Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
473568000 | Grip | 12 |
20080200288 | Swinging Implement - A swing implement, such as a baseball bat ( | 08-21-2008 |
20080220914 | CUSHIONED KNOB ATTACHMENT FOR A BAT - A cushioning sleeve for a bat. The bat includes an axis, a cap, a barrel, a taper, a handle, and a knob. The handle includes a handle diameter in the knob and includes a knob diameter. The cushioning sleeve comprises a neck and a flared end. The neck is shaped to extend along the handle away from the knob and is shaped to cover part of the handle. The neck includes a substantially constant inside diameter and a substantially constant outside diameter. The flared end includes a terminal end having a diameter greater than the handle diameter. The terminal end diameter is also greater than the inside and outside diameters of the neck. The flared end is shaped to cover part of the knob. The neck transitions into the flared end at internal and external transitions. The external transition is shaped concave inwardly towards the axis of the bat. | 09-11-2008 |
20090325738 | Baseball Bat - A baseball bat having a sleeve surrounding a portion of the narrow exterior surface of the bat for prevention of scattering of splinters and wood projectiles should the bat shatter during use. The sleeve is formed of wound fabric and secured mechanically at both ends to the exterior surface of the bat. The securement using a groove or ridge and traverse fibers engaged with the sleeve allows the sleeve to stretch and absorb energy and prevents a total separation of the heavy end of the bat from the handle from becoming airborne where it could cause serious injury. | 12-31-2009 |
20100009787 | Bat With Flexible Handle - Included herein is a bat for striking a ball. The bat comprises a barrel portion, transition portion attached to the barrel portion, and a handle portion attached to the transition portion. The handle portion includes a longitudinal axis and a plurality of planes substantially parallel to the axis. The adjacent planes of the plurality of planes are positioned to define apertures substantially parallel to the axis. The planes and apertures are positioned to vary the flexibility of the handle and improve bat performance for a given swing speeds. | 01-14-2010 |
20100151975 | GRIP FOR SPORTING EQUIPMENT, METHOD OF USING A GRIP FOR SPORTING EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD OF FORMING A GRIP FOR SPORTING EQUIPMENT - A grip for a piece of sporting equipment has a unitary body formed from a relatively flexible material. The grip includes a pair of gripping surfaces comprising a plurality of slots for receiving a users fingers. The gripping surfaces are offset to ensure that the user properly grips the piece of sporting equipment to maximize power and control of the equipment. By maintaining proper positioning from setup through follow through of a swing, proper energy transfer from the large muscles of the user's body to the equipment is accomplished. Impact-based injuries and repetitive injuries are minimized, and pain associated with certain swings is minimized. The grip may be formed from an impression of a user's grip, from which a grip mold is formed. The grip mold is positioned around the handle of an actual bat, filled with urethane, and allowed to cure into the disclosed grip. | 06-17-2010 |
20100317469 | Bat with patterned handle - A bat for use in the game of baseball or softball with a pattern burnt, etched or carved into the bat's handle. The pattern creates a tactile frictional contact between the player's hands and the handle in order to enhance the grip on the bat, which replaces and eliminates the need for the application of materials that enhance grip, such as pine tar. The device enhances either left or right handed players' grips; and can be used by both children as well as adults of both genders. The invention's pattern can be made of aesthetically pleasing patterns of varying shapes and sizes. | 12-16-2010 |
20100323832 | Means and Method for Producing Sure-Grip Gripping Surfaces and The Objects So Enhanced - A process for enhancing a gripping area of an object, providing a frictionally enhanced, moisture repellent, sure-grip gripping surface, achieved by less than a one second ultra-violet radiation curing of an ultraviolet-curable coating applied over an ultra-thin, less than 0.001 inches thin, polymeric woven or knitted fiber such as nylon, spandex, or blends that has been positioned about the gripping surface area of an object to be gripped. This inexpensive three step process uses commonly available, low-cost materials and minimal energy, is environmentally friendly and does not require repeated steps, thermosetting, vulcanization, caustic chemicals, molds, molding techniques, or gluing a molded cover onto a surface. | 12-23-2010 |
20110039642 | SUPPORT SLEEVE - A swing implement, such as a baseball bat ( | 02-17-2011 |
20110092323 | Superior results dual handgrip sports bat - A bat especially useful for a plurality of sport applications offering superior power, distance, speed, comfort, and control is disclosed which includes a larger diameter impact section, a smaller diameter gripping section, and a transition section therebetween. The smaller diameter gripping section may in some embodiments be configured at least to provide two reverse conical grips whereby not just one but both of the batter's hands can more tightly and firmly grip bats. In modifications of the dual reverse conical grips, the gripping section can be formed of modified oval configuration, modified elliptical configuration or tapered configuration. Embodiments include increased and/or decreased diameter and/or circumference handle/gripping areas for both hands. | 04-21-2011 |
20130190111 | BASEBALL BAT - Baseball bats described herein may have handle, throat and/or barrel portions that include non-circular cross-sections. | 07-25-2013 |
20130196800 | Compression Collar Apparatus - A compression collar apparatus is disposed upon an article providing an axial manual grasping stop upon the article, the apparatus includes a first arcuate element having first proximal and distal portions, the first distal portion including an engagement segment. Also, a second arcuate element having second proximal and distal portions, the first proximal portion and the second proximal portion have a first pivotal connection that enables open and closed states of the first and second arcuate elements. Further, a flexible retention arch beam having states of; free, de-arched, and intermediate, includes beam proximal and distal portions, the beam proximal portion and the second distal portion have a second pivotal connection, in the intermediate state the beam distal portion having an interlocking section that has a variable removable engagement with the engagement segment, resulting in the closed state of the first and second arcuate elements about the article. | 08-01-2013 |
20150367210 | REMOVABLE, ROTATABLE GRIP ELEMENT FOR A BALL BAT OR OTHER SPORTING-GOOD IMPLEMENT - A sleeve or grip for use on a ball bat or other sporting-good implement includes a low-friction inner surface and a longitudinal slit that facilitates its positioning on, and removal from, a handle of the implement. The grip is rotatable about the handle so that a user's hand may move into an optimal position during a swing. The grip may be readily removable from the implement so that, after a swing, it stays with the user, as opposed to remaining on the implement. | 12-24-2015 |