Batting practice attachment for baseball bats
OwnerKenneth R. Haringainventor
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Abstract
An attachment for bats designed principally for use in batting practice, comprising a thin wall tube of rubber-like material of length approximating the length of the contact zone of the bat. In one embodiment, the tube is closed at one end with the closed end covering the end of the bat. An edge rim of greater thickness is present in one embodiment to protect the end from tearing and in other embodiments, raised patterns are present on the external surface of the tube.
Claims12
An attachment for the contact zone of baseball bats comprising an elongated tube of resilient rubber-like material have a normal diameter less than the outside diameter of the contact zone of the baseball bat and a wall thickness in the order of ⅛ inch or less.
An attachment for the contact zone and head region of baseball bats, comprising a tube of rubber-like material having one open end and one closed end;
- said tube having a normal inside diameter less than the outside diameter of the contact zone and head region of a bat and being of sufficient flexibility and thin wall to allow it to be stretched over the head of a bat and substantially cover the contact zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.