ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,060, issued on Sept. 1.

"Portable batting traing device that is reversibly attachable to a fence" was invented by Alan Hewitt (Orangevale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baseball or softball batting training device that is portable as it can be broken down into a small and neat bundle and also reversibly attachable to a fence as it may be attached to a fence for use with batting training and then removed from the fence after batting training is done. The batting training device does not require its own stand or base which allows the batting training device to be extremely portable. The batting training device includes: a col...