Mass Distributive Bat For Sports

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to wooden bats that are used to play baseball, softball, or other games that require a player to strike a pitched ball. The invention relates more specifically to a mass distributive wooden bat wherein the mass of the barrel is evenly distributed between the distal end and proximal end, creating a larger sweet spot that is more forgiving of miss hits. The mass distributive design baseball bat generally includes taking the general shape of a traditional baseball bat that typically is of a tapered design where the thickest portion is near the distal portion of the bat with varying degrees of taper toward the handle and redistributing the mass such that there is a thicker area more toward the handle while leaving the diameter of the effective hitting zone and distal portion of the bat approximately the same as that of a traditional baseball bat.

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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 312,480 filed on Mar. 10, 2010, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates generally to wooden bats that are used to play baseball, softball, or other games that require a player to strike a pitched ball with a round wooden stick. The invention related more specifically to a mass distributive wooden bat wherein the mass of the bat barrel is evenly distributed between the distal end and proximal end of the bat barrel, creating a larger effective hitting zone and sweet spot that is more forgiving of miss hits.[0004]2. Description of Related Art[0005]A traditional baseball bat is a smooth, round stick continuously tapered along its longitudinal axis. The barrel is the thick part of the bat, where the bat is meant to hit the ball. The barrel n...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]The need to have a baseball bat that can provide batters higher probability of hitting the ball on the sweet spot while maintaining high swing speed is achieved according to the principle of the present invention solely by redistributing the mass of the bat along the bat barrel without artificial or outside weighting. The mass distributive baseball bat of the present invention meets the major league baseball bat requirement.

[0010]An object is to provide a mass distributive design baseball bat that distributes the mass of the bat between the distal end of barrel and the proximal end of barrel thus enlarging the sweet spot.

[0011]Another object is to provide a mass distributive design baseball bat that expands the sweet spot making a pitched ball more likely to be sharply struck thus increasing the chances of a base hit.

[0012]Another object is to provide a mass distributive design baseball bat that distributes the mass in such a way that even if a pitched ball does not strike on the sweet spot, it will still be struck more sharply than a traditional baseball bat design, thus increasing the likelihood of a base hit.

[0019]The best use of the mass distributive design baseball bat is to strike a pitched ball. Its design is such that the mass is distributed more evenly across the effective hitting zone allowing a larger effective hitting area than a traditional baseball bat. The effective hitting area of a traditional baseball bat is rather small and miss hits do not rebound off the bat sharply. The mass distributive design creates a larger sweet spot, thus increasing the rebound of a miss hit baseball. This is accomplished by having a larger diameter at the distal barrel followed by a smaller diameter effective hitting zone followed by a larger diameter proximal barrel mass creating a larger sweet spot for allowing miss hits to be more sharply struck while maintaining the overall weight and feel of a traditional baseball bat. The bat is used the same as a traditional baseball bat with the batter grasping the bat handle with his hands and attempts to hit a pitched ball. Like a traditional bat there is a knob at the end that helps prevent the bat from slipping out of the batters hands.

Problems solved by technology

However, a bat of maximum diameter usually means a slower swing speed due to heavy weight of a wide diameter bat.

Therefore, the aforementioned patents and publication are not compliant with the regulation.

Because the diameter of the impact portion starts to decrease from the distal end of the bat until reaching the sweet spot and then starts to increase until it returns to the original size at the end of the impact portion, the sloping surface around the sweet spot makes it difficult to control the striking direction.

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