Appeal No. 2002-1954
Application No. 09/458,926
1. A baseball bat comprising:
a core having a barrel portion, handle portion and a
longitudinal axis extending through said core barrel and handle
portions, said handle portion being narrower than said barrel
portion;
continuous first fibers wound around said core barrel
portion at an angle of about 0° to 90° relative to a first plane
normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one layer of
first fibers around said core barrel portion;
continuous second fibers wound around said core handle
portion at an angle of about 35° to 55° relative to the first
plane normal to the longitudinal axis to provide at least one
layer of second fibers around said core handle portion; and
a resin impregnated on said first and second fibers.
30. A baseball bat comprising a core continuous fibers
wound around said core to provide at least one layer of said
fibers and a two-part epoxy resin impregnated on said fibers,
said epoxy resin having a Component A comprising a glycidyl ether
of polyhydroxy hydrocarbons and a poly(oxyalkylene) epoxide and a
Component B comprising a poly(oxyalkylene)amine and a penol
having 5 to 15 carbons.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Bohannan et al. (Bohannan) 4,848,745 July 18, 1989
Baum 5,458,330 Oct. 17, 1995
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Bohannan.
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