Knob simulating device for sporting equipment

摘要

A knob simulating device that can be affixed to a sporting good, such as a baseball bat. The knob simulating device encircles the shaft of the baseball bat and is made up of a plurality of components that mate together to surround and encase the entire periphery of the bat shaft. Each of the component parts has a hard exterior portion and a resilient interior portion for contacting and conforming to the circular outer surface of the baseball bat. The resilient interior portion is generally cylindrical and may have one or more deformable projections that retain the device along the circular outer surface of the baseball bat. There may be a plurality of deformable projections in the form of annular rings that can be angled so as to securely retain the knob simulating device in the desired location along the shaft of the baseball bat.

主权项

1. A device that encircles a shaft of a sporting good having a generally cylindrical outer surface, the device having a distal end and a proximal end and being comprised of two component parts having ends, wherein the ends of one of the component parts mate together with the ends of the other of the component parts to encircle the shaft and provide a hard exterior surface with at least one component part having a resilient interior portion for contacting and conforming to the circular outer surface of the sporting good, the resilient interior portion having a configuration that contacts and retains the device along the circular outer surface of the sporting good, the resilient interior portion comprising a plurality of inwardly directed deformable projections wherein some of the plurality of inwardly directed deformable projections are slanted in the direction toward the distal end and some of the inwardly directed deformable projections are slanted in the direction toward the proximal end.