Bat carrier and protector
OwnerMichael Phillip Alasinventor
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Abstract
A single bat carrier that can be used conveniently in a baseball or softball game to carry and transport a user's bat is disclosed in the present invention. The single bat carrier comprises a bat bag made of Denier nylon with a closed bottom end, a heavy-duty plastic tube inserted into the bat bag to prevent any damage to the bat, a top end cap assembly with a hinge means that fastens to the plastic tube to cover the top opening, a zipper for connecting the end cap and the nylon bat bag, another end cap glued to the bottom side of the plastic tube to hold the bat, a plurality of nylon straps for carrying purposes and for holding a baseball or softball glove, and a snap hook for fastening the single bat carrier to a fence.
Claims14
A single bat carrier for storing and transporting a baseball or softball bat, comprising;
- an oblong, tubular bat bag having a tubular main portion, a circular closed bottom portion, and a top end portion forming a cap that can be opened and closed with a sealing means and a hinge mechanism to maintain contact between the top cap end and rest of the bag;
- a heavy-duty cylindrical tube having approximately the same dimensions as the tubular bat bag, inserted inside the bat bag, with a bottom end cap permanently attached to the tube, and a removable top end cap disposed inside the top cap of the bat bag forming a top end cap assembly;
- a disk of impact reducing material, equal in diameter to the heavy-duty cylindrical tube disposed inside the heavy-duty tube at the junction of the bottom end of the tube and the bottom end cap;
- a means for securing the top end cap assembly to the top end of the tube, and a hinge mechanism to maintain contact between the top end cap assembly and the tube when the top end cap assembly is open;
- an adjustable shoulder strap attached to the side of the outer surface of the bat bag;
- a smaller strap disposed adjacent to the shoulder strap to accommodate a key ring, and an attachment means for hanging the bat carrier from a support such as a chain link fence;
- a third strap attached to the opposite side of the bat bag with a snap closure used for holding a baseball or softball glove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.