Patents by Inventor Craig W. Souders

Craig W. Souders has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Simulated wood composite ball bat
    Patent number: 5395108
    Abstract: An synthetic wood composite ball bat (10) having no wood components comprises a rigid shell of fiber reinforced composite material filled with expansible urethane foam to develop compressive stressed therebetween. The foam is locked to the shell during the manufacturing process by use of an intermediate dry woven fiber tube into which resin from the composite shell flows during curing of the composite shell and into which urethane foam flows during expansion of the urethane foam filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Easton Aluminum, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger B. Souders, Craig W. Souders