Patent ID: 6634029
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A ball glove for use by a player to facilitate catching a ball, the ball glove comprising:a front glove portion; a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity and to form first, second, third and fourth finger stalls and a thumb stall, each finger stall including a front stall portion and a back stall portion, each back stall portion including a distal region and a proximal region; first, second, and third elongate reinforcing members coupled to the back stall portions of the first, second and third finger stalls, respectively, the first member having a length that is shorter than each of the second and third members, the first reinforcing member positioned at the distal region of the back stall portion of the first finger stall, and the second and third members extending along the distal and proximal regions of the back stall portions of the second and third finger stalls, respectively, the elongate reinforcing members configured to inhibit rearward bending of the finger and thumb stalls upon impact with the ball during use; and a webbing coupled to, and positioned between, the first finger stall and the thumb stall.