Claims for Patent: 5,786,574

Summary for Patent: 5,786,574

Title:	Baseball bat warmer
Abstract:	A baseball bat warmer including an elongated cylindrical sleeve member that has a cylindrical side wall defining an interior cavity. The sleeve member is formed of a resilient material of two woven fabrics sandwiching an insulating padding. A vertical fastener releasable couples vertical edges of a vertical cut through the cylindrical side wall portion of the sleeve member. Included is a generally rectangular pouch that is open at a top edge and has a battery connector. The pouch is fixedly attached to the side wall of the sleeve member. Lastly, a battery housing is sized and shaped so as to receive a plurality of cylindrical batteries. The battery housing, with the batteries therein, is positioned within the pouch for coupling of a battery connector of the pouch with the battery connector of the housing. The batteries provide DC current to the heating wire.
Inventor(s):	Garnett; Demetrius (Winters, CA)
Assignee:
Application Number:	08/712,304
Patent Claims:	1. A baseball bat warmer for heating a batting surface of a baseball bat comprising in combination: an elongated cylindrical sleeve member having a cylindrical side wall with a circular top edge and a bulbous bottom, the sleeve member having a diameter increasing from the top edge to the bulbous bottom, the sleeve member defining an interior cavity being sized and shaped so to receive a baseball bat, the sleeve member being flexible and formed of a resilient material of two woven fabrics sandwiching an insulating padding, one of the two woven fabrics being a soft fabric lining, another of the two woven fabrics being a polymeric fabric having water repellent properties for forming the side wall, the lining and the insulating padding being capable of sandwiching a heating wire therebetween; a vertical fastening means for releasable coupling vertical edges of a vertical cut through the cylindrical side wall of the sleeve member, the vertical cut of the cylindrical side wall extending from a position on the top edge downwardly to a position on the side wall proximate the bulbous bottom; a generally rectangular pouch being open at a top edge thereof and fixedly attached to the side wall of the sleeve member, the pouch having an interior cavity and a pouch flap attached to a rear side of the top edge of the pouch for enclosing the interior cavity of the pouch, the pouch having a pair of electrical connector cables therein being in contact with a battery connector having a male and a female contacts mounted thereon; a generally rectangular battery housing having an upper wall and a bottom wall being interconnected by four vertical supports, the battery housing being sized and shaped so as to receive a plurality of cylindrical batteries therein, the upper wall having an exterior surface with a female contact and a male contact attached thereto, the upper wall having an interior surface with a flat contact plate being in electrical contact with the male and female connectors of the upper wall, the bottom wall having an interior surface with a resilient contact plate; and the battery housing having the batteries being positioned within the pouch for coupling of the battery connector of the pouch with the male and female contacts of the housing, the pouch flap being secured for retention of the battery housing within the pouch, the batteries within the housing being capable of providing DC current to the heating wire within the sleeve for warming the baseball bat when positioned within the cavity of the sleeve member. 2. A baseball bat warmer comprising: an elongated cylindrical sleeve member having cylindrical side wall defining an interior cavity, the sleeve member being flexible and formed of a resilient material of two woven fabrics sandwiching an insulating padding, the insulating padding and one of the woven fabrics being capable of sandwiching a heating wire therebetween, the sleeve member having a circular top edge and a bulbous bottom, the sleeve member having a diameter increasing from the top edge to the bulbous bottom, and the sleeve member being sized and shaped so as to receive a baseball bat; a vertical fastening means for releasable coupling vertical edges of a vertical cut through the cylindrical side wall of the sleeve member; a generally rectangular pouch being open at a top edge of the pouch thereof and having a battery connector, the pouch being fixedly attached to the side wall of the sleeve member, the pouch having an interior cavity and a pouch flap attached to a rear side of the top edge for enclosing the interior cavity, the pouch flap being secured to the pouch with a pile-type fastener for retention of the battery housing within the pouch; and a generally rectangular battery housing being sized and shaped so as to receive a plurality of cylindrical batteries therein, the battery housing with the batteries therein being positioned within the pouch for coupling of a battery connector of the pouch with the battery connector of the housing, the batteries provide DC current to the heating wire within the sleeve. 3. The baseball bat warmer as set forth in claim 2, wherein, one of the two woven fabrics being a soft fabric lining, another of the two woven fabrics being a polymeric fabric having water repellent properties for forming the side wall, and the lining being the one wove fabric capable of sandwiching the heat wire with the insulating padding. 4. The baseball bat warmer as set forth in claim 2, wherein the vertical cut of the cylindrical side wall extending from a position on the top edge downwardly to a position on the side wall proximate the bulbous bottom. 5. The baseball bat warmer as set forth in claim 2, wherein the pouch having a pair of electrical connector cables within the interior cavity and being in contact with the battery connector, and the battery connector having a male and a female contact mounted thereon. 6. The baseball bat warmer as set forth in claim 2, wherein the battery housing having a upper wall and a bottom wall being interconnected by four vertical supports. 7. The baseball bat warmer as set forth in claim 6, wherein the upper wall of the battery housing having an exterior surface with a female contact and a male contact attached thereto, and the upper wall having an interior surface with a flat contact plate being in electrical contact with the male and female connectors of the upper wall. 8. The baseball bat warmer as set forth in claim 6, wherein the bottom wall of the battery housing having an interior surface with a resilient contact plate.

Details for Patent 5,786,574

Applicant	Tradename	Biologic Ingredient	Dosage Form	BLA	Approval Date	Patent No.	Expiredate
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