Patent ID: 6338687
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A batter swing device for a tapered baseball bat wherein said bat has a narrow handle end and a larger barrel end comprising:a circular ring having a rounded outer circumferential surface; wherein said circular ring has upper and lower flat surfaces integrally joined to said rounded outer surface and wherein either of said upper or lower surfaces are adapted to rest on top of a batter's hands when said device is placed over the barrel end of said device; wherein said upper and lower flat surfaces are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the inner circumferential surface of said circular ring; an inner, flat circumferential surface wherein said flat, perpendicular inner surface fits snugly over the barrel end of said bat yet allows said device to slide off of said bat when the batter swings; said circular ring further comprising a plurality of small holes cut through the thickness of said circular ring, wherein the holes on the circular ring are adapted to receive one end of a rope and the other end of a rope is attached to a baseball bat; whereby said inner diameter and inner perpendicular surface allows said device to slide off of said tapered bat in the same direction of travel each time the batter swings the bat in the same way.