Batting pad for protecting a batter's hand
AssigneePro-Hitter Corporation
InventorPhilip Lomedico
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Abstract
A batting pad comprising a body made from a cushioning material and having a ring portion adapted to fit over a batters thumb and an appendage to cushion the palm area between a batters thumb and index finger. The appendage has a thickness T at its thickest point located between the first end and the distant end, and the thickness T of the appendage is selected to optimize an angle of a bat in the batters hand relative to a line parallel to the batter's forearm, the angle being determined by the thickness T of the appendage displacing the bat toward the tip of the batters index finger and causing the bat to contact the palm of the batters hand near the batters little finger.
Claims16
A batting pad device for aiding a batter in properly gripping and controlling a bat and for protecting a web area between a thumb and an index finger of a batter's hand, including a proximal joint of the thumb and a proximal joint of the index finger, from injury, the device comprising:
- a body made from a cushioning material and having a ring portion adapted to fit over the thumb and an appendage to cushion the web area;
- wherein the appendage has a thickness sufficient to move a first and a second contact point between the bat and the hand such that the first contact point is adjacent to or distal to a proximal interphalangeal joint of the index finger and the second contact point is adjacent to or distal to an interphalangeal joint of the thumb;
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- further wherein the appendage has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface contacting the web area of the batter's hand when in use, and the lower surface contacting the bat when the batter grips the bat, wherein the upper surface has a radius of curvature of approximately 0.7 to 0.85 inches.
A batting pad device for aiding a batter in properly gripping and controlling a bat and for protecting a web area between a thumb and an index finger of a batter's hand, including a proximal joint of the thumb and a proximal joint of the index finger, from injury, the device comprising:
- a body made from a cushioning material and having a ring portion adapted to fit over the thumb and an appendage to cushion the web area;
- wherein the appendage has a thickness sufficient to move a first and a second contact point between the bat and the hand such that the first contact point is adjacent to or distal to a proximal interphalangeal joint of the index finger and the second contact point is adjacent to or distal to an interphalangeal joint of the thumb.
A batting pad device for aiding a batter in properly gripping and controlling a bat and for protecting a web area between a thumb and an index finger of a batter's hand, including a proximal joint of the thumb and a proximal joint of the index finger, from injury, the device comprising:
- a body made from a cushioning material and having a ring portion adapted to fit over the thumb and an appendage to cushion the web area;
- wherein the appendage has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface adapted to contact the web area, and the lower surface adapted to contact the bat, wherein the upper surface has a radius of curvature of approximately 0.7 to 0.85 inches, such that when the batter grips the bat the upper surface generally conforms to the web area of the hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.