Patent ID: 6334823
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A multi-piece and laminate maple baseball bat blank for creating a baseball bat, said blank comprising:an elongate member having a first knob end and a second barrel end, said elongate member being substantially rectangular in cross section with first, second, third and fourth interconnected planar faces; a first individual plurality of first, second, third and fourth laminated knob end pieces secured adhesively in circumferential and interconnecting fashion to associated planar faces of said elongate member proximate said first knob end; and a second individual plurality of first, second, third and fourth laminated and elongate extending barrel pieces, each of said barrel pieces having a first end and a second end, said barrel pieces being adhesively secured in circumferential arranged and axially extending manner to said associated planar faces of said elongate member a spaced distance from said first knob end and said first plurality of knob end pieces, said barrel pieces terminating at least proximate said second barrel end; said maple bat blank assembled from said elongate member and said adhesively secured first and second pluralities of laminated pieces being subsequently fabricated with a turning machine to create a laminate bat.