US 5,689,828 AGranted

Protective glove for baseball

OwnerJung Y. Mahinventor

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Abstract

There is disclosed a partial glove for use on the hand of a wearer inside a conventional baseball catching glove. The glove is constructed of a textile material, preferably a stretchable textile material such as LYCRA spandex material, and is double layered on at least the palm (front) side, with a thin layer of resilient material interposed between the aforesaid two textile layers for impact protection of the wearer. The textile portion of the glove preferably surrounds only the proximal portions of the first (index) and second fingers of the wearer, with the thumb, third and fourth fingers fully uncovered. The thin layer of resilient material extends over at least the palm of the wearer and the front surface of the proximal portions of the first index and second fingers. In this manner, the wearer obtains the impact protection afforded by the thin resilient layer, without significant restriction of mobility or reduction in tactility.

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Dependent claims

A partial glove for use by a wearer within a conventional baseball glove and comprising:

a main body portion having a front half and a back half securely joined together at portions of their respective edges, so as to form around the top perimeter of said main body portion a thumb hole, an opposed dual finger opening, and two finger extensions extending upwardly from said main body portion, with said two finger extensions being disposed between said thumb hole and said opposed dual finger opening, each of said two finger extensions having an individual finger opening in register therewith, and a hollow interior between said front and back halves;
said front half comprising outer and inner layers being securely joined together substantially around their respective edges;
a layer of resilient impact absorbing material interposed between said outer and inner layers and extending into each of said finger extensions;
and,
a wrist band portion securely attached to said main body portion so as to substantially encircle a bottom portion of the main body portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.