Patent ID: 6640339
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A baseball mitt, comprising:a front shell having an edge; a back shell having an edge, and being substantially joined to said front shell along select portions of said edges; a web-type panel extending from said front and back shells, and being joined to said front and back shells along select portions of said panel and said shells, wherein said web-type panel and a substantially central portion of said front shell define a baseball receiving pocket of said mitt; and at least one padding member disposed between said front and back shells; wherein said at least one padding member and said joined front and back shells, form at least four substantially peripheral and distinct padding zones of said mitt, each one extending outwardly from said pocket toward said edges of said shells, wherein two of said peripheral padding zones closest to, and on either side of, said web-type panel are greater in thickness then a thickness of said mitt at said pocket, but are lesser in thickness then a thickness of either of two other of said peripheral padding zones.