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US3957267A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Safety restrainer for bat

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1974-08-09
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Granted: 1976-05-18
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Expires: 1994-08-09
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Abstract

Abstract Baseball bat or the like can be kept from being unintentionally thrown from batters hand by a restrainer that can be fitted around the wrist of a batter and has loops looping around adjacent portions of bat. Quick-release fastening means holds loops around the bat. The restrainer is made up of a wrist loop and a pair of elongated loops, each elongated loop having one of its ends attached transversely to the wrist loop and having its other end attached [to] by the quick-release fastener [being attached] to the wrist loop. When in operating condition, the wrist loop is attached to the wrist of a user, a bat is gripped by the hand wearing the wrist loop, the pair of loops are looped around the bat, one loop on one side of the hand and the other loop on the other side of the hand, and the quick-release fastener is fastened to the wrist loop to secure the bat in the hand until the wrist carrying the restrainer brushes the quick-release fastener against an object, such as a batter's body, to operate the quick-release for freeing the bat from the hand.

Inventors

  • 👤 Angelo R. Vitalo

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 12:59
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B69/00; A63B69/0002; A63B60/00; A63B60/06; A63B60/08; A63B60/10; A63B21/00; A63B21/40; A63B21/4001; A63B21/4017; A63B2102/00; A63B2102/18; A63B2209/00; A63B2209/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 132 words
A quick-release bat restrainer comprising a cuff for securing around a wrist, the cuff carrying two elongated loop members of flexible restraining material, each loop member having each of its ends secured by securing means to said cuff, said loop members having lengths such that when a bat is held in the hand to which the cuff is secured, both loop members loop around and loosely engage the bat alongside said hand, one loop looping around the bat on one side of the hand, and the other looping around the bat on the other side of the hand, and said securing means at one end of each loop member being quick-release fastening means for releasably fastening them to the cuff and for quick disengagement by brushing the fastening means against an object.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 132 words
A quick-release bat restrainer comprising a cuff for securing around a wrist, the cuff carrying two elongated loop members of flexible restraining material, each loop member having each of its ends secured by securing means to said cuff, said loop members having lengths such that when a bat is held in the hand to which the cuff is secured, both loop members loop around and loosely engage the bat alongside said hand, one loop looping around the bat on one side of the hand, and the other looping around the bat on the other side of the hand, and said securing means at one end of each loop member being quick-release fastening means for releasably fastening them to the cuff and for quick disengagement by brushing the fastening means against an object.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 45 words
The combination of claim 1 in which each of the two loops extends from one side to the other of the wrist to which the cuff is secured, and the quick-release means connects the cuff to the loop ends on one side of the wrist.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
The combination of claim 1 in which the cuff is an elongated flexible member with two ends and quick-release fastening means for securing its two ends together around a wrist.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 34 words
The combination of claim 1 in which the quick-release means includes snap fastening elements and a tab that unsnaps the snap fastening elements when the tab is brushed against the body of the wearer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 24 words
The combination of claim 3 in which the quick-release cuff fastening means is a loop-and-flexible-hook means that pushes into fastening engagement, and pulls apart.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 31 words
The combination of claim 1 in which the quick-release fastening means is located at the portion of the cuff adjacent the thumb of the hand on which the cuff is mounted.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1979-05-18 1979-11-17 1980-05-18 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1983-05-18 1983-11-17 1984-05-18 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1987-05-18 1987-11-17 1988-05-18 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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