Appeal No. 98-1033
Application No. 08/574,330
Gubbins pertains to a baseball bat “to lessen the hitting
of fouls by the batsmen” (lines 9-10). Gubbins states (lines
10-39):
To effect this object, a sleeve of corrugated rubber
fabric is placed upon the striking or body portion
of the bat and serves to prevent the glance or
angular rebound of the ball by which fouls are
produced.
. . .
. . . The body [of the bat] is covered with a
sleeve consisting of an inner layer of cloth known
as “friction-cloth,” as indicated at 8, and an outer
layer of corrugated rubber, (indicated at 9,) the
corrugations extending lengthwise of the bat. The
cloth is cemented or otherwise suitably fastened to
the bat and holds the rubber firmly in place.
In the case of this bat the corrugations contact
with the ball and tend to hold it from the lateral
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