Games using tangible projectile – Player held and powered – nonmechanical projector – per se,... – Bat
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-31
2008-11-11
Graham, Mark S (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Player held and powered, nonmechanical projector, per se,...
Bat
C473S567000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07448971
ABSTRACT:
A reinforced baseball bat includes a single piece of solid, non-composite wood having a tubular barrel portion of a diameter at a distal end, a tubular handle portion at a proximal end having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the barrel portion, and a tapered tubular throat portion between the tubular barrel portion and the tubular handle portion. The reinforced bat further includes a plurality of grooves circumferentially disposed about the single piece of solid non-composite wood. At least one reinforcing member is circumferentially disposed within each of the plurality of grooves. The reinforcing member includes at least one elongate polymeric strand securably disposed within the each one of the plurality of grooves. A sealant is disposed within the plurality of grooves, covering the at least one polymeric strand or strands disposed therein.
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Louisville Slugger® Composite Wooden Bat Model No. TPXC271, http://www.slugger.com/baseball/wood/tpxc271.html, printed Jul. 16, 2007.
Graham Mark S
Hoffmann & Baron , LLP
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