Protective glove for use in athletics

Active Publication Date: 2013-02-14
MARKWORT SPORTING GOODS
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[0017]These and other objects are met by the present invention which provides a protective inner athletic glove to be worn within a conventional baseball or softball glove or mitt to protect the wrist and hand of a wearer. The glove of the present invention includes a glove of soft leather or other material closely fitted to the hand and a plurality of non-springy, shock absorbing cushions attached to the glove only over certain defined areas and sewn thereto in a particular pattern so as to cover portions of both hand and wrist. The cushions include a radioulnar cushion having an area of padding having a first end at the wrist crease and extending in length proximally up the forearm to a second end, a distance from one to three inches and extending in width a distance sufficient to

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However, at any level of play a thrown or batted ball can travel at high speed with the potential to injure players trying to catch such balls during practice and play.
The conventional large baseball or softball glove currently used for catching is, however, not entirely effective in protecting the hand from the stress received when the ball impacts the glove at high speed.
The padding in these large gloves is either insufficient or ineffective long before the glove reaches its maximum utility and players sometimes take additional steps in order to eliminate the sting that the player experiences when catching a particularly hard thrown or batted ball.
They are typically made of unpadded calf skin and are ineffective for use as a protective inner glove.
Protective palm pads also have been used, but these are difficult t maintain in the proper location and inhibit hand flexibility within the glove because of the indiscriminately positioned and excess padding in the crease areas of the palm.
Such shock absorbing protective cushions or pads also suffer from their elast

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[0024]Reference will now be made in detail to preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.

[0025]With collective reference to the figures and specifically to FIG. 3 there is shown a protective glove 14 embodying the features of the present invention. The glove is preferably constructed of a thin flexible leather material such as calf skin leather but may be constructed of any similar, thin flexible natural or synthetic material. The glove 14 is preferably tight fitting to the hand and wrist of the wearer and is provided with a plurality of non-springy, cushions on the surface of glove on the critical area of the hand and wrist.

[0026]Referring back to FIGS. 1-2, the critical areas of the wrist include the distal radioulnar joint 94 and the carpal bones 90 extending from the radioulnar joint 94 up to and i

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A glove worn within a conventional baseball mitt to protect the wrist and hand. The glove generally comprises a fitted glove of soft leather with a plurality of attached non-springy, shock absorbing cushions including a radioulnar cushion extending proximally one to three inches up the forearm from a first end at the wrist crease to a second end and in width a distance sufficient to cover the palmar side of the wrist, and a carpal cushion extending distally from the wrist crease a distance sufficient to cover the carpometacarpal joint of the hand and in width a distance sufficient to cover the carpometacarpal joint of all five digits, including the carpal cushion including a line of reduced padding, typically compressive stitching, extending from the first wrist crease edge to the distal edge which edge may be arcuate to provide additional protection and conform to the shape of the ball glove.

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