Bat with barrel pivot joint
AssigneeWilson Sporting Goods Co.
InventorsAdam G. Gray, James M. Earley
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Abstract
A ball bat configured for impacting a ball. The ball bat extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a bat frame and a pivot joint. The bat frame includes a handle portion coupled to a barrel portion. The barrel portions has a distal region. The pivot joint is coupled to the distal region of the barrel portion. The pivot joint movably supports the barrel portion relative to the longitudinal axis such that the distal region of the barrel portion may pivot towards and away from the longitudinal axis about the pivot joint.
Claims17
A ball bat configured for impacting a ball, the ball bat extending along a longitudinal axis, the bat comprising:
- a bat frame including a handle portion coupled to a barrel portion, the barrel portion having a distal region;
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- a pivot joint coupled to the distal region of the barrel portion, the pivot joint movably supporting the barrel portion relative to the longitudinal axis such that the distal region of the barrel portion may pivot towards and away from the longitudinal axis about the pivot joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.