Batter's hand guard
AssigneeWilson Sporting Goods Co.
InventorSamuel J. Otto
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Abstract
A batter hand guard may include a hand back portion configured to cover at least metacarpal bones of ring, middle and index fingers of the hand on the back side of the hand, a wrist back extension extending from the hand back portion and configured to cover a back of an ulna and a back of a radius of a forearm, and a wrist side extension extending sideways from the wrist back extension. The wrist side extension is formed from a moldable and hardenable material configured to wrap about the ulna from the back side to the palm side of the forearm.
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A batter hand guard for being worn by a hand joined to a forearm by a wrist joint, the hand and the forearm having a palm side and a back side opposite the palm side, the hand comprising a thumb, a pinky, a middle finger, an index finger and a ring finger, the batter hand guard comprising:
- a hand back portion configured to cover at least metacarpal bones of the ring finger, the middle finger, and the index finger of the hand on the back side of the hand, wherein the hand back portion comprises a moldable and hardenable material;
- a wrist back extending from the hand back portion and configured to cover a back of an ulna and a back of a radius of the forearm, wherein the wrist back extension comprises a moldable and hardenable material;
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- a wrist side extension extending sideways from the wrist back extension, the wrist side extension comprising a moldable and hardenable material configured to wrap about the ulna from the back side to the palm side of the forearm, wherein the wrist back extension and the wrist side extension are integrally formed as a single unitary panel;
- a finger retainer extending from the hand back portion and configured to receive at least one of the middle, index and ring fingers of the hand;
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- a flexible wrist strap extending from the wrist side extension, the flexible wrist strap being releasably connectable to a back of the wrist back extension.
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A batter hand guard comprising:
- a single unitary panel formed from a moldable and bendable material and having an L-shape, the single unitary panel comprising a hand back portion, a wrist back extension extending from the hand back portion, and a wrist side extension extending sideways form the wrist back extension;
- an encasement about the panel;
- a finger retainer connected to the encasement proximate an end of the hand back portion;
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- a wrist strap extending sideways from the wrist side extension for wrapping about a wrist,
- wherein wrist side extension is moldable for wrapping the wrist strap extension about a side of an anatomical wrist and is hardenable for retaining a wrapped shape corresponding to a shape of the wrist.
A batter hand guard comprising:
- a protective portion having an L-shape, the protective portion comprising a hand back portion, a wrist back extension extending from the hand back portion, and a wrist side extension extending sideways form the wrist back extension;
- a finger retainer connected to the hand back portion;
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- a wrist strap extending sideways from the wrist side extension for wrapping about a wrist,
- wherein wrist side extension is rigid along its entirety and is curved to receive a side of the wrist, the side extension having a terminal edge sufficiently spaced from the wrist back extension to facilitate sideways insertion of the wrist between the terminal edge and the wrist back extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.