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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary W. Filice, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Dewey Chauvin, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Jas. D. Easton, Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 5/906 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 5/906 ;
Abstract
A governed performance metal shell bat designed to ensure ball exit speed approximating and not exceeding that of a wood bat of comparable weight and geometry is comprised of a thin wall metal shell filled such as aluminum or titanium or alloys thereof with light weight semi-rigid material such as a syntactic foam in the hitting area, the bat having longitudinal flexibility approximating that of a similarly shaped wood bat and the filler material having a density and hardness correlated with the thickness of the metal shell wall in the hitting area.