Patent ID: 7000259

Claim:
A vibration dissipating sports glove for use in holding a bat while hitting a baseball, wherein portions of the glove correspond to bones in a wearer's hand to which the glove is intended to cover, comprising: a) a palm portion of the glove, for covering the inner surface of the wearer's hand, exclusive of the thumb; b) a back portion of the glove for covering the outer surface of a wearer's hand, exclusive of the thumb; c) a thumb portion of the glove for covering the wearer's thumb, wherein the thumb portion is coupled to the palm portion; and d) a vibration dissipating front pad in the palm portion extending only over and between the proximal knuckles of the thumb, index finger and middle finger and along adjacent portions of the metacarpal bones and proximal phalanges of each of these thumb and fingers, respectively, leaving the remainder of the palm portion unpadded, wherein the energy of the vibration that may be transmitted to the wearer's hand at the time of impact of a baseball with a baseball bat is dissipated by the pad.