Patent ID: 8641560

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a bat handle; and, a bunt element having features at or extending from a region of space, the region of space extending from said bat handle and outlining where a meat portion of a bat would exist if said bat handle was part of a baseball or softball bat, said features including: a first solid material surface that is struck by a first pitched ball if the first pitched ball is directed to a first bunt window; empty space adjacent to said first solid material surface that is struck by a second pitched ball if the second pitched ball is directed outside and adjacent to said first bunt window; a second solid material surface that is struck by a third pitched ball if the third pitched ball is directed to a second bunt window that does not overlap said first bunt window; empty space adjacent to said second solid material surface that is struck by a fourth pitched ball if the fourth pitched ball is directed outside and adjacent to said second bunt window, wherein, said first solid material surface has less surface area than said second solid material surface.