Flexible baseball glove with grooved foam padding system and polyurethane tube lacing and fasteners
US5694642A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B71/143
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A baseball glove having a laminate foam rubber padding with low rebound and energy damping properties, is constructed and arranged to provide stiffness in the longitudinal axial direction of the thumb and forefinger portion of the glove and the little finger portion of the glove but a flexibility in a transverse axial direction across the palm of the hand in a direction toward the little finger portion of the glove, to thereby preclude the "breaking-in" period customarily required for a new glove. The glove laces are made of hollow plastic tubing having elastic memory. The tubular end portions of the lacings are secured to the leather covering by fasteners having planar surfaces carrying advertising indicia.
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