Training bat
AssigneeAxis Sports
InventorLouis A. LeDoux
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Abstract
A bat configured to improve batting skills during practice and training. The bat includes a body extending between first and second ends of the bat and including opposed first and second ball-contacting surfaces and first and second cutout portions of the bat body formed along a length thereof and forming a wedge therebetween. The wedge extends between the first and second ball-contacting surfaces. The cutout portions include respective flat machined surfaces forming opposing sides of the wedge. The bat body defines a longitudinal axis, and the wedge is formed such that the flat machined surfaces each form an acute angle with an imaginary reference line that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
Claims19
A bat comprising:
- a first end having a handle portion;
- a second end opposite the first end;
- a bat body extending between first and second ends and includes a longitudinal axis
- a first ball-hitting surface and a second ball-hitting surface are positioned on opposite sides of the bat body from each other along the longitudinal axis of the bat body located proximal to the second end, and are separated by a first recessed cut-out (1RCO) portion and a second recessed cut-out (2RCO) portion which are positioned on opposite sides of the bat body from each other;
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- a total length of a circumference of the bat body located proximal to the second end is equal to a sum of arcs including, a length of an arc of R1 for the first ball-hitting surface, a length of an arc of 1RCO portion, a length of an arc of R2 for the second ball-hitting surface, and a length of an arc of 2RCO portion,
- wherein the arc length of R1 is less than the arc length of R2, such that an amount of a difference that the arc length of R1 is less than the arc length of R2 is determined based upon a length of a diameter of the bat body and a length of a barrel of the bat body.
A training bat comprising:
- a first end having a handle portion;
- a second end opposite the first end;
- a bat body extending between first and second ends and includes a longitudinal axis;
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- a first ball-hitting surface and a second ball-hitting surface are positioned on opposite sides of the bat body from each other along the longitudinal axis of the bat body located proximal to the second end, and are separated by a first recessed cutout (1RCO) portion and a second recessed cutout (2RCO) portion having at least one flat machined surface,
- wherein the first ball-hitting surface has a length of an arc of R1 that is less than the second ball-hitting surface having a length of an arc of R2 that is along a circumference of the bat body located proximal to the second end.
A multi-user bat comprising:
- a first end having a handle portion;
- a second end opposite the first end;
- a bat body extending between first and second ends and includes a longitudinal axis;
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- a first ball-hitting surface and a second ball-hitting surface positioned along the longitudinal axis of the bat body located proximal to the second end, and separated by a first recessed cut-out (1RCO) portion and a second recessed cut-out (2RCO) portion which are positioned on opposite sides of the bat body from each other,
- wherein the first ball-hitting surface has a length of an arc of R1 that is less than the second ball-hitting surface having a length of an arc of R2 that is along a circumference of the bat body located proximal to the second end;
- wherein the 1RCO portion includes a first flat machined surface forming a first acute angle with a first imaginary reference line that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis that is connected to at least surface, and the 2RCO portion includes a second flat machined surface forming a second acute angle to a second imaginary reference line that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis that is connected to at least surface, and
- wherein the first and second flat machined surfaces are separated from each other by the arc length of R1 that corresponds to the first ball-hitting surface and the arc length of R2 that corresponds to the second ball-hitting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.