US20120108370A1 - Bat safety restraint - Google Patents
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- US20120108370A1 US20120108370A1 US13/252,123 US201113252123A US2012108370A1 US 20120108370 A1 US20120108370 A1 US 20120108370A1 US 201113252123 A US201113252123 A US 201113252123A US 2012108370 A1 US2012108370 A1 US 2012108370A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B59/00—Bats, rackets, or the like, not covered by groups A63B49/00 - A63B57/00
- A63B59/50—Substantially rod-shaped bats for hitting a ball in the air, e.g. for baseball
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B2102/00—Application of clubs, bats, rackets or the like to the sporting activity ; particular sports involving the use of balls and clubs, bats, rackets, or the like
- A63B2102/18—Baseball, rounders or similar games
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
- A63B71/0054—Features for injury prevention on an apparatus, e.g. shock absorbers
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- This invention relates to the safety restraint in a baseball bat designed to prevent large parts of the bat from breaking off potently causing harm to surrounding people.
- a small diameter hole is drilled through the center of the bat through the entire length of the bat. This hole will be less than 0.25 inches in diameter to prevent from removing a significant amount of strength from the bat and to prevent any significant performance change of the bat.
- a safety cable or strong fiber ( 3 ) will be threaded through this hole and attached at the top and bottom to the end stops ( 2 ) to hold this cable or strong fiber in place.
- the cable or strong fiber must be snugly connected with no extra length. Added tension must be avoided to prevent a performance change in the bat.
- the bat safety restraint will keep all of the larger portions of a failed bat attached to the handle thus preventing them from leaving the failed bat and injuring other people in proximity.
- the larger pieces of a failed bat are the ones with significant mass to cause significant injuries.
- FIG. 1 shows the side view of a bat with the Bat Safety Restraint installed.
- FIG. 2 shows the top view of a bat with the Bat Safety Restraint installed.
- a preferred embodiment of the bat safety restraint is a small diameter hole drilled through the center of the bat through the entire length of the bat. This hole will be less than 0.25 inches in diameter to prevent from removing a significant amount of strength from the bat and to prevent any significant performance change of the bat.
- a safety cable or strong fiber ( 3 ) will be threaded through this hole and attached at the top and bottom to the end stops ( 2 ) to hold this cable or strong fiber in place.
Abstract
The bat safety restraint will keep all of the larger portions of a failed bat attached to the handle thus preventing them from leaving the failed bat and injuring other people in proximity to the failed bat. The larger pieces of a failed bat are the ones with significant mass to cause significant injuries.
Description
- This application claims the benefit of PPA Ser. No. 61/456,151 for the Baseball Bat Safety Device.
- 1. Field of Invention
- This invention relates to the safety restraint in a baseball bat designed to prevent large parts of the bat from breaking off potently causing harm to surrounding people.
- 2. Background of the Invention
- A small diameter hole is drilled through the center of the bat through the entire length of the bat. This hole will be less than 0.25 inches in diameter to prevent from removing a significant amount of strength from the bat and to prevent any significant performance change of the bat. A safety cable or strong fiber (3) will be threaded through this hole and attached at the top and bottom to the end stops (2) to hold this cable or strong fiber in place.
- The cable or strong fiber must be snugly connected with no extra length. Added tension must be avoided to prevent a performance change in the bat.
- Accordingly, several objects and advantages of the present invention are:
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- (a) to provide a means to keep all the larger parts attached in the event of a failure of the bat;
- (b) to prevent the larger parts of a failed bat from injuring people in proximity to the bat;
- Further advantages are to provide a low cost and simple solution to reduce the chances of injury from a failed bat.
- In accordance with the present invention the bat safety restraint will keep all of the larger portions of a failed bat attached to the handle thus preventing them from leaving the failed bat and injuring other people in proximity. The larger pieces of a failed bat are the ones with significant mass to cause significant injuries.
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FIG. 1 shows the side view of a bat with the Bat Safety Restraint installed. -
FIG. 2 shows the top view of a bat with the Bat Safety Restraint installed. -
- 1 the bat
- 2 end stops
- 3 the safety cable or fiber
- A preferred embodiment of the bat safety restraint is a small diameter hole drilled through the center of the bat through the entire length of the bat. This hole will be less than 0.25 inches in diameter to prevent from removing a significant amount of strength from the bat and to prevent any significant performance change of the bat. A safety cable or strong fiber (3) will be threaded through this hole and attached at the top and bottom to the end stops (2) to hold this cable or strong fiber in place.
- When a bat fails large portions with significant mass can break off and fly away from batter using the force developed by the swing. These pieces can be sharp and pose a danger to people in the proximity of the batter. The bat safety restraint keeps these larger portions attached to the handle. Larger portions will typically include a portion of the cross sectional area and remain connected to the bat safety restraint. (3)
Claims (1)
1. A bat safety restraint (3) passing axially through the center of a bat will keep the major pieces attached to the handle section during a failure of the bat (1).
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Cited By (2)
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US20170165545A1 (en) * | 2015-12-09 | 2017-06-15 | Jung-Shih Chang | Safety bat for striking balls or the like |
US10293228B1 (en) * | 2017-10-30 | 2019-05-21 | Robert Joseph Kaminsky, JR. | Wooden baseball bat |
Citations (9)
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US1603904A (en) * | 1926-04-13 | 1926-10-19 | Cohn Edward | Reenforced bat |
US1665195A (en) * | 1927-01-14 | 1928-04-03 | Cohn Edward | Reenforced safety bat |
US5165686A (en) * | 1990-12-18 | 1992-11-24 | Morgan Edward H | Wooden baseball bat |
US20020061796A1 (en) * | 2000-03-07 | 2002-05-23 | Jaime Rios | Bat structure |
US6767299B1 (en) * | 2003-07-09 | 2004-07-27 | Jung-Shih Chang | Wood baseball bat |
US20070072711A1 (en) * | 2005-09-29 | 2007-03-29 | Mallas Nicholas D | Baseball bat with reinforcement through a portion thereof and method for making same |
US7448971B1 (en) * | 2007-07-31 | 2008-11-11 | Leonard Smalley | Reinforced wooden baseball bat |
US20100081525A1 (en) * | 2008-09-29 | 2010-04-01 | Dobransky Gary E | Baseball bat |
US20100292035A1 (en) * | 2009-05-14 | 2010-11-18 | Tsung-Nien Huang | Safety baseball bat |
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US1603904A (en) * | 1926-04-13 | 1926-10-19 | Cohn Edward | Reenforced bat |
US1665195A (en) * | 1927-01-14 | 1928-04-03 | Cohn Edward | Reenforced safety bat |
US5165686A (en) * | 1990-12-18 | 1992-11-24 | Morgan Edward H | Wooden baseball bat |
US20020061796A1 (en) * | 2000-03-07 | 2002-05-23 | Jaime Rios | Bat structure |
US6767299B1 (en) * | 2003-07-09 | 2004-07-27 | Jung-Shih Chang | Wood baseball bat |
US20070072711A1 (en) * | 2005-09-29 | 2007-03-29 | Mallas Nicholas D | Baseball bat with reinforcement through a portion thereof and method for making same |
US7448971B1 (en) * | 2007-07-31 | 2008-11-11 | Leonard Smalley | Reinforced wooden baseball bat |
US20100081525A1 (en) * | 2008-09-29 | 2010-04-01 | Dobransky Gary E | Baseball bat |
US20100292035A1 (en) * | 2009-05-14 | 2010-11-18 | Tsung-Nien Huang | Safety baseball bat |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US20170165545A1 (en) * | 2015-12-09 | 2017-06-15 | Jung-Shih Chang | Safety bat for striking balls or the like |
US10293228B1 (en) * | 2017-10-30 | 2019-05-21 | Robert Joseph Kaminsky, JR. | Wooden baseball bat |
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