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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Bps Diamond Sports Corp., Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Stephen Bruce Fitzgerald, Halifax, CA;
Frederic St-Laurent, Chelsea, CA;
Ralph Edward Mitton, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
BPS DIAMOND SPORTS CORP., Ottawa, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 59/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 59/06 (2013.01); A63B 59/50 (2015.10); A63B 60/42 (2015.10); A63B 59/54 (2015.10); A63B 2060/002 (2015.10); A63B 2102/18 (2015.10);
Abstract
A tubular bat is provided whereby at least one diaphragm is located within the internal cavity of the bat. The diaphragm is fastened at its peripheral edge to the inner surface of the bat wall, thereby dividing the internal cavity into two separated cavities, thus creating two sweet spots, or shifting the existing sweet spot forward towards the distal end of the bat. This improves player performance by providing an expanded number of optimal hitting zones or by moving the optimal hitting zone farther from the bat handle.