Systems and methods for identifying tampered bats
AssigneePure Sports Technologies, LLC
InventorChristopher Osborne
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Abstract
A system for determining information associated a bat includes a bat having a handle, a barrel extending from the handle, and a cap connected to the barrel opposite the handle. The cap is connected to a first portion of a chip, and a second portion of the chip is connected to a portion of the bat other than the cap. A user device communicates with the chip on a network to receive the information associated with the bat or to receive second information used to obtain the information associated with the bat. The information associated with the bat may be whether the cap has been removed, which may identify whether the bat has been modified.
Claims22
A system for determining information associated a bat, the system comprising:
- a bat having a handle, a barrel extending from the handle, and a cap connected to the barrel opposite the handle, the cap being connected to a first portion of a chip, the chip having a second portion connected to a portion of the bat other than the cap;
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- a user device that communicates with the chip on a network to receive the information associated with the bat or to receive second information used to obtain the information associated with the bat.
A bat configured to provide information associated with the bat to a user, the bat comprising:
- a handle,
- a barrel extending from the handle,
- a cap connected to the barrel opposite the handle, and
- a chip having a first portion connected to the cap and a second portion connected to a portion of the bat other than the cap, the chip configured to communicate via a network to provide the information associated with the bat or to provide second information used to obtain the information associated with the bat.
A bat configured to identify whether a cap of the bat has been removed, the bat comprising:
- a handle,
- a barrel extending from the handle and including a hollow chamber,
- the cap partially inserted into the hollow chamber of the barrel opposite the handle, and
- a chip having a first portion connected to the cap and a second portion connected to an inner surface of the barrel, the chip being deformed when the cap has been removed from the bat, the chip configured to provide a signal on the network that identifies whether the cap has been removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.