Patent ID: 11890518
Assignee: RITEND BAT WEIGHT LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A method for coupling a baseball bat handle weight to a baseball bat, the method comprising;
providing a baseball bat having a handle and a knob at an end of the handle, a diameter of the knob being larger than a diameter of the handle;
providing the baseball bat handle weight having:
a body having an axis;
a transverse hole formed through the body, perpendicular to the axis of the body, that is bounded by an inner wall in the body that extends from a first side of the body to a second side of the body that is opposite the first side on the body, the transverse hole having a first diameter from the first side of the body into the body a first distance to approximately a middle of the body between the first side and the second side at the first diameter along the first distance the inner wall of the transverse hole having an inward tapered portion, wherein the inner wall of transverse hole narrows to a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter beyond the first distance to form a shoulder that is closer to the second side of the body than to the first side of the body, wherein the transverse hole extends from the shoulder to the second side of the body at the second diameter, wherein the first diameter of the transverse hole is greater than the diameter of the knob of the baseball bat, and the second diameter is smaller than the knob of the baseball bat and greater than the diameter of the handle of the baseball bat;
a handle slot formed into the body to the transverse hole and which extends on a front side from the first side of the body to the second side of the body along the transverse hole and aligned with the transverse hole, and wherein the handle slot has a width along its entirety from the first side to the second side that that is equal to the second diameter;

inserting the knob of the baseball bat handle into the transverse hole at the first side of the body; and
after inserting the knob into the transverse hole, rotating the body of the bat handle weight one hundred eighty degrees so that the knob of the bat comes into contact with the shoulder in the transverse hole so that the knob bears against the shoulder in the transverse hole and the handle extends out of the body at the second side of the body.