JP2005349073A - Batting glove - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wearer with a sufficient fit feeling when being put on a hand, allow the wearer to firmly grip a bat by enhancing its grip, improve the fit feeling when the wearer bats and improve the hitting force in a batting glove. <P>SOLUTION: This batting glove is provided with a slit 22 in the thumb side of a wrist part 20, the base part of a fastening flap 21 is fixed to the adjacency to the palm side of the slit, and the free end of the fastening flap 21 is fastened near a little finger side end in the back side of the wrist part. Alternatively, the back part 30 of the hand is provided with two mutually approximately parallel strap belts 40 and 50 having one end fixed to the thumb side and the other end fixed to the little finger side, and one parts of the strap belts are provided with attachably/detachably fastenable fastening parts 41 and 51. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a batting glove used by batters in baseball and softball competitions.

  Batting gloves are used for batters and softballs so that the batters do not slip during swing, and are widely used in games and practice.

  A batting glove (hereinafter simply referred to as a glove) generally has a fastening flap 2 on the wrist as shown in FIG. 7, and the fastening flap 2 and the wrist have a hook-and-loop fastener (a small hook-shaped and loop-shaped plastic hook). Many are provided on the surface, and the loop-shaped female surface and the hook-shaped male surface are normally locked. It is also detachable by Velcro (registered trademark)), and the flap 2 is attached to the wrist. The wrist is firmly tightened by being peeled off from the portion 4 and pulled, and pressed and attached.

As a conventional glove, in order to improve the function of protecting the hand, there is known a glove provided with a cushion in the palm part for protecting the hand inserted into the glove as in Patent Document 1, for example.
JP-A-6-15023

  This type of glove has a function to protect the hand, which prevents the hand from blistering in practice and minimizes injury to the hand with a dead ball during the game, but is more important The function is to strengthen the grip so that the bat can be gripped firmly in the game and give a good fit when batting.

  8 and 9, when the fastening flap for fastening the wrist is fastened, the conventional glove can sag from the bottom of the little finger to the wrist (A in FIG. 8, B in FIG. 9), so that the glove fits The feeling was insufficient.

  The present invention provides a sufficient fit to the hand when worn on the hand, makes it possible to firmly grip the bat by strengthening the grip, improve the fit at the time of batting, and improve the hitting force. It aims at providing the glove which improves.

  The batting glove according to the first invention of the present invention has a finger sleeve part for inserting five fingers, a wrist part covering the wrist, the finger sleeve part at the front end and the wrist part at the rear end, In a batting glove consisting of a back and palm forming the front and back of the glove and having a fastening flap on the wrist, a slit is provided on the thumb side of the wrist, and the base of the fastening flap is near the palm side of the slit And the free end of the fastening flap is fastened to the vicinity of the little finger side end of the wrist on the back side.

  A batting glove according to the second invention of the present invention comprises a finger sleeve part, a wrist part and a glove body as described above, and has a fastening flap on the wrist part. At least one strap belt having the other end fixed to the little finger side is provided, and a fastening portion that can be attached and detached and fastened is provided on a part of the strap belt.

  The strap belt preferably consists of two strap belts substantially parallel to each other.

  The two strap belts are a first strap belt that extends from the vicinity of the middle finger of the thumb toward the vicinity of the ulna head, and a second strap belt that extends from the vicinity of the phalange of the index finger to the vicinity of the middle finger of the little finger. Is preferred.

  In addition, the fastening parts of these strap belts are fixed to the back part of the strap fastener, and one end is fixed to the strap belt in the length direction of the strap belt, and the strap fastener is attached to and detached from the other end. It can consist of a fastening strap having a hook-and-loop fastener that can be freely locked.

  Further, the batting glove according to the third invention of the present invention is composed of the finger sleeve part, the wrist part and the glove body as described above, and in the batting glove having a fastening flap on the wrist part, the palm part of the glove body is After cutting a part near the center, it was sewn and formed smaller than the back of the glove, so that the entire glove was bent toward the palm and the palm became concave. It is characterized by this.

    The batting glove according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a slit on the thumb side of the wrist, the base of the fastening flap is fixed near the palm side of the slit, and the free end of the fastening flap is placed on the back side of the wrist. Since it is configured to be fastened in the vicinity of the little finger side end portion, when the fastening flap is fastened, it is not possible to sag on the little finger side, and the effect of improving the fit with respect to the hand can be achieved.

  The batting glove according to the second invention of the present invention is provided with at least one strap belt with one end fixed to the thumb side and the other end fixed to the little finger side on the back, and can be attached to and detached from a part of the strap belt. Since the fastening portion is provided, by tightening the strap belt, particularly the looseness of the back portion can be fastened, and the effect of improving the fit to the hand can be achieved.

  Further, the batting glove according to the third invention of the present invention is such that the palm part of the glove body is cut after part of the vicinity of the center and is sewn and formed smaller than the back part of the glove. Since the entire glove is configured to bend toward the palm and the palm is concave, the effect of improving the fit to the bat when the concave palm grips the bat. it can.

  With these effects, the batting glove of the present invention can strengthen the grip so that the bat can be grasped firmly, thereby improving the fit when batting and improving the hitting force. it can.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a batting glove according to the present invention. The batting glove includes finger sleeve portions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 for inserting five fingers, and a wrist covering the wrist. The glove body 30 is composed of a back part 31 and a palm part 32 (FIG. 2) which have a part 20 and finger sleeve parts 11 to 15 at the front end and a wrist part 20 connected to the rear end and form the front and back of the glove. The wrist part 20 has a fastening flap 21.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the glove of the present invention is provided with a slit 22 on the thumb side of the wrist portion 20, and a base portion 21 a of the fastening flap 21 is fixed in the vicinity of the palm side of the slit 22, and a free end portion 21 b of the fastening flap 21. 3 is provided with a hook-and-loop fastener 23a (FIG. 3), which is fastened to a hook-and-loop fastener 23b provided in the vicinity of the little finger side end of the wrist 20 on the back side.

  As a result, when the fastening flap 21 is fastened to the wrist portion 20 and stopped, no slack can be formed between the wrist and the little finger as shown by A 'in FIG. 5, and the glove fits comfortably in the hand.

  The fit feeling is particularly important when grasping the bat on the little finger side, and the fact that no slack occurs in this portion is extremely effective in enhancing the fit feeling.

  The batting glove according to the above embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, has two strap belts 40 which are substantially parallel to each other and fixed to the back 30 with one end fixed to the thumb side and the other end to the little finger side. , 50, and fastening portions 41, 51 that can be attached and detached and fastened to a part of the strap belts 40, 50. The two strap belts 40 and 50 are a first strap belt 40 extending from the vicinity of the middle finger of the thumb toward the vicinity of the ulna head, and a second strap extending from the vicinity of the phalange of the index finger to the vicinity of the middle finger of the little finger. It consists of a belt 50.

  The fastening portions 41 and 51 of the strap belt are separated from the first hook-and-loop fasteners 41a and 51a fixed to the back portion 30 and the first hook-and-loop fasteners 41a and 51a of the back portion in the length direction of the strap belt. And fastening straps 41c and 51c having second hook-and-loop fasteners 41b and 51b that are detachably locked to the first hook-and-loop fasteners 41a and 51a. The fastening straps 41c and 51c, after inserting a hand into the glove, lock the second hook-and-loop fasteners 41b and 51b to the first hook-and-loop fasteners 41a and 51a while pulling in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. Fasten and fit the glove to your hand. By doing so, as shown in FIG. 6, the looseness of the back of the hand can be tightened by the two strap belts 40 and 50, and the hand can have a further fit.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the glove according to the present embodiment of the present invention is formed smaller than the back portion 30 by being sewn after the palm portion 32 cuts a portion 33 near the center of the palm portion 32. . As a result, the entire globe is bent toward the palm, and the palm is concave. Therefore, when gripping the bat, the palm portion 32 of the glove is more familiar with the bat than the flat palm portion of the conventional glove, and the bat can be gripped with a higher fit without creating wrinkles or sagging in the palm portion.

  Although the above embodiment includes two strap belts, this is not necessarily limited to two, and may be one or three. In the case of one, it is preferable to make it wider than that shown in the figure. The width of the strap belt is not constant, and the fixed side may be wide and the free end side may be narrowed. In addition, four or more may be used, but if too much is used, the trouble of tightening becomes troublesome.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment is provided with the finger sleeve part to a fingertip, it is good also as a form where each finger sleeve part covers only the base of a finger and a fingertip is exposed. Moreover, the length which exposes the tip is not limited. For example, in extreme cases, the base of the finger may be exposed. Also in that case, the part surrounding the base is called a finger sleeve part.

  As described above, the glove of the present invention has been described as a “batting glove” as represented by baseball, but the present invention is not limited to this, and any sport other than baseball can be used as long as it is desired to strengthen the grip and enhance the fit. For example, it can also be applied to golf. Therefore, the “batting glove” in the present specification shall mean those widely including these sports gloves.

The top view which shows one Embodiment of the batting glove of this invention Bottom view of the same embodiment The top view which shows the state which peeled the fastening part of the strap belt of the back part from the fastening flap of the wrist part of the embodiment The perspective view which shows the batting glove of this invention The perspective view seen from the palm side showing the slack of the batting glove A perspective view also seen from the back A perspective view showing an example of a conventional batting glove Perspective view from the palm side Perspective view seen from the back

Explanation of symbols

2 Fastening flap 4 Wrist part 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Finger sleeve part 20 Wrist part 21 Fastening flap 22 Slit 23a, 23b Hook fastener 30 Back part 40 Strap belt 41 Fastening part 50 Strap belt 51 Fastening part

Claims (6)

A finger sleeve for inserting five fingers;
A wrist covering the wrist,
It has the finger sleeve part at the front end and the wrist part connected to the rear end, and consists of a glove body consisting of a back part and a palm part forming the front and back of the glove,
In a batting glove having a fastening flap on the wrist,
A slit is provided on the thumb side of the wrist part, the base part of the fastening flap is fixed to the palm side vicinity of the slit, and the free end part of the fastening flap is near the little finger side end part on the back part side of the wrist part Batting glove characterized by being configured to be fastened to. A finger sleeve for inserting five fingers;
A wrist covering the wrist,
It has the finger sleeve part at the front end and the wrist part connected to the rear end, and consists of a glove body consisting of a back part and a palm part forming the front and back of the glove,
In a batting glove having a fastening flap on the wrist,
Batting characterized in that at least one strap belt having one end fixed to the thumb side and the other end fixed to the little finger side is provided on the back part, and a fastening part that can be attached / detached and fastened to a part of the strap belt is provided. Globe.   The batting glove according to claim 2, wherein the strap belt comprises two strap belts substantially parallel to each other.   The two strap belts include a first strap belt extending from the vicinity of the middle finger of the thumb toward the vicinity of the ulna head, and a second strap belt extending from the vicinity of the phalange of the index finger to the vicinity of the middle finger of the little finger. The batting glove according to claim 2 or 3, wherein   A fastening portion of the strap belt has a first hook-and-loop fastener fixed to the back portion, and one end fixed to the position of the back portion away from the first hook-and-loop fastener in the length direction of the strap belt and the other end. The batting glove according to claim 2, comprising a fastening strap having a second hook-and-loop fastener that can be detachably locked with the first hook-and-loop fastener. A finger sleeve for inserting five fingers;
A wrist covering the wrist,
It has the finger sleeve part at the front end and the wrist part connected to the rear end, and consists of a glove body consisting of a back part and a palm part forming the front and back of the glove,
In a batting glove having a fastening flap on the wrist,
The palm part is formed by cutting a part near the center of the palm part and then stitched so that the palm part is smaller than the back part. Batting glove characterized by being shaped like

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