Batting swing aid

• US 7,686,711 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2008
• Issued: 03/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Msports, LLC
• Original Assignee: Msports, LLC
• Inventors: Miller, Ricky B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Aryanpour; Mitra
• Application Number:
  US12/008,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20090181812A1
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 473/422, 473/437, 473/453, 473/458, 473/519, 473/564
• US Class Current: 473/437
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0008 for batting
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 for baseball

Abstract

A batting swing aid fitting onto the barrel of the bat to assist with hand speed when swinging a bat and having an outer body and an inner body. The inner body has four chamber compartments each of which is filled with an equal amount of shot. As the bat is moved to the proper hitting position the shot travels down the inside chambers to make a swoosh sound at the impact zone. During the proper swing pattern the swoosh sound will be closer and closer to the proper impact zone. The device helps build power, and repeating the swing with the additional weight increases the power of the batter and help create proper batting muscle memory.

Claims

1. A batting swing aid, comprising:

a) a hollow tapered cylindrical outer body having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end narrower than the distal end, the tapered outer body surrounding an inner cavity and having at least four equally spaced ribs positioned inside the outer body and extending lengthwise on the outer body and protruding into the inner cavity;

b) a hollow inner body having a tapered proximal end and a distal cylindrical end and having equal-sized distal shot compartments within the distal cylindrical end;

wherein the proximal end of the inner body has at least four grooves extending lengthwise on the outside of the proximal end, the proximal end of the inner body has an external size so that when the tapered proximal end of the inner body is placed inside the inner cavity of the tapered outer body, the ribs on the outer body fit closely within the grooves on the inner body, forming body chambers that are aligned with the shot compartments, and the inner body has an internal size that fits over a bat handle;

wherein the distal cylindrical end of the inner body proximally abuts the distal end of the outer body; and

wherein the batting swing aid further comprises

shot positioned in the aligned shot compartments and body chambers and that is capable of moving within the aligned shot compartments and body chambers when the batting swing aid is moved.

2. The batting swing aid of claim 1, wherein the body chambers comprise a proximal throttle zone.

3. The batting swing aid of claim 1, wherein there are four body chambers.

4. The batting swing aid of claim 1, wherein when hands of a batter are placed on a bat upon which the batting aid is positioned and the shot is positioned in the body chambers, when the batter begins to swing, shot moves from the proximal end of the body chambers and down the body chambers making a swooshing sound while going through an impact zone.

5. The batting swing aid of claim 1, wherein the outer and inner bodies are made of a clear or translucent impact plastic material selected from the group consisting of Polycarbonate, K-Resin, Clarified polypropylene, and impact acrylic.

6. The batting swing aid of claim 1, wherein the distal cylinder end of the inner body has a thickened wall allowing for more durable impact area for releasing the batting aid from the bat.

7. The batting swing aid of claim 1, wherein the ribs of the outer body are glued together with corresponding grooves of the inner body.

8. The batting swing aid of claim 1, further comprising ribs adjacent to and on each side of the grooves on the inner body.

9. The batting swing aid of claim 1, further comprising a glue which bonds the batting swing aid together and is a solvent bond, UV cure adhesive, ultrasonic weld bonding the outer body and inner body units together.