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US 2003/0144089 A1Published application
Baseball practice bat
OwnerRichard Ryaninventor
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Abstract
A baseball practice bat has a movable handle portion disposed around a shaft between the barrel portion of the bat and the knob at the other end of the bat to provide sensual, visual, audible or electronic feedback to a practice hitter or coach as to proper hand and arm position while hitting a ball based on temporal feedback from the motion of the movable handle.
Claims17
A baseball practice bat, comprising:
- a) a shaft having a first end and a second end,
- b) a knob disposed at the first end of said shaft,
- c) a barrel disposed at the second end of said shaft,
- d) a movable handle located around said shaft between said barrel and said knob,
- e) said movable handle configured to translate along said shaft to provide indication of a correct baseball swing,
- f) wherein the motion of the movable handle toward the knob is sensed during the execution of a swing.
3 more elements
A kit for adapting a baseball bat to a practice bat, the kit comprising:
- a) a movable handle assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.