Patent ID: 6253382
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A41D,A63B

Abstract:
A batting glove to cover a wearer's human hand comprising:a main opening to receive said human hand;a top portion, wherein said top portion includes elastic material in the vicinity of a human wrist out to the vicinity of each metacarpophalangeal joint in a plurality of said wearer's fingers and a thumb of said hand, and protective covering centrally located to cover a back side of said hand;a bottom portion, wherein said bottom portion includes said elastic material adjacent to said wrist, said protective covering located to cover a palm of said hand, and said bottom portion being attached to said top portion to enable an entire covering of said palm and said back side of said hand along an outer periphery having at selected locations a plurality of finger openings, a thumb opening, and said main opening;a plurality of finger elements, wherein said finger elements each include an upper portion of synthetic material, a lower portion having said protective covering over a middle phalanx A4 pulley region and a proximal phalanx A2 pulley region of each said finger, and being fixedly attached to said finger openings;a thumb element, wherein said thumb element includes said protective covering which surrounds a distal phalanx, metacarpophalangeal joint (MPJ), metacarpal, and carpometacarpal joint (CMCJ) of said thumb, and wherein further a proximal phalanx is covered by 2-way elastic material, and an opening is formed in said protective covering to receive thin elastic material attached to cover a interphalangeal joint (IPJ) of said thumb.