deformable, resistance pads. The pads may be elastically biased to a rest position in which the pads are oriented towards one another with respective front sides of the pads providing a striking surface. From the rest position, the pads may be elastically deformed by a hand-operated bat im...