Appeal No. 98-1033
Application No. 08/574,330
bound which causes fouls and to impel it in a
straight and fair direction on a line. The knocking
of fouls and high flies is thus prevented in a
measure.
Although the invention as shown and described
has a rubber cover, the same idea may be applied by
the use of corrugated leather or other material.
Carr discloses a baseball bat having a roughed striking
surface. More specifically, Carr provides surface roughening
characteristics that promote the tendency of the ball to spin
when struck off-center or struck a glancing blow. This
promotion of spin enhances the tendency of the ball to deviate
from its expected flight path when struck off-center (column
1, lines 6-19). According to Carr, this enhanced tendency of
the ball to deviate from its expected flight path may be used,
for example, by batters and coaches in the analysis and
improvement of batting skills by making the batter and coach
more aware of striking the ball off-center (column 1, lines
51-66).
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