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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Frederic St-Laurent, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Michael Haas, West Salem, WI (US);
Ian Montgomery, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Rebecca S. O'Hara, University City, MO (US);
Linda Hunt, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Douglas Wade Heimer, Caledonia, MN (US);
RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS COMPANY, INC., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Representative embodiments of the present technology include a bat having a barrel shell and a frame structure. The barrel shell may include a barrel region of the bat and part of a tapered region of the bat. The frame structure may include a first portion positioned outside the barrel shell and a second portion positioned inside the barrel shell. In some embodiments, a distal end of the frame structure is in the barrel region but is longitudinally spaced from a distal end of the barrel shell. In some embodiments, the distal end of the frame structure is longitudinally spaced from an end cap of the bat. The barrel shell may flex or pivot relative to the second portion of the frame structure. In some embodiments, the only connection between the frame structure and the barrel shell within the barrel shell may be within the tapered region.