Patent ID: 7574749

Claim:
A catching tool comprising: an outer leather member including a pocket portion and a back face portion forming an index finger portion, a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion, a little finger portion, a thumb portion, and a webbing disposed between the thumb and index finger portions; an inner leather member, inserted in and affixed by a fastening element to said outer leather member, the inner leather member having a palm portion provided along said pocket portion and a back portion provided along said back face portion, the palm, back, pocket, and back face portions forming a thumb stall, an index finger stall, a middle finger stall, a ring finger stall, and a little finger stall, each finger stall having a base, a forward end, and a finger tip contact portion disposed between the base and forward end, wherein the finger tip contact portion is an area of the palm portion that is configured to contact the finger tips of a user wearing the catching tool; and reinforcing portions selectively provided on the finger tip contact portions of the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger stalls, the reinforcing portions composed of a material harder than the palm portion.