Catching tool for baseball

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10926156-B2
Application number	US-201615780825-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2016
Priority date	Dec 3, 2015
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

A catching tool for baseball according to the present invention includes an inner stall including an inner finger stall having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and an outer stall including an outer finger stall. The outer finger stall includes a projecting bonding portion projecting inwardly. The inner finger stall includes a lateral piece having a cutout formed from the proximal portion side toward the distal portion, and a back piece bonded to the lateral piece so as to cover the cutout. The inner finger stall has a step formed by the lateral piece and the back piece at a position facing the projecting bonding portion, and the step is engageable with the projecting bonding portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A catching tool for baseball, comprising:
the catching tool having a fingernail side opposite a catching side,
an inner stall including an inner finger stall having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and having a front member corresponding to the catching side of the inner stall and a back member corresponding to the fingernail side; and
an outer stall including an outer finger stall,
the outer finger stall including at least one projecting bonding portion projecting inwardly, the at least one projecting bonding portion being formed at a center portion of the fingernail side of the outer finger stall,
the inner finger stall including
a lateral piece having a cutout formed from the proximal portion toward the distal portion, and
a back piece bonded to the lateral piece so as to cover the cutout,
the lateral piece having a first inner surface facing inside of the inner finger stall and a first outer surface opposite to the first inner surface,
the back piece having a second inner surface facing inside of the inner finger stall and a second outer surface opposite to the second inner surface,

the inner finger stall having a step constituted by the first outer surface and the second outer surface and formed by bonding the first inner surface to the second outer surface at a position facing the at least one projecting bonding portion,
the step being engageable with the at least one projecting bonding portion.

2. The catching tool for baseball according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one projecting bonding portion is one per outer finger stall, and the back piece is bonded to an inner side of the lateral piece.

3. The catching tool for baseball according to claim 1 , wherein the back piece is softer than the lateral piece.

4. The catching tool for baseball according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout is formed up to the distal portion.

5. The catching tool for baseball according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout is formed up to a position 50 mm from the proximal portion.

6. The catching tool for baseball according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout is formed up to a position 10 mm from the proximal portion.

7. The catching tool for baseball according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral piece has a first portion extending toward the fingernail side of the outer finger stall and a second portion in which the lateral piece changes direction to bend from the fingernail side of the outer finger stall toward a center of the outer finger stall.

8. The catching tool for baseball according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral piece is a first lateral piece and the step is a first step located proximate a first end of the back piece, the catching tool for baseball further comprising:
a second lateral piece forming a second step with the back piece; and
an engagement width defined as a distance between the first step and the second step, the engagement width being approximately equal to a width of the at least one projecting bonding portion.

Assignees

• Mizuno Kk

Inventors

• Ito Norifumi

Classifications

• A63B71/14

  for the hands, e.g. baseball, boxing or golfing gloves (archer's finger tabs F41B5/1473) · CPC title

• A63B71/143 Primary

  Baseball or hockey gloves · CPC title

• A63B2069/0011

  Catching · CPC title