Patent Application
20140250672
This organizer relates to the field of organizing baseball and softball player bats. More specifically, the organizer comprises the placement and storage of bats and sometimes helmets of the baseball player during a ball game being played.
There are known devices for a Bat Rack. Most of these are a hard, fixed, and usually bulky in nature to hang multiple baseball bats and sometimes batting helmets. One good example is the permanent fixed, metal, multiple bat rack, which is traditionally mounted in one spot in the team's bench area and is shared by all the team members during a ball game being played.
These devices usually result in the bats and helmets getting piled on top of one another, lying on the ground and creates a very cluttered area that causes a hazard area and becomes a danger of a ball player injuring themselves.
The present device comprises the ball players personal baseball equipment organizing and storing device that will attach to a chain link fence. The device consists of a solid base with two base attachment hooks fixed to the back side of the device spaced equally apart attaching the device to any one of the diamond patterns of a chain link fence. This gives each team member the ability to store their personal baseball equipment; a bat, a ball glove, a hat, and a pair of batting gloves, by rotating the organizing arms with gripping material that is attached to the base by two pivot mounts, in the down position 90 degrees, until the arms come to rest on the built in stops that are created by two slot openings placed in the device base.
The ball player has the capability to place the device anywhere in the bench area, or where the ball player chooses to place the device on any diamond pattern of a chain link fence of the baseball field, the device can be easily removed from the chain link fence and with the arms rotated 90 degrees in the up position, the device becomes compact for easy storing and portability when no longer in use.
In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like numerals may describe similar components in different views. Like numerals having different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. The drawings illustrate generally, by way of example, but not by way of limitation, various embodiments discussed in the present document.
The base 1 has two pivot mounts 2, attached to the base 1 to provide the 90 degree pivoting rotation point for the organizing arms 3, shown in the extended position. The pivoting organizing arms 3, when extended, provides placement and storage for the individual baseball player's equipment, baseball or softball bat, one or a pair of batting gloves, the baseball glove, and a baseball cap. This can be achieved by placing the device on the chain link fence in the area of the team member's choice, then physically pivoting the organizing arms 3, 90 degrees in the down (horizontal) position for the team member's equipment placement for use during a ball game. The gripping material 4, is fixed on the outside surface of the organizing arms 3, for the attachment of the players batting gloves. When finished using the device and the player's equipment is removed, rotate the organizing arms 3, 90 degrees up, (vertical) position and remove from the chain link fence for easy storage.
The above detailed description includes references to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the detailed description. The drawings show, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention can be practiced. These embodiments are also referred to herein as “examples.” Such examples can include elements in addition to those shown or described. However, the present inventor also contemplates examples in which only those elements shown or described are provided. Moreover, the present inventor also contemplate examples using any combination or permutation of those elements shown or described (or one or more aspects thereof), either with respect to a particular example (or one or more aspects thereof), or with respect to other examples (or one or more aspects thereof) shown or described herein.
In the event of inconsistent usages between this document and any documents so incorporated by reference, the usage in this document controls. In this document, the terms “a” or “an” are used, as is common in patent documents, to include one or more than one, independent of any other instances or usages of “at least one” or “one or more.” In this document, the term “or” is used to refer to a nonexclusive or, such that “A or B” includes “A but not B,” “B but not A,” and “A and B,” unless otherwise indicated. In this document, the terms “including” and “in which” are used as the plain-English equivalents of the respective terms “comprising” and “wherein.” Also, in the following claims, the terms “including” and “comprising” are open-ended, that is, a system, device, article, composition, formulation, or process that includes elements in addition to those listed after such a term in a claim are still deemed to fall within the scope of that claim. Moreover, in the following claims, the terms “first,” “second,” and “third,” etc. are used merely as labels, and are not intended to impose numerical requirements on their objects.
The above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. For example, the above-described examples (or one or more aspects thereof) may be used in combination with each other. Other embodiments can be used, such as by one of ordinary skill in the art upon reviewing the above description. The Abstract is provided to comply with 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b), to allow the reader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. Also, in the above Detailed Description, various features may be grouped together to streamline the disclosure. This should not be interpreted as intending that an unclaimed disclosed feature is essential to any claim. Rather, inventive subject matter may lie in less than all features of a particular disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description as examples or embodiments, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment, and it is contemplated that such embodiments can be combined with each other in various combinations or permutations. The scope of the invention should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
This patent application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of White, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/773,922 entitled “Baseball and Softball Equipment Organizer,” filed on Mar. 7, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61773922 | Mar 2013 | US |
