Appeal No. 2006-0709
Application No. 10/780,805
a handle section having a first end with a second
diameter, said first end of said handle section being
operatively connected to said second end of said transition
section where said diameter of said first end of said handle
section is substantially equivalent to said second end of
said transition section;
wherein said training bat has a length and a weight
which are substantially equivalent to the length and weight
of a respective conventional Little League, baseball, or
softball bat.
7. The training bat of claim 1 further comprising
an elongated rod in a drilled out portion of said barrel
section.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Owen et al. (Owen) 3,116,926 Jan. 7, 1964
Muhlhausen 6,050,908 Apr. 18, 2000
Brundage 6,280,353 Aug. 28, 2001
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to a training bat
having a barrel section, a handle section and a transition
section joining the barrel and handle sections. The bat has a
length and weight substantially equivalent to that of a
conventional Little League, baseball or softball bat, but the
diameter of the barrel section is less than 2 1/4 inches, which
is less than that of the conventional bats. Claim 7 on appeal
recites an elongated rod in a drilled out portion of the barrel
section. According to appellant, “the training bat of the
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