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US780244A
US780244A US17533503A US1903175335A US780244A US 780244 A US780244 A US 780244A US 17533503 A US17533503 A US 17533503A US 1903175335 A US1903175335 A US 1903175335A US 780244 A US780244 A US 780244A
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    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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  • My invention relates to improvements in base-ball bats, and has for its object to provide a bat which will stand the shock of contact with a ball without splitting or breaking.
  • Another object is to provide a bat which is strengthenedin such manner that it will not interfere or mar the smooth surface.
  • Figure 1 is a side view of a base-ball bat embodying my invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, and
  • Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the flush surface of the bat with the strengthening means.
  • Base-ball bats as manufactured at the present time are often broken when a swiftlypitched ball is hit, and when this occurs a good hit is usually spoiled, and it sometimes happens that one of the players is injured by the broken end. It is to overcome these and other disadvantages thatI have devised a bat of the following construction.
  • I provide the ordinary bat l with a spiral groove 2, which is preferably semicircular in cross-section. This groove starts just above that portion of the bat used by the player as a handle and continues spirally around the same to a point about twothirds the length thereof. The space covered by this groove is where the bat is most likely to break in case of accident.
  • the strengthening means consisting, preferably, of a wire 3, flattened on one side, so as to be of the same cross-sectional shapeas the said groove.
  • This wire fits snugly within the groove and when in place presents a smooth continuous surface, so that the contour of the bat is not in the least spoiled.
  • Fastening means 4. (shown in the present instance as consisting of staples fitting snugly over the wire and driven even with the surface of the bat) are provided at each end of the wire to securely hold it in place.
  • a bat having a spiral groove cut therein extending continuously around it from a point near the handhold or grip toward the enlarged or bat end, and a strip of strengthening material tightly wound in the groove flush with the surface of the bat and fastened at its ends to the body of the bat to prevent the bat from splitting or breaking.
  • a base-ball bat havingagroove out therein and extending spirally around it, said groove having a half round strengthening means firmly seated in the groove, and flush with the surface of the bat, and means for fastening the ends of said strengthening means to the bat.

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No. 780,244. PATENTED JAN. 17, 1905. J. M. TRUESDELL' BASE BALL BAT APPLIUATION FILED 0(JT.1, 1903.
WITNESSE/i- @z/ZJQ i M wad/W IINTTED STATES Patented January 17, 1905.
PATENT OEEICE.
BASE-HALL BAT...
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,244, dated January 17, 1905.
Application filed October 1, 1903. Serial No. 175,835.
To all whom, 21/; 772/607] concern.-
Be it known that I, JosIArI M. TRUESD'ELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Base- Ball Bats, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in base-ball bats, and has for its object to provide a bat which will stand the shock of contact with a ball without splitting or breaking.
Another object is to provide a bat which is strengthenedin such manner that it will not interfere or mar the smooth surface.
With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts more fully explained hereinafter, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a base-ball bat embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the flush surface of the bat with the strengthening means.
Base-ball bats as manufactured at the present time are often broken when a swiftlypitched ball is hit, and when this occurs a good hit is usually spoiled, and it sometimes happens that one of the players is injured by the broken end. It is to overcome these and other disadvantages thatI have devised a bat of the following construction.
In carrying out my invention I provide the ordinary bat l with a spiral groove 2, which is preferably semicircular in cross-section. This groove starts just above that portion of the bat used by the player as a handle and continues spirally around the same to a point about twothirds the length thereof. The space covered by this groove is where the bat is most likely to break in case of accident.
Into the groove 2 I wind the strengthening means, consisting, preferably, of a wire 3, flattened on one side, so as to be of the same cross-sectional shapeas the said groove. This wire fits snugly within the groove and when in place presents a smooth continuous surface, so that the contour of the bat is not in the least spoiled.
Fastening means 4. (shown in the present instance as consisting of staples fitting snugly over the wire and driven even with the surface of the bat) are provided at each end of the wire to securely hold it in place.
It will be understood that I may employ any other suitable winding material in place of the wire shown, and I do not limit myself to wire. Other minor changes may also be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.
Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A bat having a spiral groove cut therein extending continuously around it from a point near the handhold or grip toward the enlarged or bat end, and a strip of strengthening material tightly wound in the groove flush with the surface of the bat and fastened at its ends to the body of the bat to prevent the bat from splitting or breaking.
2. A base-ball bat havingagroove out therein and extending spirally around it, said groove having a half round strengthening means firmly seated in the groove, and flush with the surface of the bat, and means for fastening the ends of said strengthening means to the bat.
In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
JOSIAH M. TRUESDELL.
Witnesses:
A. K. SMITH, D. WVEBs'rER, Jr.
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US2897626A (en) * 1955-12-05 1959-08-04 Charles W Buller Fish hook disgorgers
US3598410A (en) * 1969-02-11 1971-08-10 Darrell L Offe Filament wound structure and method of making same
US5042805A (en) * 1990-01-06 1991-08-27 Nisso Ltd. Sports implements with a long handle or portion
US5088733A (en) * 1988-04-01 1992-02-18 Barnea Jeffrey M Baseball bat with oval handle
US5131651A (en) * 1991-05-13 1992-07-21 You Chin San Ball bat
US5165686A (en) * 1990-12-18 1992-11-24 Morgan Edward H Wooden baseball bat
US5605325A (en) * 1993-07-30 1997-02-25 Haringa; Kenneth R. Batting practice attachment for baseball bats
US6238309B1 (en) 1999-07-19 2001-05-29 Joe M. Sample Break resistant ball bat
US7448971B1 (en) * 2007-07-31 2008-11-11 Leonard Smalley Reinforced wooden baseball bat
US20090131206A1 (en) * 2007-11-15 2009-05-21 Leinert Bruce R Baseball bat
US20090312126A1 (en) * 2008-06-16 2009-12-17 Giuseppe Totino Reinforced baseball bat
US20130045823A1 (en) * 2011-02-16 2013-02-21 Robert Earl Sublett, SR. Reinforced Wooden Baseball Bat and Method
US8591357B1 (en) * 2011-01-24 2013-11-26 Frederick Roy Bonds Helix wood baseball bat
US9415284B1 (en) 2015-08-21 2016-08-16 J. Kent Williamson Shatter-resistant bat

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2897626A (en) * 1955-12-05 1959-08-04 Charles W Buller Fish hook disgorgers
US3598410A (en) * 1969-02-11 1971-08-10 Darrell L Offe Filament wound structure and method of making same
US5088733A (en) * 1988-04-01 1992-02-18 Barnea Jeffrey M Baseball bat with oval handle
US5042805A (en) * 1990-01-06 1991-08-27 Nisso Ltd. Sports implements with a long handle or portion
US5165686A (en) * 1990-12-18 1992-11-24 Morgan Edward H Wooden baseball bat
US5131651A (en) * 1991-05-13 1992-07-21 You Chin San Ball bat
US5605325A (en) * 1993-07-30 1997-02-25 Haringa; Kenneth R. Batting practice attachment for baseball bats
US5695419A (en) * 1993-07-30 1997-12-09 Haringa; Kenneth R. Batting practice attachment for baseball bats
US6093114A (en) * 1993-07-30 2000-07-25 Tuff-Toe, Inc. Batting practice attachment for baseball bats
US6238309B1 (en) 1999-07-19 2001-05-29 Joe M. Sample Break resistant ball bat
US7448971B1 (en) * 2007-07-31 2008-11-11 Leonard Smalley Reinforced wooden baseball bat
US20090131206A1 (en) * 2007-11-15 2009-05-21 Leinert Bruce R Baseball bat
US7878930B2 (en) 2007-11-15 2011-02-01 Leinert Bruce R Baseball bat
US20110105256A1 (en) * 2007-11-15 2011-05-05 Leinert Bruce R Baseball bat
US8066594B2 (en) 2007-11-15 2011-11-29 Leinert Bruce R Baseball bat
US8801551B2 (en) 2007-11-15 2014-08-12 Bruce R. Leinert Baseball bat
US9526960B2 (en) 2007-11-15 2016-12-27 Bruce R. Leinert Baseball bat
US10456639B2 (en) 2007-11-15 2019-10-29 Bruce R. Leinert Baseball bat
US20090312126A1 (en) * 2008-06-16 2009-12-17 Giuseppe Totino Reinforced baseball bat
US8591357B1 (en) * 2011-01-24 2013-11-26 Frederick Roy Bonds Helix wood baseball bat
US20130045823A1 (en) * 2011-02-16 2013-02-21 Robert Earl Sublett, SR. Reinforced Wooden Baseball Bat and Method
US9415284B1 (en) 2015-08-21 2016-08-16 J. Kent Williamson Shatter-resistant bat

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