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 Title: |
US5987642:
Protective batting glove
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Webster, Charles Harvey; Randallstown, MD 21133
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-11-23
/ 1996-04-29
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| Application Number: |
US1996000639554
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 19/015;
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IPC-7:
A41D 13/10;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D19/015C;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/019;
002/020;
002/161.1;
Original:
002/019;
002/020;
002/161.1;
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| Field of Search: |
002/016,19,20,161.1,159,160,161.2
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-04-29 |
US1996000639554 |
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| Abstract: |
A protective batting glove including padding in critical hand areas. The padding is a thin, shock absorbing material covering the hand areas that are susceptible to injury during batting. These critical hand areas include portions of both the upper and lower palmar side of the hand, portions of the digits, and a portion of the thumb. In additions, certain other critical areas have the shock absorbing material wrap around the hand, from the palmar surface to the dorsal surface. Non-critical hand areas are not padded to maximize tactile sensation and control.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Neas, Michael A.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim as my invention:
1. A batting glove receiving the thumb and forefingers of a hand and comprising:
- a palmar side for covering a palm of a hand;
- a dorsal side for covering a dorsal side of the hand, the glove further including first, second, third, fourth, and fifth digital portions for receiving, respectively, the thumb and forefingers, the thumb and forefingers respectively comprising the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth digits of the hand, each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth digits, having multiple bones including a proximal phalanges adjacent the palm of the hand and joined to the palm of the hand at a palmar metacarpophalangeal joint and joined opposite the palm to a middle phalanges at a middle phalangeal joint, the palm of the hand including multiple metacarpal bones and carpal bones; and
- shock absorbing padding attached to and covering selected separated areas of the glove to dissipate mechanical shock propagated through a bat gripped with the glove, while maintaining glove flexibility and tactile communication with the bat, wherein the shock absorbing padding covers a first area including a portion of the palmar side
- extending from the fifth digit to the second digit, opposite and covering the metacarpophalangeal joints of the fifth through second digits of a hand in the glove,
- extending along only part of the second digital portion, opposite and covering the proximal phalanges to the middle phalangeal joint of the second digit of a hand in the glove, and
- extending along only part of the third digital portion, opposite and covering the proximal phalanges to the middle phalangeal joint of the third digit of a hand in the glove.
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