Patents by Inventor Lilan Bao

Lilan Bao 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).

  • Patent number: 7771296
    Abstract: A baseball bat has a core section formed exclusively of bamboo fibers fused together and an outer section substantially surrounding the core section. In a method for fabricating a blank from which a baseball bat is fabricated, a core section is fabricated through harvesting elongated bamboo pieces, removing the epidermis or skin from the bamboo pieces, cutting the bamboo pieces into a predetermined length, fiberizing the bamboo pieces, fusing the bamboo fibers to form a solid and unitary core blank, and processing the solid core blank to provide a core section have a substantially square cross section having opposite front and rear sides and opposite top and bottom sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Pinnacle Sports Equipment Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Verrengia, Lilan Bao, Yanshen Hsu
  • Publication number: 20100113193
    Abstract: A baseball bat has a core section formed exclusively of bamboo fibers fused together and an outer section substantially surrounding the core section. In a method for fabricating a blank from which a baseball bat is fabricated, a core section is fabricated through harvesting elongated bamboo pieces, removing the epidermis or skin from the bamboo pieces, cutting the bamboo pieces into a predetermined length, fiberizing the bamboo pieces, fusing the bamboo fibers to form a solid and unitary core blank, and processing the solid core blank to provide a core section have a substantially square cross section having opposite front and rear sides and opposite top and bottom sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: PINNACLE SPORTS EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Verrengia, Lilan Bao, Yanshen Hsu
  • Publication number: 20060030437
    Abstract: A baseball bat including: a core section comprising a plurality of wood strips adhered to each other; and an outer section at least partially surrounding the core section, the outer section comprising a plurality of wood strips adhered to each other and to the central core section, wherein the direction of at least some of the plurality of wood strips comprising the core section are offset from the direction of at least some of the plurality of wood strips comprising the outer section. Preferably, at least some of the wood strips are bamboo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: Pinnacle Sports Equipment Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Lilan Bao, Yi Bao, Yanshen Hsu, Roger Curylo, Thomas Verrengia
  • Publication number: 20050020391
    Abstract: A baseball bat including: a core section comprising a plurality of wood strips adhered to each other; and an outer section at least partially surrounding the core section, the outer section comprising a plurality of wood strips adhered to each other and to the central core section, wherein the direction of at least some of the plurality of wood strips comprising the core section are offset from the direction of at least some of the plurality of wood strips comprising the outer section. Preferably, at least some of the wood strips are bamboo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: Pinnacle Sports Equipment Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Lilan Bao, Yi Bao, Yanshen Hsu, Roger Curylo, Thomas Verrengia