Patent ID: 8277341

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a bat handle; and a bunt element within a region of space extending from said bat handle where a meat portion of a bat would exist if said bat handle was part of a baseball or softball bat, said bunt element having: first solid material in a first location of said region of space that is struck by a first pitched ball if the first pitched ball first meets said region of space within a first bunt window on said region of space; empty space in a second location of said region of space that is struck by a second pitched ball if the second pitched ball first meets said region of space outside said first bunt window; second solid material in a third location of said region space, said solid material in said third location of said region of space being struck by a third pitched ball if the third pitched ball first meets said region of space within a second bunt window on said region of space that does not overlap said first bunt window; empty space in a fourth location of said region of space that is struck by a fourth pitched ball if the fourth pitched ball first meets said region of space outside said second bunt window, wherein, there exists less of said first solid material in said first bunt window than said second solid material in said second bunt window.