Baseball glove with finger wrap
AssigneeWilson Sporting Goods Co.
InventorsDouglas G. Guenther, Bradley C. Gaff
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Abstract
A ball glove includes an inner lining which includes a plurality of finger stalls which provide finger openings. Each finger stall is formed by a front palm lining and a back lining. The front palm lining is curved to provide a concavely curved front wall for each finger opening, and the back lining provides a back wall for each finger opening. The front palm lining includes side edges for each finger stall, and the back lining is secured to the side edges by lines of stitching which are spaced rearwardly from the curved front wall.
Claims9
A ball glove having a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls, the ball glove comprising:
- a palm lining having front and back surfaces;
- a back lining coupled to the palm lining to provide a plurality of elongated finger lining stalls and a thumb lining stall, the finger lining stalls and thumb stalls being configured to generally fit within the finger stalls and the thumb stalls of the ball glove, respectively, the palm lining providing the finger lining stalls with longitudinally extending side edges and a curved transverse cross section in which the front surface of the palm lining is convexly curved and the back surface is concavely curved, the back lining coupled to the back surface of the palm lining adjacent to the side edges of each of the finger lining stalls, the back lining having an intermediate portion between the side edges of each of the finger lining stalls which is spaced from the palm lining to provide a finger opening;
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- a webbing extending between the thumb stall and one of the finger stalls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.