US Patent 7235024 Training bat

A training bat having a handle portion with a knob end and a barrel receiving end, a hitting portion, and a means for tethering said handle portion to said hitting portion. The means for tethering is selected from either an eye bolt assembly, a link assembly, and an eye bolt. The eye bolt assembly joins a wood fitting portion secured within the barrel receiving end of the handle portion to the hitting portion by one or more chain links, as well as joins a wood hitting portion to the one or more chain links. The link assembly joins a plug secured within the barrel receiving end of the handle portion to the hitting portion by one or more chain links.