Claims for Patent: 8,256,028

Summary for Patent: 8,256,028

Title:	Matched pair of protective baseball batting gloves for right handed and left handed batters to protect the side of the hand and the wrist facing a pitcher with protective shock absorbing members on the exterior of the glove
Abstract:	The present invention is a novel protective batting glove which is used specifically for protecting the most vulnerable parts of a batter\'s hands and wrists when the batter is standing at home plate and is gripping the end of a baseball bat and awaiting the arrival of a baseball which is thrown by the pitcher. The invention comprises a unique protective system of a design of a matched pair of batting gloves with one matched pair designed for a right handed batter and one matched pair designed for a left handed batter. For each matched pair of batting gloves, impact and shock absorbing material is incorporated onto selected portions of the exterior of the glove where the grip on the bat causes the hand to be most exposed to a pitch thrown at the batter.
Inventor(s):	Ibon; James (Porter Ranch, CA), Behrens; Steven J. (Costa Mesa, CA), Kasarjian; Jack A. (Camarillo, CA), Boyer; Scott (Valencia, CA)
Assignee:	XProTex Sports Group Worldwide, Inc. (Camarillo, CA)
Application Number:	12/456,289
Patent Claims:	1. A pair of protective gloves to be respectively worn on a right hand and a left hand of a right handed batter when gripping a baseball bat, each hand having a thumb, a forefinger, a middle finger, a fourth finger and a pinkie finger, the bones in the pinkie finger including a proximal phalanges, a middle phalanges, and a distal phalanges, the bones in each hand respectively having a metacarpal bone aligned with the pinkie finger of that hand, each hand extending to a wrist which includes at least a hamate bone, a triquetrum bone and a pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of that hand, the protective gloves comprising: a. a right handed glove having a body including a back section which covers a back of the right hand, a palm section which covers a palm section of a right hand, the palm section and back section extending into finger receiving sections including a thumb receiving section, a forefinger receiving section, a middle finger receiving section, a fourth finger receiving section and a pinkie finger receiving section, an opening in a bottom of the glove through which a right hand is inserted into an interior of the glove, the glove having an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove, said cells are formed in spaced apart longitudinal rows and transverse rows, each shock absorbing cell is separated from adjacent shock absorbing cells by a gap, a circular shock absorbing post having a central opening attached to the exterior surface and at a location of a corner of each respective four spaced apart shock absorbing cells having a corner closest to each other, said cells protect the metacarpal bone of the right hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, and the hamate bone, the triquetrum bone and the pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the right hand; b. a left handed glove has a body including a back section which covers a back of the left hand, a palm section which covers a palm section of a left hand, the palm section and back section extending into finger receiving sections including a thumb receiving section, a forefinger receiving section, a middle finger receiving section, a fourth finger receiving section and a pinkie finger receiving section, an opening in a bottom of the glove through which a left hand is inserted into an interior of the glove, the glove having an exterior surface which does not having impact and shock absorbing cells on the exterior surface which covers the thumb and forefinger of the left hand; and c. the pair of gloves used to grip a baseball bat with the right hand placed above the left hand on the bat so that the impact and shock absorbing members on the right handed glove are positioned to face a baseball thrown at the batter and the left handed glove does not interfere with the position of the impact and shock absorbing members on the right handed glove to thereby facilitate gripping of the baseball bat. 2. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 1, further comprising the right handed glove having an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to protect the proximal phalanges, middle phalanges and distal phalanges bones of the pinkie finger. 3. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 2, the right handed glove further comprising a substrate material sewn into the glove, a thermoplastic bonding layer bonded to the substrate layer, and the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells bonded to the thermoplastic layer to protect the proximal phalanges, middle phalanges and distal phalanges bones of the pinkie finger, the metacarpal bone of the right hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, and the hamate bone, the triquetrum bone and the pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the right hand. 4. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 1, wherein each cell in the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells is made of material selected from the group consisting of a soft polyvinyl chloride foam, soft polyvinyl chloride solid material, silicone foam, silicone solid material, flexible thermoplastic foam, flexible thermoplastic solid material, and flexible thermoplastic rubber. 5. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 1 wherein the left handed glove has an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to protect at least the metacarpal bone of the left hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, and the hamate bone, the triquetrum bone and the pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the left hand. 6. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 1, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the right handed glove to protect the metacarpal bones of the right hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, fourth finger and middle finger. 7. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 6, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the right handed glove to further protect additional bones of a wrist adjacent the right hand including a lunate bone and a capitate bone. 8. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 7, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the right handed glove to further protect a portion of an ulna bone of a right arm. 9. A pair of protective gloves to be respectively worn on a left hand and a right hand of a left handed batter when gripping a baseball bat, each hand having a thumb, a forefinger, a middle finger, a fourth finger and a pinkie finger, the bones in the pinkie finger including a proximal phalanges, a middle phalanges, and a distal phalanges, the bones in each hand respectively having a metacarpal bone aligned with the pinkie finger of that hand, each hand extending to a wrist which includes at least a hamate bone, a triquetrum bone and a pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of that hand, the protective gloves comprising: a. a left handed glove having a body including a back section which covers a back of the left hand, a palm section which covers a palm section of a left hand, the palm section and back section extending into finger receiving sections including a thumb receiving section, a forefinger receiving section, a middle finger receiving section, a fourth finger receiving section and a pinkie finger receiving section, an opening in a bottom of the glove through which a left hand is inserted into an interior of the glove, the glove having an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove, said cells are formed in spaced apart longitudinal rows and transverse rows, each shock absorbing cell is separated from adjacent shock absorbing cells by a gap, a circular shock absorbing post having a central opening attached to the exterior surface and at a location of a corner of each respective four spaced apart shock absorbing cells having a corner closest to each other, said cells protect the metacarpal bone of the left hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, and the hamate bone, the triquetrum bone and the pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the left hand; b. a right handed glove having a body including a back section which covers a back of the right hand, a palm section which covers a palm section of a right hand, the palm section and back section extending into finger receiving sections including a thumb receiving section, a forefinger receiving section, a middle finger receiving section, a fourth finger receiving section and a pinkie finger receiving section, an opening in a bottom of the glove through which a right hand is inserted into an interior of the glove, the glove having an exterior surface which does not having impact and shock absorbing cells on the exterior surface which covers the thumb and forefinger of the right hand; and c. the pair of gloves used to grip a baseball bat with the left hand placed above the right hand on the bat so that the impact and shock absorbing members on the left handed glove are positioned to face a baseball thrown at the batter and the right handed glove does not interfere with the position of the impact and shock absorbing members on the right handed glove to thereby facilitate gripping of the baseball bat. 10. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 9, further comprising the left handed glove having an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to protect the proximal phalanges, middle phalanges and distal phalanges bones of the pinkie finger. 11. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 9, the left handed glove further comprising a substrate material sewn into the glove, a thermoplastic bonding layer bonded to the substrate layer, and the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells bonded to the thermoplastic layer to protect the metacarpal bone of the left hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, and the hamate bone, the triquetrum bone and the pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the left hand. 12. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 9, wherein each cell in the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells is made of material selected from the group consisting of a soft polyvinyl chloride foam, soft polyvinyl chloride solid material, silicone foam, silicone solid material, flexible thermoplastic foam, flexible thermoplastic solid material, and flexible thermoplastic rubber. 13. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 9 wherein the right handed glove has an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to protect at least the metacarpal bone of the right hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, and the hamate bone, the triquetrum bone and the pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the right hand. 14. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 9, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the left handed glove to protect the metacarpal bones of the left hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, fourth finger and middle finger. 15. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 14, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the left handed glove to further protect additional bones of a wrist adjacent the right hand including a lunate bone and a capitate bone. 16. The pair of protective gloves in accordance with claim 15, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the left handed glove to further protect a portion of an ulna bone of a left arm. 17. A protective glove to be worn on a hand of a batter when gripping a baseball bat, the hand having a thumb, a forefinger, a middle finger, a fourth finger and a pinkie finger, the bones in the pinkie finger including a proximal phalanges, a middle phalanges, and a distal phalanges, the bones in the hand having a metacarpal bone aligned with the pinkie finger of the hand, the hand extending to a wrist which includes at least a hamate bone, a triquetrum bone and a pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone of the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the hand, the protective glove comprising: a. a body including a back section which covers a back of the hand, a palm section which covers a palm section of the hand, the palm section and back section extending into finger receiving sections including a thumb receiving section, a forefinger receiving section, a middle finger receiving section, a fourth finger receiving section and a pinkie finger receiving section, an opening in a bottom of the glove through which a hand is inserted into an interior of the glove, the glove having an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove, wherein a circular shock absorbing post having a central opening attached to the exterior surface and at a location to adjacent spaced apart shock absorbing cells having a corner closest to each other, said cells protect the metacarpal bone of the hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, and the hamate bone, the triquetrum bone and the pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger. 18. The protective glove in accordance with claim 17, further comprising an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to protect the proximal phalanges, middle phalanges and distal phalanges bones of the pinkie finger. 19. The protective glove in accordance with claim 17 further comprising a substrate material sewn into the glove, a thermoplastic bonding layer bonded to the substrate layer, and the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells bonded to the thermoplastic layer to protect the metacarpal bone of the hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, and the hamate bone, the triquetrum bone and the pisiform bone aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the hand. 20. The protective glove in accordance with claim 17, wherein each cell in the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells is made of material selected from the group consisting of a soft polyvinyl chloride foam, soft polyvinyl chloride solid material, silicone foam, silicone solid material, flexible thermoplastic foam, flexible thermoplastic solid material, and flexible thermoplastic rubber. 21. The protective gloves in accordance with claim 17, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to protect the metacarpal bones of the hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, fourth finger and middle finger. 22. The protective glove in accordance with claim 21, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to further protect additional bones of a wrist adjacent the hand including a lunate bone and a capitate bone. 23. The protective glove in accordance with claim 22, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to further protect a portion of an ulna bone of an arm which is adjacent the bones of the wrist being protected by the glove. 24. The protective glove in accordance with claim 17, wherein the glove is shaped to be worn on a right hand. 25. The protective glove in accordance with claim 17, wherein the glove is shaped to be worn on a left hand. 26. A protective glove to be worn on a hand of a batter when gripping a baseball bat, the hand having at least a pinkie finger including bones, the hand having a metacarpal bone aligned with the pinkie finger of the hand, the hand extending to a wrist which includes bones, the protective glove comprising: a. a body which covers at least the pinkie finger and at least a portion of the hand and wrist, the body having an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the body, a circular shock absorbing post having a central opening attached to the exterior surface and at a location to adjacent spaced apart shock absorbing cells having a corner closest to each other, said cells cover at least the metacarpal bone of the hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger. 27. The protective glove in accordance with claim 26, the body having an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the body to additionally cover bones of the wrist aligned with the metacarpal bone of the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger. 28. The protective glove in accordance with claim 27, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to further cover a portion of an ulna bone of an arm which is adjacent the bones of the wrist being protected by the glove. 29. The protective glove in accordance with claim 26 further comprising a substrate material sewn into the glove, a thermoplastic bonding layer bonded to the substrate layer, and the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells bonded to the thermoplastic layer to protect at least the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the hand. 30. The protective glove in accordance with claim 26, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to cover additionally cover proximal phalanges, middle phalanges and distal phalanges bones of the pinkie finger. 31. The protective glove in accordance with claim 26, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to additionally cover the metacarpal bones of the hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, fourth finger and middle finger. 32. The protective glove in accordance with claim 31, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to further cover additional bones of a wrist adjacent the hand including a lunate bone and a capitate bone. 33. The protective glove in accordance with claim 26 wherein the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells on the glove are formed in spaced apart longitudinal rows and transverse rows, each shock absorbing cell separated from an adjacent shock absorbing cell by a gap to enhance flexibility of the glove. 34. The glove in accordance with claim 33 wherein each shock absorbing cell is generally rectangular in shape and at a location where four corners of adjacent shock absorbing cells face each other, the matrix of shock absorbing cells further comprises a shock absorbing post with a central opening. 35. The protective glove in accordance with claim 26, wherein each cell in the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells is made of material selected from the group consisting of a soft polyvinyl chloride foam, soft polyvinyl chloride solid material, silicone foam, silicone solid material, flexible thermoplastic foam, flexible thermoplastic solid material, and flexible thermoplastic rubber. 36. The protective glove in accordance with claim 26, wherein the glove is shaped to be worn on the hand that is a right hand. 37. The protective glove in accordance with claim 26, wherein the glove is shaped to be worn on the hand that is a left hand. 38. A protective glove to be worn on a hand of a batter when gripping a baseball bat, the hand having at least a pinkie finger including bones, the hand having a metacarpal bone aligned with the pinkie finger of the hand, the hand extending to a wrist which includes bones, the protective glove comprising: a. a body which covers at least the pinkie finger and at least a portion of the hand and wrist, the body having an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells and circular shock absorbing posts having the respective central openings which are positioned on the exterior surface of the body, wherein said spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells are greater in quantity and said circular shock absorbing posts are lesser in quantity, said cells cover at least the bones of the wrist which are metacarpal bone of the hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger. 39. The protective glove in accordance with claim 38, the body having an exterior surface to which a flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the body to additionally cover the metacarpal bone of the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger. 40. The protective glove in accordance with claim 38 further comprising a substrate material sewn into the glove, a thermoplastic bonding layer bonded to the substrate layer, and the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells bonded to the thermoplastic layer to protect at least the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the hand. 41. The protective glove in accordance with claim 38 further comprising a substrate material sewn into the glove, a thermoplastic bonding layer bonded to the substrate layer, and the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells bonded to the thermoplastic layer to additionally protect bones on the wrist aligned with the metacarpal bone in the hand which is aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger of the hand. 42. The protective glove in accordance with claim 38, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to cover additionally cover proximal phalanges, middle phalanges and distal phalanges bones of the pinkie finger. 43. The protective glove in accordance with claim 38, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to additionally cover the metacarpal bones of the hand aligned with the bones of the pinkie finger, fourth finger and middle finger. 44. The protective glove in accordance with claim 38, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to further cover additional bones of a wrist adjacent the hand including a lunate bone and a capitate bone. 45. The protective glove in accordance with claim 44, wherein the flexible matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells are affixed and comprise a multiplicity of spaced apart impact and shock absorbing cells which are positioned on the exterior surface of the glove to further cover a portion of an ulna bone of an arm which is adjacent the bones of the wrist being protected by the glove. 46. The protective glove in accordance with claim 38 wherein the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells on the glove are formed in spaced apart longitudinal rows and transverse rows, each shock absorbing cell separated from an adjacent shock absorbing cell by a gap to enhance flexibility of the glove. 47. The glove in accordance with claim 46 wherein each shock absorbing cell is generally rectangular in shape and at a location where four corners of adjacent shock absorbing cells face each other, the matrix of shock absorbing cells further comprises a shock absorbing post with a central opening. 48. The protective glove in accordance with claim 38, wherein each cell in the matrix of impact and shock absorbing cells is made of material selected from the group consisting of a soft polyvinyl chloride foam, soft polyvinyl chloride solid material, silicone foam, silicone solid material, flexible thermoplastic foam, flexible thermoplastic solid material, and flexible thermoplastic rubber. 49. The protective glove in accordance with claim 38, wherein the glove is shaped to be worn on the hand that is a right hand. 50. The protective glove in accordance with claim 38, wherein the glove is shaped to be worn on the hand that is a left hand.

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