Patent ID: 7201683
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An elastic grip handle for a ball bat, comprising: a knob cavity, inside the elastic grip handle, sized to snugly enclose a knob on a ball bat handle, the knob cavity having an interior shape contoured to match the exterior shape of a pre-existing bat handle/knob having a knob of larger diameter than the handle and sized such that when the knob of the ball bat is inserted, the knob cavity substantially encloses the knob, the knob fits snugly and securely within the knob cavity, and the knob is prevented form sliding out of the grip; a handle aperture, or open end, in the elastic grip handle, the handle aperture extending from a distal end of the elastic grip handle to the knob cavity, the handle aperture providing a path for insertion of the knob of a ball bat handle into the elastic grip handle, the elastic grip handle having sufficient elasticity to allow the knob to be inserted through the handle aperture; and the outer surface of the elastic grip handle further having a substantially arcuate/conical shape with a diameter that diminishes as the elastic grip handle approaches its distal end such that when the elastic grip handle is mounted on the knob of a ball bat, the outer surface diameter of the elastic grip handle gradually diminishes as it extends up the shaft of the ball bat such that the arcuate/conical shape of the elastic grip forms a bulbous knob which fits against palm of a batter's hand, and further, the grip is sized such that it forms a widened gripping area against the palm of a batter's hand such that less than all of the batter's fingers are required to control the bat, and the batter's wrist below the knob of a baseball when the baseball bat is swung; whereby the elastic grip handle allows the ball bat to be held by the knob on the ball bat handle such that substantially all of the length of the ball bat can be used when swinging at a ball.