US400354A - Base-ball bat - Google Patents

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' BASE BALL BAT.

N.-400,354. y Patented MaInZ, 1889.

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- CHARLES N. MORRIS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIOA BAS E-BALL BAT.

SIPIEKIIF,ICAIRHW forming part of Letters Patent No; 400,354', dated March 26, 1839.

` Applause@ ned october 31, I1888. serial No. 289,636 No nodal.)

To' all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. MORRIS, of

Cincinnati, Hamiltonv county, Ohio, have in- An ancillary feature may consist of a mark or sight, to assist' the batter visually, as the oval form of the outer grasp does tactu-ally, to present the Vbat properly to the action of the ball-for example, broadside to a direct ball and more or less obliquely to a tWirling one.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a front, and Fig. II an edgewise,proti1e of my bat. Figs. III to VIII, inclusive, are transverse sections taken at the correspondinglymarked places on Figs. Iand II.

From these gures it Will be seen that from the customaryv circular inner grasp, l, the bat gradually merges into an oval or approximately oval form at the outer grasp, 2, and thence increases to about double the Width, with very little increase of thickness at the striking portion 3. The handle portion is preferably somewhat expanded, still preserving its circular section, as at 4, to the hilt or guard 5.

A mark or sight, 6, may be applied to guide the eye of the user to the exact position of the edge.

Over a bat of the customaryround transverse section the bat here described possesses the advantage of Inore effective and accurate hitting and of discretionary presentation of the iiat of the bat, either squarely or ob-A liquely, according to the kind of ball and the idiosyncrasies of the pitcher, and it also possesses the advantage of greater elasticity. Such a bat is also less liable to turn in the batters hands, and presents a larger striking-face.

I claim-'- p l. A base-ball bat which from the inner circular grasp gradually merges into an oval or approximately oval transverse section at the striking portion, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A base-ball bat which from a circular handle or inner grasp, l, becomes gradually of

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