Base Pad Having Touch Sensing Capabilities

摘要

An advanced baseball training base pad for repetitive teaching of proper base running is disclosed. Generally, the optimum pace to contact a base while rounding bases is the inside corner; therefore, sensors configured to the base pad provide indication/feedback to a user as to the part of the base pad being contacted. Alternative embodiments are provided showing different configurations of sensor arrays and multiple base pad portions that can be contacted by a base runner.

主权项

1. A baseball base pad comprising:
a quadrilateral substrate being a quadrilateral in a top aspect; a plurality of sensors configured to the rectangular substrate; an upper base pad area configured on top of the quadrilateral substrate and substantially in the same footprint, wherein the sensors provide indication as to a specific area of the base pad being contacted during a base running event.