US1768743A - Baseball glove - Google Patents

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3 J. BROMLEY BASEBALL GLOVE Jul 1,1930.

Filed Aprii 5, 1928' memes Jul 1, 1930 'ETED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN BROMLEY, or GLOSTER, NEW JERSEY BASEBALL GLOVE Application filed April 5, 1928. Serial No. 267,439.

Consisting substantially of a sheet of suitable moisturesproof material, usually rub- ,ber, out approximately to the shape or outline of the glove and' inserted at the palm side thereof, usually between the outer 15,1eather and the lining, to prevent perspiration from the users hand permeating the 'outer leather.

The guard preferably serves as a pad for all or a part of the players hand, or cooperates with other padding material .to protect .the hand from the force of the ball impact.

Desirably also the guard has a central palm formation or ballsocket adapted to enable the player to more certainly receive and 2 securely hold the ball; or, as otherwise stated, to provide a palm formation similar to that'of a thoroughly broken in glove,

but of a permanentcharacter on account of s guard or combined guard andpad 15, Fig.

a definite concave formation in the palm portion of the guard.

The characteristics and advantages of the invention are further sufficiently explained in connection with the following detail description of the accompanying drawing, which showsone representativeembodiment.

After considering this example, skilled persons will understand that many variations may bemade without departing from the principles disclosed,'and I contemplate the. .40 employment of any structures that are prop- H erly within the scope of the appended claims.

Fig. 1 is a planview (that is, a view ofthe front orpalm side) of a game glove'embodying the invention in one .form, with some parts broken away or in section.

Fig. 2 is a section at 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3- is a plan view of one suitable form v of guard.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail at l4,Fig. While the invention may be embodied in hand apparel of different types, such, for

example, as a catchers mitt, it is here shown as adapted to a glove of the type known to baseball players as a fieldersglove. This includes the front or palm 1 ofsuitable sheet. material, usually leather, and the back '2,

also of sheet material, such as leather'or canvas. The front and back sheets are cut andsewedto provide finger portions 3and a thumb portion' i, as usual, the glove structure proper being of anyknown or suitable typeexcept for special features of adaptation for the present purposes, as presently noted. The front or palm structure also includesa lining 5 of suitable sheet material,

usually soft leather, secured to the front sheet 1 and back sheet 2 by edge seams as at '6 but separate from the front sheet at the wrist edge 7, so that the front or palm structure of the glove is practically in the form of a pocket to receive paddingsuch as 8, Fig. 2. The front and lining sheets are usually provided at the wrist edges with similarly-spaced eyelets 9 so that these sheets may be secured together at the wrist by .a lace 10" after the padding is adjusted or readjusted by the player. p

The principal feature of my invention is a of the glove; thus it includes in the present instance a central or palm portion .16, separate fingerfportions 17, anda thumb portion 18, that'enter and fit flatly within the tubular fingersand thumb, of the glove. At the tips of the finger and thumb portions I preferably provide strap or pocket formations 19 to receive the tips of the fingers, and thus facilitate insertion of the guard sheet in the glove. Perforations 20 are desirably made near the wrist edge 21, these being spaced the same as the spacing of the eyelets 9 above. mentioned. Desirably, although not necessarily, a socket or pocket formation 22 is formed substantiallyat the center of the palm portion 16, this socket consisting of a conoavely pressed or molded portion of the integral guard material.

The guard 15 is inserted in the palm structure of the glove while the wrist edges of the front and lining sheets are unconnected, this insertion being facilitated by placing the tips of the fingers and thumb in the guard formation 19. The thumb and finger portions of the guard are thus easily inserted in the similar parts of the palm structure and thereupon the guard is positioned as sufficiently shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and is secured by inserting the lace 10 through eyelets 9 and the registering holes 20 of the guard. V 7

When such a guardis used or located in the love in the manner described, the palm pad ing may in some cases be omitted, since the guard sheet will usually provide sufficient protective padding for the palm of the player. Finger padding 8 may, however, be retained, the finger portions of the guard being located between the padding and the lining 5. If necessary the palm padding ma also be retained.

The guar sheet 15 is located between the alm surface of the players hand and the ront leather 1 of the glove, and being of rubber or other moisture-proof material,

entirely prevents access of perspiration from the hand to the front, leather, and any discoloration or other deterioration thereof from this cause. The lining sheet 5 is interposed between the guard and the hand, so that the hand is not in contact with the rubber. The palm portion 16 of the guard overlying the palm of the hand ordinarily rovides sufficient hand protection from ball 1m act, as indicated above. The concave soc et or pocket formation 22, located at a central position of the palm, where the ball is naturally received, also .has a substantial cushioning effect due to the more or less loosely overlying palm material 16, which tends to form an air pocket in the concavity 22; and this pocket or concave formation also conforms substantially to the ball surface and assists the player, even when the glove is new, in properly receiving and retaining the ball in his gloved hand, after the fashion of the ordinary glove or mitt after it has been thoroughly broken in, as well understood by ball players.

The guard may easily be removed at any time, as, for example, to facilitate drying the love lining material 5, by removing the ace 10, and easily reinserted, as sufficiently explained above.

I claim:

1. A game glove having a palm structure includin an outer sheet and a lining, and a uard s eet of moisture-proof material of substantial thickness located between the outer sheet and the liner and preventing access of moisture from the hand of the user to the outer sheet, the glove palm structure including tubular thumb and finger formations, and the guard sheet having substantially corresponding formations provided at their tips with means to receive the users finger and thumb tips and facilitate insertion of the guard sheet in the glove palm structure.

2. A game glove having a palm structure including an outer sheet and a lining, and a guard consisting of a single sheet of moisture-proof material located between the outer sheet and the liner and preventing access of moisture from the hand of the user to the outer sheet, the guard sheet having thickness, contoured in substantial conformity to the glove palm contour and located between the front and lining sheets thereof.

4. A players glove having a palm structure including a front and a lining sheet unconnected except at certain edges, and also having tubular finger and thumb formations, and a guard sheet of rubber of substantial thickness, contoured insubstantial conformity to the glove palm contour and removably located between the front and lining sheets thereof.

5. A players glove having a palm structure including a front and a lining sheet unconnected except at certain edges, and also having tubular finger and thumb formations, and a guard sheet of rubber of substantial thickness, contoured in substantial conformity to the glove palm contour and located between the front and lining sheets thereof, the guard sheet having at the tips of its finger and thumb portions, pockets to receive the users finger tips and facilitate insertion of the guard sheet into the glove palm structure.

6. A players glove having a palm structure including a front and a lining sheet unconnected except at certain edges, and also having tubular finger and thumb formations, and a guard sheet of rubber of substantial thickness, contoured in substantial conformity to the glove palm contour and located between the front and lining sheet thereof, the guard sheet having at its wrist margin perforations spaced in conformity with perforations in adjacent parts of the palm front and lining sheets to receive a lace and retain the guard sheet in position.

7 A sweat guard for players gloves, consisting of a sheet of moisture-proof material cut in conformity to the palm outline of a glove and including finger and thumb por-' ture. r

JOHN BROMLEY.

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