Patent ID: 7235024

Claim:
A training bat, comprising: a handle portion having a length, a barrel receiving end, and a knob end wherein said handle portion tapers from said barrel receiving end to said knob end; a hitting portion having a length, a first end, and a second end, said length of said handle portion being longer than said length of said hitting portion; a tethering means for tethering said second end of said hitting portion to said barrel receiving end of said handle portion such that said second end of said hitting portion is a pre-defined distance from said barrel receiving end of said handle portion and that the training bat is movable between an angled position and an extended position; wherein said tethering means comprises one or more chain links, a first means for securing a first end of said one or more chain links to said barrel receiving end of said handle portion, and a second means for securing a second end of said one or more chain links to said second end of said hitting portion; wherein said first means for securing said first end of said one or more chain links to said barrel receiving end of said handle comprises an eye bolt assembly, said eye bolt assembly having a fitting portion of a wood barrel portion secured within said barrel receiving end of said handle portion, said wood barrel portion comprising said hitting portion and said fitting portion, and a first eve bolt secured within said fitting portion of said wood barrel portion such that said first end of said one or more chain links is attached to said first eye bolt; and, wherein said fitting portion is secured within said barrel receiving end of said handle portion by a pin inserted through a hole through said handle portion and said fitting portion, said hole being traverse to a longitudinal axis of said handle portion and in proximity to said barrel receiving end, and said pin having a length equal to about the length of said hole.