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US 5,676,610 AGranted
Bat having a rolled sheet inserted into the barrel
AssigneeHillerich & Bradsby Co.
InventorsDhananjay D. Bhatt, Thomas R. Harris, Jr.
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Abstract
A bat having a rolled sheet inserted into the barrel of the bat. Preferably the insert is of spring steel and has a width greater than the inside circumference of the bat barrel so that the edges of the insert overlap within the barrel. The insert provides a trampoline effect to the bat that a single wall bat without insert will not have.
Claims19
A bat, comprising:
- a barrel and a handle, said barrel and said handle having a tapered portion therebetween;
- said barrel having an inside circumference;
- a flat sheet insert, said insert having a length and a width, said insert being rolled and received within said barrel, said insert engaging said barrel along said length, said width having a value greater than said barrel inside circumference.
A bat, comprising:
- a barrel and a handle, said barrel and said handle having a tapered portion therebetween;
- said barrel having an inside diameter and an inside circumference;
- a flat sheet insert, said insert having a length and a width, said insert being rolled to a first diameter and being received within said barrel, said first diameter being less than said barrel inside diameter, said insert being expanded to engage said barrel along said length and having an outside diameter equal said barrel inside diameter, said width having a value greater than said barrel inside circumference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.