Patent ID: 6022282
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A ball bat with tailored flexibility for use in allowing for improved swing characteristics:a cylindrical handle zone at a first end of the ball bat, the cylindrical handle zone having a knob disposed on a free end thereof;a generally cylindrical hitting zone at a second end of the ball bat remote from the first end;an essentially frustoconical transition zone between the handle zone and the hitting zone, the transition zone including a frustoconical region and a flex control region, the flex control region having an inboard portion of a first length and an outboard portion of a second length, the flex control region modifying normal flex characteristics of the ball bat, the handle zone, hitting zone and transition zone being imperforate and fabricated of a common, continuous composite material of a common thickness along essentially the entire length of the bat with the transition zone having an enlarged exterior diameter in a central extent and reduced exterior diameters on opposite sides thereof.