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 Title: |
US5113530:
Fielder's glove with inflatable chambers
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Smith, Flynn K.; Metairie, LA 70005
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1992-05-19
/ 1991-05-20
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| Application Number: |
US1991000702834
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63B 71/14;
Core:
A63B 71/08;
IPC-7:
A41D 13/10;
A41D 19/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A63B71/14G2; K63B208/12;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/019;
D29/115;
Original:
002/019;
002/161.A;
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| Field of Search: |
002/019,20,161 A,413
036/071,89,93,88,92,114,115,119,91
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| Priority Number: |
| 1991-05-20 |
US1991000702834 |
| 1990-08-27 |
US1990000573330 |
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| Abstract: |
A fielders glove, which comprises a hand receiving portion, a plurality of finger portions, a thumb portion, and a web portion extending between the finger portions and the thumb portion, at least one inflatable chamber in the hand receiving portion of the glove, a pump for manually forcing air into the inflation chamber, so that the inflated chamber softens the impact of a baseball making contact with the palm portion of the glove, and a valve to release the air from the chamber upon ball contact with the palm portion, or to manually release air from the air chamber, when desired.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Pravel, Gambrell, Hewitt, Kimball & Krieger ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Schroeder, Werner H.; Neas, Michael A.
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| Maintenance Status: |
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed as invention is:
1. A baseball glove, comprising:
- a) a hand receiving portion, further comprising a palm portion, a plurality of finger portions, and a thumb portion;
- b) a web portion extending between the thumb portion and the finger portions;
- c) chamber means in the palm portion for receiving a quantity of fluid therein, to define an inflated area of the palm portion;
- d) means positioned on the glove for manually pumping the fluid into the chamber means in the palm portion; and
- e) means activated by the impact of an airborn ball striking at least a portion of the chamber means for allowing fluid contained within the chamber means to be released therefrom when the airborn ball makes contact with at least a portion of the palm portion of the glove positioned above the chamber means.
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