Patent ID: 7437773

Claim:
A ball catching apparatus comprising: a main body in which a back-of-hand-side inner skin and a palm-side inner skin are respectively securely fitted to a back-of-hand-side outer skin and a palm-side outer skin, wherein a hand can be inserted between the back-of-hand-side inner skin and the palm-side inner skin; an intermediate layer secured only along the periphery thereof to one or both of the palm-side outer skin and the palm-side inner skin, said intermediate layer being interposed between the palm-side outer skin and the palm-side inner skin said intermediate layer and said palm-side outer skin and said palm-side inner skin being made of leather; and air layers formed between the intermediate layer and the palm-side outer skin and between the intermediate layer and the palm-side inner skin, respectively, each air layer extending over a substantially entire area of a palm part of the main body.