Bat for playing ball games
AssigneeLimpet Sports Management B.V.
InventorPaul Foortse
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Abstract
The plastics bat for playing ball games comprises a handle and a ball-striking head for striking resilient balls. The ball-striking head comprises a rigid outer ring frame integrally formed with the handle, a first discrete lattice structure comprising a semi-rigid single planar lattice element and an identical second discrete lattice structure comprising a semi rigid single planar lattice element. The lattice structures are securely connected to opposite sides of the frame so as to define ball-striking faces, respectively. The lattice structures define an unobstructed internal space between them. The ball-striking head has a lightweight monocoque construction wherein the lattice structures and the frame form a load-carrying outer skin surrounding the hollow internal space.
Claims8
A plastics bat including a handle and a ball-striking head for striking resilient balls, wherein the ball-striking head has a monocoque construction and further comprises:
- a first discrete unstressed plastic lattice structure defining a first ball-striking surface of the bat;
- a second discrete unstressed plastic lattice structure defining a second ball-striking surface of the bat;
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- at least one peripheral support structure, wherein the lattice structures are connected to opposite sides of the peripheral support structure at outer peripheral regions of the lattice structures in a spaced apart arrangement, wherein an internal space is defined between the first and second lattice structures absent of any load-bearing internal support structures, and wherein each of the first and second lattice structures are in the form of a double lattice comprising a pair of spaced planar lattice elements supported by internal struts.
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