Patent ID: RE40142

Claim:
A fielding glove baseball or softball glove comprising: an outer shell having at least one upright finger portion, a an outer shell thumb portion, and a web joining the thumb portion and the nearest upright finger portion; a mitten shaped compartment that in part holds having a mitten finger portion or portions adapted to receive a user's four fingers, comprised of leather or other appropriate material, said mitten shaped compartment positioned and fixed upon or within the outer shell of the glove so that the mitten finger portion or portions of the mitten are aligned at an angle of approximately 40 degrees in relation to the upright finger portion of the outershell glove ; a thumb compartment of said mitten that is rotated forward in an approximately 20 degree arc from the plane of the finger portion of the mitten; and said mitten shaped compartment having a mitten thumb portion adapted to receive a user's thumb, wherein a fixed angle of approximately 90 degrees is between the mitten 's thumb compartment in its rotated position portion and the index nearest mitten finger portion within said mitten ; and a thumb portion of the outershell glove rotated forward in an arc of approximately 20 degrees from the plane of the finger portion of the outershell to conform to the chosen arc of the thumb portion of the mitten; an opening for the hand into the mitten aligned in an approximately 40 degree angle to the upright finger portion of the outershell glove, and; a web/pocket area of the outershell glove, within the valley between the thumb and first finger portion, that reduces the surface area where a hit or thrown ball impacts the user's hand. a mitten opening for inserting a portion of a user's hand into the mitten shaped compartment.