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US 12,172,061 B2Granted
Shaped pre-preg composite layer bat
AssigneeMonsta Athletics, LLC
InventorCarl Pegnatori
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Abstract
A composite barrel layer for a bat including a fiber pre-preg layer with repetitive folds generally forming part triangle shapes incorporated into a fiber reinforced composite layer of the barrel portion of the bat.
Claims7
A bat comprising:
- a handle portion configured to be grasped by a player, a tapered section and a barrel, wherein the barrel includes at least one layer formed from a shaped pre-preg fiber reinforced composite having a fiber sheet formed into a plurality of repeating folds defining upright and inverted part-triangle shapes, wherein a base of the inverted part triangular shape overlaps each of the sides of the inverted part triangle shape and a portion of a base of the upright part triangle shape whereby the plurality of repeating folds of the pre-preg radially overlap three times over at least one-half of the axial length of the barrel.
A bat comprising:
- a handle portion configured to be grasped by a player, a tapered section and a barrel, wherein the barrel includes at least one layer formed from a shaped pre-preg fiber reinforced composite having a fiber sheet formed into a plurality of repeating folds defining upright and inverted part-triangle shapes, wherein a base of the inverted part triangular shape overlaps each of the sides of the inverted part triangle shape and a portion of a base of the upright part triangle shape whereby the plurality of repeating folds of the pre-preg radially overlap three times and the overlapped sections cover between one-half to all of the axial length of the barrel of the bat.
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