Athletic glove
First Claim
1. An athletic glove adapted to be used by baseball batters or the like, and characterized by the ability to improve the leverage imparted to the bat by the hands, to thereby improve directional control and obtain greater swing velocity, and comprisinga body portion adapted to overlie at least a portion of the palm of a wearer'"'"'s hand,at least two tubular finger portions attached to said body portion and adapted to respectively receive the third and fourth fingers of the wearer'"'"'s hand, and having a length sufficient to overlie the second phalange of each such finger, anda single pad mounted to the inside of each of said two finger portions, with each of said pads positioned to overlie only the second phalange of the respective fingers and with the remainder of said finger portions being free of any pad, said pads each having a thickness sufficient to enable the third and fourth fingers to significantly increase the force which they are able to apply to a bat.
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Abstract
An athletic glove for baseball players, and which includes a pad overlying the second phalange of each of the third and fourth fingers, to thereby increase the force which these fingers are able to apply to the bat. In use, the third and fourth fingers on the glove hand, and the first and second fingers on the other hand, form hinged control points at the extremities of the two hands, thereby improving the leverage which is imparted to the bat, and facilitating the directional control and increasing the velocity of the bat.
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1. An athletic glove adapted to be used by baseball batters or the like, and characterized by the ability to improve the leverage imparted to the bat by the hands, to thereby improve directional control and obtain greater swing velocity, and comprising
a body portion adapted to overlie at least a portion of the palm of a wearer'"'"'s hand, at least two tubular finger portions attached to said body portion and adapted to respectively receive the third and fourth fingers of the wearer'"'"'s hand, and having a length sufficient to overlie the second phalange of each such finger, and a single pad mounted to the inside of each of said two finger portions, with each of said pads positioned to overlie only the second phalange of the respective fingers and with the remainder of said finger portions being free of any pad, said pads each having a thickness sufficient to enable the third and fourth fingers to significantly increase the force which they are able to apply to a bat.
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4. An athletic glove adapted for use by baseball batters and the like, and characterized by the ability to improve the leverage imparted to the bat by the hands, to thereby improve directional control and obtain greater swing velocity, and comprising
a body portion adapted to overlie the palm of the wearer'"'"'s hand and including means encircling the wearer'"'"'s wrist for releasably retaining the body portion on the hand, four tubular finger portions attached to the body portion and adapted to respectively receive the four fingers of the wearer'"'"'s hand, at least said finger portions which are adapted to receive the third and fourth fingers having a length sufficient to overlie the second phalange of the respective third and fourth fingers, and a pad mounted to each of said two finger portions which are adapted to receive the third and fourth fingers, with said pads being positioned to overlie the inside of at least the second phalange of the respective finger, said pads each having a thickness sufficient to enable the third and fourth fingers to significantly increase the force which they are able to apply to a bat, and wherein the two finger portions which are adapted to receive the first and second fingers of the wearer'"'"'s hand have a generally uniform thickness throughout their length and are free of any pads.
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