Patent ID: 7891017
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A ball catching tool for baseball or softball, comprising: a surface skin formed by sewing together a ball catching surface skin and a dorsal skin; a pocket portion at a central portion of said ball catching surface skin; a thumb-stall receiving the thumb of a user; a finger-stall receiving fingers of the user other than the thumb; a web portion, disposed between the thumb-stall and the finger-stall; an edge portion positioned on a side of an opening for the user to insert his/her hand; and a ball catching assisting portion arranged on at least one of said thumb-stall or its root portion and said finger-stall or its root portion; wherein said ball catching assisting portion includes a first ridge portion extending along a width direction of said thumb-stall or said finger-stall on which said ball catching assisting portion is provided, and a second ridge portion extending in a direction from the root portion to a tip end portion of said thumb-stall or said finger-stall on which said ball catching assisting portion is provided at a position apart from said pocket portion, and said ball catching assisting portion is not provided on said pocket portion.