Batting pad for adjusting location of bat in batter's hand
AssigneePro-Hitter Corporation
InventorPhilip R LoMedico
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Abstract
A batting pad comprising a body made from a cushioning material and having a ring portion adapted to fit over a batter's thumb and an appendage to cushion the palm area between a batter's thumb and index finger. The appendage has a thickness T at its thickest point located between the first end and the distant end, and the thickness T of the appendage is selected to optimize an angle of a bat in the batter's hand relative to a line parallel to the batter's forearm, the angle being determined by the thickness T of the appendage displacing the bat toward the tip of the batter's index finger and causing the bat to contact the palm of the batter's hand near the batter's little finger.
Claims13
A batting pad device for aiding a batter in gripping and controlling a bat and for protecting a web area between a thumb and an index finger of a batter's hand, the device comprising:
- a body having an opening to be fitted over the thumb and an appendage to extend at least partially adjacent the web area;
- wherein the appendage is configured to have a first contact point and a second contact point between the bat and the hand such that the first contact point is adjacent to or distal to a proximal interphalangeal joint of the index finger and the second contact point is adjacent to or distal to an interphalangeal joint of the thumb;
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- wherein the appendage has an upper surface to contact the web area of the batter's hand, and a lower surface to contact the bat when the batter grips the bat, the upper surface having a radius of curvature of between about 30 mm and about 35 mm.
A batting pad device for aiding a batter in properly gripping and controlling a bat and for protecting a web area between a thumb and an index finger of a batter's hand, the device comprising:
- a body having an opening to be fit over the thumb and an appendage to extend at least partially adjacent the web area;
- wherein the appendage is configured to have a contact point between the bat and the hand such that the contact point is adjacent to or distal to a proximal interphalangeal joint of the index finger;
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- wherein the appendage has a lower surface to contact the bat when the batter grips the bat, the lower surface having a concave curvature having a radius of curvature of between about 60 mm and about 70 mm.
A batting pad device for aiding a batter in properly gripping and controlling a bat and for protecting a web area between a thumb and an index finger of a batter's hand, the device comprising:
- a body having an opening to fit over the thumb and an appendage to cushion the web area;
- wherein the appendage is configured to have a first contact point and a second contact point between the bat and the hand such that the first contact point is adjacent to or distal to a proximal interphalangeal joint of the index finger and the second contact point is adjacent to or distal to an interphalangeal joint of the thumb;
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- wherein the appendage has a length (N) and a thickness (T) such that a ratio of N/T is between about 1.81 and about 2.83.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.