摘要 |
A baseball glove (100) designed to reduce impact on a user's hand during the catching of a baseball includes an outer shell (102) containing a finger portion (130), thumb portion (140), and palm portion (120). Finger portion (130) comprises two or three finger holsters (132, 134), the outermost holster (134) accommodates two or three fingers (176, 178, 179), the remaining finger holster (132) accommodates one or two fingers (174). One or more finger separators (136, 138) reside within outermost finger holster (134). A web portion (150) is attached between finger portion (130) and thumb portion (140). A protective padding strip (160) is located within the surrounding area immediately adjacent to web portion (150). Finger portion (130) and thumb portion (140) are spaced apart to minimize the impact of a ball with the user's hand (170). A web-reinforcement patch (152) is located over a variable region surrounding the intersection of the lower region of web portion (150) and outer shell (102).
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