First metacarpal sling for ball glove
AssigneeWilson Sporting Goods Co.
InventorShigeaki Aso
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Abstract
A ball glove for catching the ball includes a front glove portion, a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity having a thumb stall. The thumb stall has a back side and a palm side. A metacarpal sling extends within the hand cavity. The sling extends from a thumb side of the back glove portion to a pinky side of the back glove portion and continuing along the back side of the thumb stall to the palm side of the thumb stall so as to support the first metacarpal on a person's hand when the person's hand is positioned within the hand cavity.
Claims20
A ball glove for receiving a hand, thumb and at least a portion of a wrist of a person and for catching the ball, the ball glove comprising:
- a front glove portion;
- a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity having a thumb stall, the thumb stall having a back side and a palm side;
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- a metacarpal sling extending within the hand cavity and extending at least partially within the thumb stall, the metacarpal sling coupled to the back glove portion at a first location on a pinky side of the back glove portion, the metacarpal sling extending along a back of the ball glove and coupled to the back glove portion at a second location adjacent the thumb stall, the metacarpal sling further extending around a thumb stall side of the ball glove to the palm side of the thumb stall, the metacarpal sling coupled to the front glove portion at a third location, the metacarpal sling configured to support a first metacarpal on the hand of the person when the hand is positioned within the hand cavity.
A ball glove for receiving a person's hand and for catching the ball, the ball glove comprising:
- a front glove portion;
- a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity having a thumb stall, the thumb stall having a back side and a palm side;
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- a metacarpal sling extending within the hand cavity, the sling extending from a thumb side of the back glove portion to a pinky side of the back glove portion and continuing along the back side of the thumb stall to the palm side of the thumb stall so as to support the first metacarpal on the person's hand when the person's hand is positioned within the hand cavity
- wherein the metacarpal sling comprises:
- a heel securement portion extending from the left side of the back glove portion toward the right side of the back to extend along part of a back of the person's hand when positioned within the hand cavity;
- a metacarpal support portion extending from the heel securement portion to wrap about the first metacarpal of the hand of the person positioned within the hand cavity, wherein the heel securement portion has a first stiffness and wherein the metacarpal support portion has a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness;
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- a wrist extension portion extending from the metacarpal support portion over the back of the person's hand positioned in the hand cavity to adjustably engage the heel securement portion.
A first metacarpal sling for insertion into a hand cavity of a ball glove for receiving a person's hand, the sling comprising:
- a heel securement portion to be secured to a pinky side of a back portion of the ball glove, the heel securement portion has a first stiffness;
- a metacarpal support portion extending from the heel securement portion, the metacarpal support portion dimensioned to extend across a front of the person's hand received within the hand cavity and to curl about an interior of a thumb stall of the ball glove about a first metacarpal and opponens pollicis of a person's hand when the person's hand is received within the hand cavity, the metacarpal support portion including a layer of padding, the metacarpal support portion having a second stiffness that is different from the first stiffness.
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