Warm-Up Bat

Abstract

A warm-up bat with a handle, a tube fixed to one end of the handle and defining an internal cavity, a volume of flowable material in the cavity, and a mechanical assembly located in the cavity and adapted to maintain the material in the cavity.

1 . A warm-up bat, comprising: 
 a handle;    a tube fixed to one end of the handle and defining an internal cavity;    a volume of flowable material in the cavity; and    a mechanical assembly located in the cavity and adapted to maintain the material in the cavity, the mechanical assembly comprising a compressed resilient member.    
   
   
       2 . The warm-up bat of  claim 1  in which the handle is the handle of a bat with some or all of the barrel removed.  
   
   
       3 . The warm-up bat of  claim 1  in which the tube is a hollow cylinder.  
   
   
       4 . The warm-up bat of  claim 3  in which an inside diameter of the tube is slightly greater than an outside diameter of the handle.  
   
   
       5 . The warm-up bat of  claim 4  in which the tube partially overlaps the handle and is secured to the handle.  
   
   
       6 . The warm-up bat of  claim 4  in which the tube is made of plastic.  
   
   
       7 . The warm-up bat of  claim 4  in which in which the tube is open at both ends.  
   
   
       8 . The warm-up bat of  claim 7  in which the overlapping handle portion closes one end of the tube.  
   
   
       9 . The warm-up bat of  claim 1  in which the flowable material is adjacent to the handle.  
   
   
       10 . The warm-up bat of  claim 1  in which the mechanical assembly further comprises a compressible member.  
   
   
       11 . The warm-up bat of  claim 10  in which the compressible member is located within the tube adjacent to the flowable material.  
   
   
       12 . The warm-up bat of  claim 11  in which the compressible member comprises a plastic foam.  
   
   
       13 . The warm-up bat of  claim 11  in which the compressible member is generally cylindrical.  
   
   
       14 . The warm-up bat of  claim 13  in which the cylinder is slightly smaller in diameter than an inside diameter of the tube.  
   
   
       15 . The warm-up bat of  claim 14  in which the mechanical assembly further comprises a filler member between the compressible member and the resilient member.  
   
   
       16 . The warm-up bat of  claim 15  in which the filler member comprises a solid plug that is slightly smaller in diameter than an inside diameter of the tube.  
   
   
       17 . The warm-up bat of  claim 16  in which the solid plug is made from wood.  
   
   
       18 . The warm-up bat of  claim 16  in which the mechanical assembly further comprises a closure member to close the end of the tube farthest from the handle.  
   
   
       19 . The warm-up bat of  claim 18  in which the closure member comprise a solid plug that is slightly smaller in diameter than an inside diameter of the tube.  
   
   
       20 . The warm-up bat of  claim 19  in which the closure member is held in place in the tube.  
   
   
       21 . A warm-up bat, comprising: 
 a handle of a bat with some or all of the barrel removed;    a plastic open tube fixed to one end of the handle and defining an internal cavity, the inside diameter of the tube being slightly greater than an outside diameter of the handle, the tube partially overlapping the handle and secured to the handle, with the overlapping handle portion closing one end of the tube;    a volume of flowable material in the cavity against the handle; and    a mechanical assembly located in and filling the remainder of the cavity, and adapted to maintain the material in the cavity, the mechanical assembly comprising: 
 a generally cylindrical compressible member located within the tube adjacent to the flowable material, the cylinder slightly smaller in diameter than an inside diameter of the tube;  
 a solid plug filler member adjacent to the compressible member, the solid plug slightly smaller in diameter than an inside diameter of the tube;  
 a compressed spring adjacent to the solid plug filler; and  
 a solid plug closure member closing the end of the tube farthest from the handle, the closure member slightly smaller in diameter than an inside diameter of the tube, and held in place in the tube.  
   
   
   
       22 . A warm-up bat, comprising: 
 a handle of a bat with some or all of the barrel removed;    a plastic open tube fixed to one end of the handle and defining an internal cavity, the inside diameter of the tube being slightly greater than an outside diameter of the handle, the tube partially overlapping the handle and secured to the handle, with the overlapping handle portion closing one end of the tube;    a volume of flowable material in the cavity against the handle; and    a mechanical assembly located in the cavity and adapted to maintain the material in the cavity, the mechanical assembly comprising: 
 a generally cylindrical plastic foam compressible member located within the tube adjacent to the flowable material, the cylinder slightly smaller in diameter than an inside diameter of the tube;  
 a solid plug filler member adjacent to the compressible member, the solid plug slightly smaller in diameter than an inside diameter of the tube;  
 a compressed spring adjacent to the solid plug filler; and  
 a solid plug wooden closure member closing the end of the tube farthest from the handle, the closure member slightly smaller in diameter than an inside diameter of the tube, and held in place in the tube.