US 12,005,330 B2
Double-barrel ball bats
Ian Montgomery, Simi Valley, CA (US); Linda Hunt, Simi Valley, CA (US); and Dewey Chauvin, Simi Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed by EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/803,557.
Prior Publication US 2021/0268352 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A63B 59/56 (2015.01); A63B 59/59 (2015.01); A63B 102/18 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 59/56 (2015.10) [A63B 59/59 (2015.10); A63B 2102/182 (2015.10)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ball bat, comprising:
an outer shell comprising a barrel segment that includes at least part of a barrel portion of the outer shell, a handle segment that includes at least part of a handle portion of the outer shell, and a tapered section between the barrel portion and the handle portion, wherein the handle segment is separate from, but attached to, the barrel segment, and wherein the barrel portion includes a distal end of the outer shell and the handle portion includes a proximal end of the outer shell; and
an insert comprising a tube element extending along a longitudinal axis of the bat between a first end of the insert and a second end of the insert, the insert further comprising a first spacer element positioned toward the first end of the insert and a second spacer element positioned toward the second end of the insert;
wherein:
the first end of the insert is positioned in the distal end of the outer shell and the second end of the insert is positioned in the tapered section of the outer shell;
the tube element is spaced apart from the outer shell along at least a portion of a length of the tube element between the first and second spacer elements to form a gap between the tube element and the outer shell; and
the insert is spaced apart from the handle segment along the longitudinal axis of the bat.