Patent ID: 8256028
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: A41D,A63B

Abstract:
1. A pair of protective gloves to be respectively worn on a right hand and a left hand of a right handed batter when gripping a baseball bat, each hand having a thumb, a forefinger, a middle finger, a fourth finger and a pinkie finger, the bones in the pinkie finger including a proximal phalanges, a middle phalanges, and a distal phalanges, the bones in each hand respectively having a metacarpal bone aligned with the pinkie finger of that hand, each hand extending to a wrist which includes at least a hamate bone, a triquetrum bone and a pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of that hand, the protective gloves comprising: a. a right handed glove having a body including a back section which covers a back of the right hand, a palm section which covers a palm section of a right hand, the palm section and back section extending into finger receiving sections including a thumb receiving section, a forefinger receiving section, a middle finger receiving section, a fourth finger receiving section and a pinkie finger receiving section, an opening in a bottom of the glove through which a right hand is inserted into an interior of the glove, the glove having an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove, said cells are formed in spaced apart longitudinal rows and transverse rows, each shock absorbing cell is separated from adjacent shock absorbing cells by a gap, a circular shock absorbing post having a central opening attached to the exterior surface and at a location of a corner of each respective four spaced apart shock absorbing cells having a corner closest to each other, said cells protect the metacarpal bone of the right hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, and the hamate bone, the triquetrum bone and the pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the right hand; b. a left handed glove has a body including a back section which covers a back of the left hand, a palm section which covers a palm section of a left hand, the palm section and back section extending into finger receiving sections including a thumb receiving section, a forefinger receiving section, a middle finger receiving section, a fourth finger receiving section and a pinkie finger receiving section, an opening in a bottom of the glove through which a left hand is inserted into an interior of the glove, the glove having an exterior surface which does not having impact and shock absorbing cells on the exterior surface which covers the thumb and forefinger of the left hand; and c. the pair of gloves used to grip a baseball bat with the right hand placed above the left hand on the bat so that the impact and shock absorbing members on the right handed glove are positioned to face a baseball thrown at the batter and the left handed glove does not interfere with the position of the impact and shock absorbing members on the right handed glove to thereby facilitate gripping of the baseball bat.