Warm-up, exercise and training bat

• US 8,888,614 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2012
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mark Eugene Nutter
• Original Assignee: Mark Eugene Nutter
• Inventors: Nutter, Mark Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Aryanpour, Mitra
• Application Number:
  US13/660,995
• Publication Number:
  US 20140121042A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 473/437, 473/457, 473/422, 473/654, 473/567, 473/519, 473/453
• US Class Current: 473/457
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 15/005 with a weight movable along the longitudinal axis of the club due to centrifugal forces
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0004 specially adapted for particular training aspects
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0008 for batting
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/18 Baseball, rounders or similar games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/08 magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 59/50 Substantially rod-shaped bats for hitting a ball in the air, e.g. for baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/24 Weighted handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/00 Training appliances or apparatus for special sports training of parachutists B64D23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 for baseball

Abstract

A warm-up and training bat includes a tubular shell with a handle section, a barrel section, and a tapered section connecting the handle section with the barrel section. The handle is attached at an end of the handle section of the bat. An end cap is attached at an end of the barrel section of the bat. A sliding weight mechanism is entirely contained within a pipe disposed within the barrel section of the bat. The sliding weight mechanism can be held in place at an end of the pipe proximate the handle. When a centripetal force is applied during a swing, the sliding weight mechanism moves to a distal end of the pipe. The weight may make a sound or the user may feel the weight shift, helping them perfect their swing.

Claims

1. A bat comprising:

a shell;

a pipe fitting inside the shell;

a proximate end cap disposed proximate a handle end of the bat and a distal end cap disposed proximate a barrel end of the bat, the proximate end cap and the distal end cap disposed on ends of the pipe;

a bat end cap covering the inside of the shell;

a shock pad disposed on an exterior end of the distal end cap between the distal end cap and the bat end cap; and

a weight disposed inside the pipe, the weight operable to slide from a first end of the pipe, adjacent the proximate end cap, to a second end of the pipe, adjacent the distal end cap.

2. The bat of claim 1, further comprising a magnet disposed on the first end of the pipe, the magnet attracting and releasably holding the weight.

3. The bat of claim 2, wherein the magnet is attached to an inside of the proximate end cap.

4. The bat of claim 1, further comprising stabilizing outer o-rings disposed about an outer periphery of the proximate end cap and the distal end cap.

5. The bat of claim 1, further comprising one or more shock pads disposed inside the distal end cap, the one or more shock pads operable to absorb shock of the weight when the weight moves to the second end of the pipe.

6. A warm up and training bat comprising:

a shell;

a pipe fitting inside the shell;

a proximate end cap disposed proximate a handle end of the bat and a distal end cap disposed proximate a barrel end of the bat, the proximate end cap and the distal end cap disposed on ends of the pipe;

a weight disposed inside the pipe, the weight operable to slide from a first end of the pipe, adjacent the proximate end cap, to a second end of the pipe, adjacent the distal end cap;

a shock pad disposed on an exterior end of the distal end cap between the distal end cap and the bat end cap;

one or more shock pads disposed inside the distal end cap, the one or more shock pads operable to absorb shock of the weight when the weight moves to the second end of the pipe; and

a magnet disposed on the first end of the pipe, the magnet attracting and releasably holding the weight, wherein the magnet is attached to an inside of the proximate end cap.

7. The warm up and training bat of claim 6, further comprising stabilizing outer o-rings disposed about an outer periphery of the proximate end cap and the distal end cap.

8. The warm up and training bat of claim 6, further comprising a bat end cap covering the inside of the shell.