Claims
- 1. A mounting frame for a combination baseball/softball pitching machine, said frame having a front portion and a rear portion and including:an upper plate on which a baseball pitching machine is pivotally mounted to the front portion of said frame; a lower plate on which a softball pitching machine is pivotally mounted to the front portion of said frame; means for connecting said upper plate to said lower plate so that both pitching machines move in an integral manner; and means for causing said upper and lower plate to both pitching machines to pivot in an integral manner in response to a signal received from a control box.
- 2. The mounting frame of claim 1, wherein said means for causing comprises a liner actuator adapted to raise and lower the rear portion of both plates in response to a signal received from a control box.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/776,659 filed on Feb. 5, 2001 for “Ball Throwing Machine & Method for Profiling Pitches,” now U.S. Pat. No. 6,546,924, which, in turn is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/259,722 filed on Mar. 1, 1999 for “Ball-Throwing Machine” and which subsequently issued on Feb. 6, 2001 as U.S. Letters Pat. No. 6,182,649.
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