Abstract: A butt-end device or knob for a sports implement with a handle for holding the sports implement. The butt-end device or knob has an inner member or inner surface mountable adjacent to a longitudinal end of the handle and a hand-engaging surface to engage a user's hand when holding the handle, the hand-engaging surface being movable relative to the handle in order to follow movement of the user's hand when the user swings the sports implement.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2014
Date of Patent:
October 18, 2016
Assignee:
BPS DIAMOND SPORTS CORP.
Inventors:
Ralph Edward Mitton, Frederic St-Laurent, Stephen Fitzgerald
Abstract: A tubular bat is provided whereby at least one diaphragm is located within the internal cavity of the bat. The diaphragm is fastened at its peripheral edge to the inner surface of the bat wall, thereby dividing the internal cavity into two separated cavities, thus creating two sweet spots, or shifting the existing sweet spot forward towards the distal end of the bat. This improves player performance by providing an expanded number of optimal hitting zones or by moving the optimal hitting zone farther from the bat handle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 2015
Date of Patent:
October 4, 2016
Assignee:
BPS DIAMOND SPORTS CORP.
Inventors:
Stephen Bruce Fitzgerald, Frederic St-Laurent, Ralph Edward Mitton