Patent ID: 6432006
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A bat, comprising:a wood barrel portion having a hitting portion and a locking portion; a metal handle portion being an elongated hollow tube having a length that tapers from a barrel receiving end to a handle end wherein said barrel receiving end is greater in diameter than said handle end and said barrel receiving end is the approximate taper as said locking portion of said wood barrel portion; a knob attached to said handle end of said metal handle portion; a means for securing said wood barrel portion to said metal handle portion, wherein said means comprises a locking pin having a first end, a second end, and a length, a means for securing said first end of said locking pin to said locking portion of said wood barrel portion, and a means for securing said second end of said locking pin to said knob, wherein said length of said locking pin extends about the length of said metal handle portion.