Object striking implement vibration dramping
AssigneeJas. D. Easton, Inc.
InventorsJon Hebreo, Dewey Chauvin, Ian Montgomery
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Abstract
Vibrations in the tubular handle of an object striking implement such as a hand tool or ball bat are damped by a vibration damper having a support portion positioned in and engaged with the handle. The vibration damper also has a resilient second portion which cushions contact of the damper with the handle wall and which moves inwardly of the handle in a direction generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the handle.
Claims39
An object striking implement having a tubular handle, an object striking portion affixed to said handle and a resilient vibration damper having a first portion positioned in and engaged with said handle, said vibration damper having an undistorted shape and a distorted shape which differs from said undistorted shape when said damper is positioned in said handle, said damper having a second portion free to vibrate inwardly of said handle in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of said handle, said first portion being distorted and axially spaced from said second portion.
An object striking implement having a tubular handle, an object striking portion and a resilient vibration damper having a first portion positioned in and engaged with said handle, said vibration damper having an undistorted shape and a distorted shape when said damper is positioned in said handle which differs from said undistorted shape, said damper having elongate second and third portions each having an end free to flex in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of said handle, said first portion being axially positioned between and spaced from said second and said third portions.
An object striking implement having a tubular handle having an enlarged portion, an object striking portion affixed to said handle and a resilient vibration damper having a first portion positioned in and engaged with said handle, said vibration damper having an undistorted shape and a distorted shape which, when said damper is positioned in said handle, differs from said undistorted shape, said damper having a second portion free to flex in said enlarged portion of said handle in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of said handle, said first portion being axially spaced from said second portion.
An object striking implement having a tubular handle, an object striking portion affixed to said handle and a vibration damper having a support portion affixed in said handle and a resilient damping portion flexibly connected to said support portion, said damping portion being arcuately moveable inwardly of said handle in a direction generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of said handle, said damping portion being compressible to cushion contact of said damping portion with said handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.