Patent ID: 7360254
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A baseball glove comprising: a glove body having a palm side panel and a back side panel which are interconnected to form a hand-receiving pocket that has finger sections, said finger sections including an index finger section, said back side panel having a through hole below said index finger section, and a lacing provided along a periphery of said through hole, said through hole being adapted for extension of a player's index finger therethrough so as to dispose the index finger out of said glove body; and a finger-limiting rib unit projecting from said back side panel and surrounding said lacing in a spaced-apart relationship, said finger-limiting rib unit having a limiting portion disposed above said lacing and adapted to prevent the player's index finger from slipping on said back side panel; wherein said finger-limiting rib unit includes a first limiting rib that has a substantially inverted-U shaped curved top end defining said limiting portion, and two opposite arms extending downwardly and respectively from two opposite ends of said curved top end to two opposite sides of said through hole; wherein said finger-limiting rib unit further includes two second limiting ribs disposed respectively below said two opposite arms of said first limiting rib.