Weldless knob for metal baseball and softball bats

Details Weldless knob for metal baseball and softball bats Weldless knob for metal baseball and softball bats

1998-04-09

2000-04-04

Graham, Mark S.

Games using tangible projectile

Player held and powered, nonmechanical projector, per se,...

Bat

473566, A63B 5906

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060454679

ABSTRACT:
A redundant locking system for reliably securing a weldless knob to the handle of a metal baseball or softball bat to prevent the risk of a detachement of the knob from the handle and the possibility of injury to nearby persons and property in response to pulling forces applied to the knob during use of the bat. A first locking feature includes a high strength anaerobic adhesive bond that is established at the interface of the bat handle and the knob when the handle is received within a longitudinal cavity formed in the knob. A back-up locking feature includes a resilient locking ring that is located in a circumferential channel of the knob to surround the handle. The locking ring is relocated from the circumferential channel to a tapered ring retention chamfer of the knob to be clamped around the handle and thereby prevent the detachment of the knob from the handle should the adhesive bond fail when the pulling forces are applied to the knob.

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"Batrite" Bats, (advertisement), "The Sporting Goods Dealer", p. 33, Nov. 1972.

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