US 12,403,367 B2
Training bat
Louis A. LeDoux, Fall River, MA (US)
Assigned to Axis Sports LLC
Filed by Axis Sports LLC, Fall River, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/063,074.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/287,134, filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173364 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 59/55 (2015.01); A63B 102/18 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 69/0002 (2013.01) [A63B 59/55 (2015.10); A63B 2069/0008 (2013.01); A63B 2102/18 (2015.10); A63B 2102/182 (2015.10)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bat comprising:
a first end having a handle portion;
a second end opposite the first end;
a bat body extending between first and second ends and includes a longitudinal axis
a first ball-hitting surface and a second ball-hitting surface are positioned on opposite sides of the bat body from each other along the longitudinal axis of the bat body located proximal to the second end, and are separated by a first recessed cut-out (1RCO) portion and a second recessed cut-out (2RCO) portion which are positioned on opposite sides of the bat body from each other; and
a total length of a circumference of the bat body located proximal to the second end is equal to a sum of arcs including, a length of an arc of R1 for the first ball-hitting surface, a length of an arc of 1RCO portion, a length of an arc of R2 for the second ball-hitting surface, and a length of an arc of 2RCO portion,
wherein the arc length of R1 is less than the arc length of R2, such that an amount of a difference that the arc length of R1 is less than the arc length of R2 is determined based upon a length of a diameter of the bat body and a length of a barrel of the bat body.