WO2018131052A1 - Batte de sport - Google Patents

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WO2018131052A1
WO2018131052A1 PCT/IN2018/050016 IN2018050016W WO2018131052A1 WO 2018131052 A1 WO2018131052 A1 WO 2018131052A1 IN 2018050016 W IN2018050016 W IN 2018050016W WO 2018131052 A1 WO2018131052 A1 WO 2018131052A1
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Venkata Parthasaradhi PEMMARAJU
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  • Present invention relates to a sports bat and more particularly, relates to the practice sports bat used in ball sports like cricket, baseball etc. for training or practice sessions to help a batter improve his or her batting performance and fielders receive real time catching practice.
  • US publication US2010/0311525A1 discloses a bat having a handle and a body with a hitting area intended for hitting a ball.
  • the hitting area of the bat is made of a resilient material.
  • the incorporation of a resilient material into a part of the hitting area enables the batsman to use the bat to hit a ball with less effort than using a regular bat.
  • the bat as disclosed in this document though improves the ability of the batsman to provide fielding training, however, does not enables a batsman to practice batting or to enhance the performance of his batting in the field, as the bat in this document does not provides feedback to the batsman about the position where the ball has hit the bat.
  • the problem to be solved is to provide a practice sports bat for a ball game sports such that when the batsman hits the ball with the bat, the batsman can receive feedback to understand exactly where the ball hits the bat and thereby improve his performance
  • the problem is solved in the present invention by providing a bat with a body including a front striking surface connected with flexible portion at its longitudinal periphery and flexible portion includes plurality of slits structured at an angle from the longitudinal axis of the body that partitions flexible portion into plurality of flaps, which when hit by a ball deforms to provide feedback to the batsman that the ball has not been middled properly.
  • a sports bat comprising an elongated handle connected to a body along a longitudinal axis, said body includes a front striking surface and a rear surface opposite to said front striking surface, said body includes a flexible portion structured longitudinally at a periphery of said front striking surface with a plurality of flap and a plurality of slit structured on said flexible portion, wherein said plurality of slit structured at an angle from said longitudinal axis and extending from an edge of said flexible portion partitions said flexible portion into said flap.
  • the plurality of slit partitions said flexible portion on both the periphery of said front striking surface opposite to each other.
  • the plurality of slit partitions half of length of said flexible portion on both the periphery of said front striking surface opposite to each other.
  • the width of said alternate flaps perpendicular to said longitudinal axis are same.
  • the width of said flaps perpendicular to said longitudinal axis varies across length of said body.
  • the flaps in said flexible portion are structured in a plurality of group with each group including said flaps with same dimension, and different dimensions of said flaps in adjacent said groups.
  • the slits in said flexible portion are of different lengths to form a group and adjacent said groups have same pattern of different lengths of said slits.
  • the length of said slit varies across the length of said body.
  • one of the periphery of said front striking surface includes said flexible portion and the other periphery includes a rigid portion.
  • the slits are structured closer to each other near a sweet spot on said front striking surface.
  • the slits are structured away from each other near a sweet spot on said front striking surface.
  • the handle is detachably connected to said body.
  • the handle is detachably connected to said body by a connecting mechanism structured to vary length of said handle and angle of said handle from said longitudinal axis.
  • the connecting mechanism includes plurality of threads on an outer surface of said handle and an inner surface of a first cavity of said body structured to receive said handle at variable length and at variable angle from said longitudinal axis.
  • the connecting mechanism includes a second cavity in said body structured to receive said handle at variable length and at variable angle from said longitudinal axis, said second cavity includes a plurality of ridge at an inner surface of said second cavity to vary the movement of said handle thereby varying length of said handle and angle from said longitudinal axis.
  • the rear surface of said body includes a spine to support said body.
  • the spine is of variable dimension on said rear surface of said body.
  • the spine is structured at center of said rear surface.
  • the spine is structured at either side of said handle on said rear surface.
  • the spine on said rear surface is at least rigid and flexible.
  • the body includes at least one of a flexible part and a rigid part on said front striking surface.
  • the body includes a detachable portion structured to detachably connect with said body to vary length of said sports bat.
  • the detachable portion includes plurality of threads on a first extension structured to receive said body to vary length of said sports bat and to vary angle between said body and said detachable portion.
  • the front striking surface of said body is covered by a flexible covering.
  • the front striking surface of said body includes a sweet spot.
  • the sweet spot of said front striking surface is rigid.
  • the sweet spot of said front striking surface includes a hole.
  • the sweet spot of said front striking surface is broader than said front striking surface.
  • the flexible portion is detachable connected with the periphery of said front striking surface by a second extension structured to be received by a third cavity on the periphery of said front striking surface.
  • the body includes a rigid portion and said flexible portion of variable dimension with respect to each other.
  • a sports bat comprising an elongated handle connected to a rigid body along a longitudinal axis, said body includes a front striking surface to hit an object and a rear surface opposite to said front striking surface; and a flexible covering structured to cover said rigid body includes a first opening to receive said rigid body and at least one second opening to expose a part of said rigid body, wherein said flexible covering circumferentially covers said rigid body and deforms when said object hits said rigid body.
  • the flexible covering includes a flexible portion with a plurality of flap and a plurality of slit structured on said flexible portion that covers a periphery of said front striking surface, said plurality of slit are structured at an angle from said longitudinal axis and extends from an edge of said flexible portion partitioning said flexible portion into said flap.
  • the second opening exposes a sweet spot structured on the front striking surface of said rigid body.
  • the plurality of said second opening exposes different parts on the front striking surface of said rigid body.
  • Fig. la represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front view of the bat.
  • Fig. lb represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting back view of the bat.
  • Fig. lc represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting circled portion of Fig. lb of the bat.
  • Fig. Id represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting side view of the bat.
  • Fig. 2a represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting sweet spot in front view of the bat.
  • Fig. 2b represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting spine in back view of the bat.
  • Fig. 3a represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with flaps having alternate thickness.
  • Fig. 3b represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with flaps having alternate width.
  • Fig. 3c represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with slit length changing from top to bottom.
  • Fig. 3d represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with flaps on either side at top or bottom.
  • Fig. 3e represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with flaps on bottom half of the body.
  • Fig. 3f represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with longer flaps.
  • Fig. 3g represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with flaps on upper half of the body.
  • Fig. 3h represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with slits of different lengths of 15mm, 20mm, 25mm each.
  • Fig. 3i represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with increasing thickness of flaps.
  • Fig. 3j represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with different slit length.
  • Fig. 3k represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with flaps on left side of the front striking surface of the bat.
  • Fig. 31 represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with flaps on right side of the front striking surface of the bat.
  • Fig. 3m represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting bottom, back and side view of the bat with rigid portion on left and flaps on right side of the rear surface of the bat.
  • Fig. 3n represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting bottom, back and side view of the bat with rigid portion on right and flaps on left side of the rear surface of the bat.
  • Fig. 3o represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting bottom, back and side view of the bat with smaller flap width around sweet spot of the bat.
  • Fig. 3p represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with larger flap width around sweet spot of the bat.
  • Fig. 3q represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with no flap around sweet spot of the bat.
  • Fig. 4a represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front view of the bat with adjustable handle through connecting mechanism.
  • Fig. 4b represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front view of the bat with adjustable handle and sweet spot.
  • Fig. 5 represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with varying spine width.
  • Fig. 6 represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with front striking surface with a flexible part and a rigid part.
  • Fig. 7 represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with detachable portion for varying length of the bat.
  • Fig. 8a represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting back and side view of the bat with spine on right side of the rear surface of the bat.
  • Fig. 8b represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with spine on left side of the rear surface of the bat.
  • Fig. 8c represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with spine originating from middle to either sides of the body.
  • Fig. 8d represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with spine at the middle of the body and flexible portion on one side only.
  • Fig. 8e represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with broader sweet spot and flexible portion on one side.
  • Fig. 9a represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with a sweet spot having a hole.
  • Fig. 9b represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, back and side view of the bat with a wider sweet spot with respect to the remaining part of the front striking surface of the body.
  • Fig. 10 represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front and side view of the bat with flexible covering worn/ removed from the spine of the bat.
  • Fig. 11a represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front and back view of the bat with flexible portion detachably connected with periphery of front striking surface.
  • Fig. 1 lb represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front and back view of the bat with flexible portion with second extension detachably connected with periphery of front striking surface through third cavity.
  • Fig. 12a represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting rear and side view of the bat with detachable handle that can be replaced with other handles to provide different length or angled with respect to the body by plugging it into the body.
  • Fig. 12b represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting rear view of the bat with sweet spot and detachable handle that can be replaced with other handles to provide different lengths or angles with respect to the body by plugging it into the body.
  • Fig. 13 represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front and side view of the bat with angle of the handle being different compared to a regular bat reflecting plugging of handle in the body.
  • Fig. 14 represents an embodiment of the present invention depicting front, side and bottom view of the baseball bat with flaps.
  • a sports bat (10) comprises of an elongated handle (20) and a body (40).
  • the elongated handle (20) is connected to the body (40) of the bat (10) along a longitudinal axis.
  • the body (40) of the bat (10) includes a front striking surface (50) and a rear surface (60) opposite to the front striking surface (50).
  • the front striking surface (50) comprises of a sweet spot (90) at the lower centre of the bat (10).
  • the sweet spot (90) is a generic term for a person skilled in the art.
  • the sweet spot (90) is defined as the region near the bottom edge of the bat (10) with highest thickness or region most suitable for hitting the ball.
  • the rear surface (60) of the bat (10) comprises of a spine (120) at the centre of the bat (10).
  • the body (40) includes a flexible portion (70) that includes a plurality of flap (72) and a plurality of slit (74), which is structured on the flexible portion (70) at a periphery or edge of the front striking surface (50).
  • the plurality of slit (74) is structured at an angle i.e.
  • Fig. 2a and 2b shows a front and back view of the bat, respectively, reflecting spine (120) in the back view of the bat, whereas the sweet spot (90) is shown in the front view of the bat.
  • Fig. 3a-3q discloses different arrangement of flaps (72) on the flexible portion (70) of the bat (10).
  • Fig. 3a shows that the alternate flaps (72) have same thickness that can be clearly seen in the side view of the bat (10), whereas as shown in Fig. 3b, the alternate flaps (72) have same width, on both side of the bat (10).
  • Fig. 3c shows another arrangement of flaps (72) in which the length of the slits (74) increases from top to bottom of the bat (10).
  • Fig. 3d shows that the flaps (72) are arranged on left bottom half and right top half of the bat (10).
  • Fig. 3e shows that the flaps (72) are arranged on left bottom and right bottom half of the bat (10).
  • FIG. 3f shows another arrangement of flaps (72) on the flexible portion (70) i.e. with longer flaps (72).
  • Fig. 3g shows that the flaps (72) are arranged on left and right top half of the bat (10).
  • Fig. 3h shows random arrangement of flaps (72) with different slit (74) length like of 15mm, 20mm, 25mm.
  • the flaps (72) as shown in Fig. 3(h) are grouped such that each group has flaps (72) with same dimensions whereas the flaps (72) of adjacent group has different dimensions.
  • random combination of flaps (72) can be prepared for the sports bat (10) with each group having same or different combination of flaps with respect to their dimension and also with different combination with respect to adjacent groups.
  • the slits (74) can have different lengths forming either a fixed pattern of length or random lengths of the slits (74).
  • the length of the slit can be of different lengths to form a group, and the adjacent group can also have same pattern of lengths of the slits (74).
  • Fig. 3i shows that the thickness of the flaps (72) increases from top of the bat to the bottom of the bat (10).
  • Fig. 3j shows another arrangement with slit (74) length increasing from bottom to top i.e. the bottom of the bat has shortest slit (74) length, whereas the top of the bat (10) has longest slit (74) length.
  • Figs. 3k and 31 shows another arrangement of flaps (72) i.e. Fig.
  • FIG. 3k shows that the flaps (72) are only on the left side of the bat (10) when viewed at the front striking surface (50) and Fig. 31 shows that the flaps (72) are only on the right side of the bat (10) when viewed at the front striking surface (50).
  • the body (40) of the bat (10) includes the flexible portion (70) and a rigid portion (80) that comprises of the front striking surface (50) and rear surface (60).
  • the dimension of the flexible portion (70) can be varied with respect to the dimension of the rigid portion (80) i.e. the body may have 50 percent of rigid portion (80) and 50 percent of flexible portion (70), or likewise some other ratios too can be possible.
  • Fig. 3m and 3n shows that only one side of the bat (10) has flexible portion (70) with flaps (72) across its entire length and the other side has rigid portion (80).
  • FIG. 3m shows that the right side of the bat (10) has flexible portion (70) with flaps (72) when viewed from its rear surface (60) and left side has rigid portion (80).
  • Fig. 3n shows that the left side of the bat (10) has flexible portion (70) with flaps (72) when viewed from its rear surface (60) and right side has rigid portion (80).
  • Fig. 3o shows that the flaps (72) are of smaller width near the sweet spot (90) of the bat (10) or slits (74) are closer to each other near the sweet spot (90) of the bat (10), and
  • Fig. 3p shows that the flaps (72) are of larger width near the sweet spot (90) or the slits (74) are away from each other near the sweet spot (90) of the bat (10).
  • Fig. 3q shows that there are no flaps (72) or slits (74) near the sweet spot (90) of the bat (10).
  • the elongated handle (20) is detachably connected to the body (40) by a connecting mechanism (100) structured to vary the length of the handle (20).
  • the connecting mechanism (100) can include plurality of threads on the outer lower surface of the elongated handle (20), as shown in Fig. 4a.
  • the part of the body (40) facing the handle (20) can include a first cavity with inner surface structured to receive the elongated handle (20) by rotation of the elongated handle (20). The more the elongated handle (20) is rotated, the length of the elongated handle (20) decreases and thereby, providing a variable length to the bat (10).
  • the connecting mechanism (100) also enables tilting of the elongated handle (20) i.e. forming an angle with respect to the elongated axis of the bat (10), depending on the number of rotation of the elongated handle (20), thereby providing variable angle to the elongated handle (20).
  • the elongated handle (20) is rotated in opposite direction to increase the length of the elongated handle (10).
  • Fig. 5 shows the bat (10) with spine (120) on the rear surface (60) of the body (40).
  • the spine can have either a uniform size throughout the rear surface (60) of the body (40) or can have variable size on the rear surface (60) of the body (40).
  • the spine can have variable dimension for fixed dimensions i.e. the spine may extends from the top of the body to the bottom of the body on the rear surface (60), or may extends up to middle portion of the body (40), or may have variable width from top to bottom of the spine (120) on the rear surface (60).
  • Fig. 5 shows that the size of the spine (120) varies on the rear surface (60) of the body with broader size near the bottom of the body (40).
  • the front striking surface (50) of the body (40) of the bat (10) can have either rigid part (52) or flexible part (54) or a combination of both.
  • Fig. 6 shows that the front striking surface (50) has centre rigid part (52) and the remaining flexible part (54).
  • the flexible part (54) can be made of materials like elastomers.
  • the sweet spot can be made of flexible part (54) or rigid part (52).
  • the body (40) includes a detachable portion (130) which is structured to detachably connect with the body (40) to vary longitudinal length of the bat (10).
  • the detachable portion (130) has a first extension (132) with plurality of threads on its outer surface.
  • the lower portion of the body of the bat can have a cavity to receive the first extension (132) of the detachable portion (130), thereby, providing variable length to the body (40) of the bat (10).
  • the connection between the body (40) and the detachable portion (130) provides a tilt i.e. an angle between the body (40) and the detachable portion (130) being variable in nature.
  • FIG. 8a-8e shows different arrangement for the placement of spine (120) on the rear surface (60) of the bat (10).
  • the spine (120) is structured on the right and left side of the rear surface (60) of the bat (10) respectively, with opposite side having flexible portion (70) with flaps (72).
  • Fig. 8c shows that the spine (120) is moved from center towards the left of the rear surface (60) of the bat (10) with respect to the elongated handle (20).
  • FIG. 8d shows that the spine (120) of the bat (10) is in the middle of the rear surface (60) with flexible portion (70) on the right side of the bat (10) when view from front striking surface (50), whereas the other side is not provided with either flexible portion (70) or rigid portion (80).
  • Fig. 8e shows another arrangement wherein the sweet spot (90) is broader than the front striking surface (50) of the bat (10) with flexible portion (70) at only one side of the bat (10).
  • Fig. 9a and 9b shows different embodiments for the sweet spot (90).
  • Fig. 9a shows that the sweet spot (90) can include a hole (92), and
  • Fig. 9b shows a broader sweet spot (90) with respect to the remaining part of the front striking surface (50) of the bat (10).
  • a flexible covering (140) can be provided that can be worn by a normal bat that has a rigid body.
  • the flexible covering (140) has a first opening (142) to receive the body (40) of the bat (10) and circumferentially cover the body (40) of the bat (10).
  • the flexible covering (140) is also provided with one or more second opening (144) that is structured to expose a rigid part (54) or any other part of the front striking surface (50) of the bat (10) such that when an object like a ball hits the flexible covering (140), it deforms for a small interval of time.
  • the flexible covering (140) can be later removed to use the bat (10) for normal matches.
  • the flexible covering (140) can also be provided with flexible portion (70) that further contains plurality of slits (74) partitioning the flexible portion (70) into plurality of flaps (72).
  • the flexible portion (70) covers a periphery of the front striking surface (50).
  • the plurality of slit (74) is structured at an angle from the longitudinal axis and extends from an edge of said flexible portion (70) partitioning the flexible portion (70) into said flap (72), as discussed above.
  • the second opening (144) on the other hand can expose the sweet spot (90) of the bat (10).
  • the flexible portion (70) can be detachable connected with the periphery or edges of the front striking surface (50).
  • the flexible portion (70) may include second extension (150), which is received by a third cavity (152) on the periphery of the front striking surface (50) either by sliding into the third cavity (152) or by rotation when provided with threads on the surface of the second extension (150) and on the inner surface of the third cavity (152).
  • the elongated handle (20) can be detachably connected with the body (40) using connecting mechanism (100) for removal or interchange or exchange of the handle (20) with the body (40), as required by different players.
  • Fig. 12a shows a bat with one type of elongated handle (20)
  • Fig. 12b shows different type of elongated handle (20), which can be detached from the body (40) for interchanging or replacing as per the case.
  • the body (40) of the bat (10) comprises of a second cavity (104) with plurality of ridge on an inner surface of the second cavity (104) as shown in Fig. 13 that receives and holds or stop the movement of the handle (20) after varying the length of the handle (20) to a required limit and after reaching a desired angle of the handle (20) with respect to the longitudinal axis of the bat (10) or with respect to the body (40) of the bat (10).
  • FIG. 14 Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig. 14 with baseball bat (10).
  • the baseball bat as shown in Fig. 14, comprises of a handle (20) and a body (40) with front striking surface (50) and flexible portion (70) comprising of plurality of slit (74) partitioning the flexible portion (70) into plurality of flaps (72).
  • the sports bat (10) of the present invention provides feedback to the batsman with the use of the flexible portion (70) or flexible covering (140) with flexible portion (70) that comprises of flaps (72) that deforms to give feedback that the ball has not hit the sweet spot (90) or desired point on the bat (10) and identifying exactly which part of the bat was hit by the ball.
  • the same sports bat (10) can be used for providing catching practice to the players as the bat (10) provides unintentional hit of the ball to the players for the catching practice that enhances their skills.
  • the present invention is however not limited to the above embodiments disclosed above and referred in Figures 1 to 14 and other embodiments within the scope of the invention can be used for achieving the result of the present invention without limiting the scope of the invention.

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Le problème à résoudre selon la présente invention est de fournir une batte de sport d'entraînement (10) d'un sport de jeu de balle caractérisée en ce que, lorsque le joueur frappe la balle avec la batte (10), le batteur puisse recevoir une rétroaction de façon à comprendre exactement l'endroit où la balle a été frappée par la batte et ainsi améliorer ses performances. La solution selon la présente invention porte ainsi sur une batte de sport (10) comportant un corps (40) comprenant une surface de frappe avant (50) reliée à une partie flexible (70) au niveau de sa périphérie longitudinale, et une partie flexible comprenant une pluralité de fentes (74) structurées selon un angle par rapport à l'axe longitudinal du corps (40) qui divisent la partie flexible (70) en une pluralité de flancs (74) qui, lorsqu'ils sont frappés par une balle, se déforment de sorte à fournir une rétroaction au batteur l'informant que la balle n'a pas été correctement frappée en son milieu.
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