Baseball Bat Handle Grip

Abstract

A baseball bat handle grip has an inside surface and an outside surface configured into a tubular body. A top portion houses a plurality of finger channels and finger ridges. A back end of the grip is concave and covers convex interior surfaces of a baseball bat knob when the grip is mounted onto the bat. Two longitudinal edges are parallel to each other and are positioned on a bottom portion of the grip to expose a portion of the baseball bat handle when mounted on the bat. The longitudinal edges are tapered to conform to the curved aspects of the bat handle. To remove the grip, a user's thumbs are inserted into two opposing cut-out grooves on a front end of the grip and pushes the grip up and off the bat handle.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A baseball bat handle grip for aligning a batter's hands, the baseball bat handle grip comprising:
 an inside surface and an outside surface, wherein the inside surface and outside surface are configured as a tubular body to enclose a portion of a handle of a baseball bat;   a top portion and a bottom portion;   finger channels and corresponding ridges wherein the finger channels and corresponding ridges are located on the top portion and are configured to receive palmar surfaces of a user's fingers;   a first longitudinal edge located on the bottom portion of the device and a second longitudinal edge located on the bottom portion of the device, wherein the first longitudinal edge is arranged to be located parallel to the second longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge is arranged to be located parallel to the first longitudinal edge;   a gap located between the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge wherein the gap exposes portions of the handle of the baseball bat when the baseball bat handle grip is mounted onto the baseball bat handle;   a front end and a back end, the front end and the back end configured as opposing ends;   at least one indentation located along a surface of the front end, the at least one indentation configured to receive a thumb; and   a curved planar surface located at the back end, wherein the curved planar surface is concave and conforms to the shape of an interior surface of a knob of the bat.   
     
     
         2 . The baseball bat handle grip in  claim 1 , wherein the inside surface is made from a nylon based material. 
     
     
         3 . The baseball bat handle grip in  claim 1 , wherein the outside surface is made of a soft material including a durable foam rubber, the soft material receiving an imprint of a batter's fingers and absorbing sting felt by a batter when a bat strikes a ball. 
     
     
         4 . The baseball bat handle grip in  claim 1 , wherein a single material is used for the inside surface and the outside surface. 
     
     
         5 . The baseball bat grip in  claim 1  wherein the front end is configured with two indentations configured to receive two thumbs. 
     
     
         6 . The baseball bat grip in  claim 1 , wherein the grip is from about 5.5 inches to about 6.5 inches long. 
     
     
         7 . The baseball bat grip in  claim 1 , further comprising finger ridges with corresponding peaks, wherein the peaks are located at midpoints on the finger ridges, the peak to peak distances ranging from about 0.5 inches to about 0.7 inches. 
     
     
         8 . A handle grip for aligning an athlete's hands on a handle, the handle grip comprising:
 a tubular body;   a top portion and a bottom portion;   a plurality of finger channels and corresponding finger ridges located on the top portion;   a front end and a back end, the front end and the back end configured as opposing ends;   a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, wherein the first and second longitudinal edges are parallel to each other, are located between the front end and the back end;   a gap on a surface of the handle grip created by a distance between the first and second parallel longitudinal edges when the handle grip is mounted on the handle;   at least one indentation at a location on the front end; and   a surface located at the back end, wherein the surface is in contact with portions of a an end of the handle.   
     
     
         9 . The handle grip in  claim 8  wherein the first longitudinal edge is in contact with the second longitudinal edge when mounted onto the handle. 
     
     
         10 . A method for aligning an athlete's hands on a baseball bat comprising:
 procuring the baseball bat, the baseball bat comprising a flanged end portion, a handle and a knob wherein the knob is located at an opposing end of the bat from the flanged end portion of the bat;   procuring a device, the device comprising a tubular body, a top portion having a plurality of finger channels and a plurality of finger ridges, a bottom portion having two opposing parallel longitudinal edges, a front end having two grooves to accommodate a user's thumbs and a back end that conforms to the interior surface of the knob;   placing the device on the baseball bat by aligning the back end of the device against the interior surface of the knob of the baseball bat and applying pressure on the top portion of the device until the device snaps onto the baseball bat;   pointing the knob of the bat towards the torso of the athlete's body;   selecting the athlete's non-dominant hand and directing the athlete to place four fingers of an athlete's non-dominant hand into four finger channels closest to the knob of the bat;   selecting the athlete's dominant hand and placing four fingers of an athlete's dominant hand into the finger channels adjacent to those occupied by the fingers of the athlete's non-dominant hand;   aligning a user's knuckles while the fingers are located within the plurality of finger channels;   directing the athlete to enclose each side of the device with palmar surfaces of the athlete's non-dominant and dominant hands and tighten the grasp on the device; and   after using the device, removing the device from the baseball bat by inserting the thumbs in the two grooves and applying pressure in an upward direction to remove the device.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the front end has one thumb groove and the athlete initiates the removal of the device from the baseball bat by inserting one thumb in the one thumb groove and applying pressure in an upward direction to remove the device.