US 12,330,033 B2
Baseball bat collar
Michael Cather, Roswell, GA (US); James Atticus Ferguson, Atlanta, GA (US); and Collin Gaddes, Huntsville, AL (US)
Assigned to Shot Collar LLC, Roswell, GA (US)
Filed by Shot Collar LLC, Roswell, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,962.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,846, filed on Apr. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0321509 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 60/24 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 69/0002 (2013.01) [A63B 60/24 (2015.10); A63B 2069/0006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an annular collar including a plurality of protrusions extending radially inwardly from an interior surface of the annular collar;
a plurality of panels, wherein the annular collar slidably receives the plurality of panels, and wherein an interior surface of each of the plurality of panels forms a center opening therebetween; and
wherein each panel of the plurality of panels comprises:
an external slot configured to releasably secure a weighted insert to each panel; and
an opening configured to receive one of the protrusions, of the plurality of protrusions, such that an interior portion of each protrusion is substantially flush with an interior surface of each panel;
wherein the annular collar is configured to restrict movement of the plurality of panels relative to one another when a sports implement is inserted along the axis of the center opening formed by the plurality of panels; and
wherein the interior surfaces of the plurality of panels are configured to contact and retain the sports implement by a friction fit, and the interior surfaces of the plurality of panels are configured to separate the plurality of panels from the sports implement in response to an orthogonal rotation of the annular collar relative to the axis of the center opening formed by the plurality of panels.