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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Easton Sports, Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hsing-Yen Chuang, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Dewey Chauvin, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 59/06 (2006.01); A63B 59/50 (2015.01); A63B 59/54 (2015.01); A63B 102/18 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 59/06 (2013.01); A63B 59/50 (2015.10); A63B 59/54 (2015.10); A63B 2102/18 (2015.10); A63B 2209/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composite ball bat includes multiple failure planes within a barrel wall. By including multiple failure planes in a barrel wall, the bat exhibits a drop in performance when subjected to rolling or other extreme deflection, with no temporary increase in barrel performance. Because the barrel performance does not increase, the ball bat is able to comply with performance limitations imposed by regulatory associations.