Ball glove having openings and improved weight balance
AssigneeWilson Sporting Goods Co.
InventorsBrian A. Sullivano, Shigeaki Aso, Patrick Udelhofen
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Abstract
A ball glove including a front glove portion, a back glove portion and a webbing. The back glove portion is coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity and to form first, second, third and fourth finger stalls and a thumb stall. Each finger stall includes a distal region and a proximal region. At least one through-stall opening is formed into the distal region of at least one of the finger stalls. The through-stall opening having a size of at least 0.25 square inches. The webbing is coupled to, and positioned between, the first finger stall and the thumb stall.
Claims65
A ball glove configured for catching a ball, the ball glove comprising:
- a front glove portion;
- a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity and to form first, second, third and fourth finger stalls and a thumb stall;
- at least one through-stall opening formed into at least one of the finger stalls, the through-stall opening having a size of at least 0.25 square inches;
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- a webbing coupled to, and positioned only between, the first finger stall and the thumb stall, the webbing configured to facilitate the catching of the ball.
A ball glove comprising:
- a front glove portion;
- a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity and to form first, second, third and fourth finger stalls and a thumb stall;
- at least one through-stall opening formed into at least one of the finger stalls, the through-stall opening having a size of at least 0.25 square inches;
- a webbing coupled to, and positioned between, the first finger stall and the thumb stall;
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- a stall insert coupled to the at least one finger stall to define, at least in part, the shape of the at least one opening.
A ball glove comprising:
- a front glove portion;
- a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity and to form first, second, third and fourth finger stalls and a thumb stall;
- at least one through-stall opening formed into at least one of the finger stalls, the through-stall opening having a size of at least 0.25 square inches;
- a webbing coupled to, and positioned between, the first finger stall and the thumb stall;
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- at least one covering being positioned in or over the opening.
A ball glove comprising:
- a front glove portion;
- a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity and to form first, second, third and fourth finger stalls and a thumb stall;
- at least one through-stall opening formed into at least one of the finger stalls, the through-stall opening having a size of at least 0.25 square inches;
- a webbing coupled to, and positioned between, the first finger stall and the thumb stall;
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- each finger and thumb stall including a distal region and a proximal region, the at least one through-stall opening being formed into the distal region of finger or thumb stall, the distal region of at least one of the finger stalls being formed separately from the proximal region of the finger stall, and the distal region being coupled to the proximal region.
A ball glove for use by a ball player in catching a ball, the glove comprising:
- a front glove portion;
- a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity and to form first, second, third and fourth finger stalls and a thumb stall, each finger stall including a distal region and a proximal region;
- at least one through-stall opening formed into at least one of the finger stalls, the through-stall opening sufficiently sized to enable the ball player to see the ball through the opening;
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- a webbing coupled to, and positioned between, the first finger stall and the thumb stall.
A ball glove comprising:
- a front glove portion;
- a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity and to form first, second, third and fourth finger stalls and a thumb stall, each of the finger stalls and thumb stall defining an elongate opening;
- at least one through-stall opening formed into at least one of the finger stalls, at least one of the through-stall opening being un-laced;
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- a webbing coupled to, and positioned between, the first finger stall and the thumb stall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.