WO2000069531A1

WO2000069531A1 - Base ball glove

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Publication number: WO2000069531A1
Application number: PCT/JP1999/002482
Authority: WO
Inventors: Ken Motooka; Kazuhiro Kume
Original assignee: Mizuno Corporation
Priority date: 1999-05-13
Filing date: 1999-05-13
Publication date: 2000-11-23

Abstract

A base ball glove (1) provided with a thumb sack (2) for receiving a thumb (6) and a slit (3) cut in the rear skin (15) of the thumb sack (2), whereby the thumb (6) can be stuck out of the slit (3) above the rear skin (15).

Description

Description Baseball gloves Technical field

The present invention relates to a baseball catching device (hereinafter, simply referred to as "baseball glove"), and more particularly to a structure of a baseball glove thumb bag.

Background art

As shown in FIGS. 7A to 7D, a conventional baseball glove is composed of a ball-receiving surface skin 16 having five substantially finger-shaped shapes and a plurality of leathers each forming five finger bags. And the finished back skin 15 is sewn. After sewn the periphery of the spherical surface skin 16 and the back skin 15 so that both sides are on the silver side, except for the insertion part of the finger, turn the front and back so that the silver side is the front side return. This is the front member. Next, five palm-shaped palms 18 each having a substantially finger shape and cut out smaller than the front member, and a back formed by sewing a plurality of leather parts so as to form five finger pockets, respectively. Skin 17 is sewn so that the silver side of the skin 17 is also inside, except for the opening at the entrance. This is the back member.

After inserting a core made of flute or the like, another shock absorber, a box, or the like, or impregnating with oil into a required portion of the front member, insert the back member, and insert the front member and the back member. Of the signature insertion part with a leather string.

In addition, a separately formed ball receiving portion between the thumb bag and the index finger bag is also connected with a leather string, and finally finished as a baseball glove.

By the way, when catching a ball with a baseball glove, hold the ball between the thumb inserted in the thumb bag and the other finger.

However, since the entrance of the back of the thumb bag is wide and slippery, in order to improve this, Japanese Utility Model No. 59-96668 and Japanese Utility Model No. 6-1171 have been devised. ing.

In these inventions, a thumb hook for fixing the thumb is provided at the finger insertion portion of the back member of the thumb bag. This allows the power of the thumb to be transmitted relatively efficiently Figure 8 shows an example of a conventional baseball glove with a thumb hook 19: However, the above baseball glove with a thumb hook 19 has the following problems: Atsu 71: In other words, because the shape and length of each user's thumb were different, the thumb rest often did not match the shape of the thumb well: Therefore, the user often felt uncomfortable:

In addition, in children with weak hands, the grip was not so strong, so I fixed my thumb to my parent's fingertip: in Na, there was still not enough power to flex the baseball glove, and when catching the ball There was also a problem that the baseball glove could not be completely closed, and the ball could not be reliably caught.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. An object of the present invention is to easily insert a thumb inserted into a thumb bag into a baseball while minimizing the manufacturing time and labor. An object of the present invention is to provide a baseball glove that can be fixed in the bending direction of a baseball glove, can close a baseball glove completely when a child with a weak hand grips the ball, and can reliably catch the ball.

A baseball glove according to the present invention includes a thumb bag into which a thumb is inserted, and a cutout portion on the back skin of the thumb bag for putting out the thumb on the back skin. Note that the concept of baseball in the specification of the present application includes a softball. The concept of baseball gloves in this specification also includes Catcher Mitt @ First Mitt:

The notch may be, for example, a slit or a substantially elliptical shape. A non-slip member may be mounted on the back skin on which the abdomen of the thumb coming out of the notch contacts. : Further, a thumb protection member for covering the thumb put on the back skin may be mounted on the back skin. In this case, a bag portion for accommodating the thumb is formed by the thumb protection member and the back skin. Preferably:

As described above, the baseball glove can be closed with less force than in the past by providing the notch on the back skin of the thumb bag for putting out the thumb on the back skin. The reason is explained below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. As shown in these figures,

9 The force applied to each finger when the baseball glove according to the invention is used (see the three rightmost squares at t '' in FIG. 5) is the same as when the conventional baseball glove is used. It is smaller than the force applied to each finger (see the three rightmost squares in Fig. 6). That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to bend the baseball glove with a smaller force than before: as a result, even if a child with a weak grip uses the baseball glove of the present invention, it is surely possible. You can catch the ball:

Also, unlike the conventional baseball gloves, there is no thumb hook, so that the thumb hook does not match the shape of the user's thumb, etc., and does not cause discomfort. It takes a lot of time and money to manufacture, compared to the past, because

When the thumb protection member is provided, the thumb protruding on the back skin is covered by the thumb protection member, so that even when the thumb is crossed with the runner, no injury is caused. In addition, the thumb protector locks the thumb in almost a fixed position to reduce unnecessary movements and reliably transmit the force of the thumb to the thumb pouch.

By attaching the anti-slip member on the back skin that hits the ventral side of the thumb coming out of the notch, the tactile sensation is improved, the slip is suppressed, and the force of the thumb can be reliably transmitted to the thumb bag. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a front view of a baseball glove of the present invention as viewed from the back skin side of a thumb pouch. FIG. 2 is a front view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an end view taken along line 100—100 in FIG.

Figure 4 is a front view of another embodiment of the present invention _c

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the force applied to each finger when bending the baseball glove having the thumb bag structure of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the force applied to each finger when bending a conventional baseball glove having a thumb pouch structure.

7A to 7D are diagrams showing the shape of each part of the baseball glove.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a conventional baseball glove with a thumb hook. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Prior to the present invention, baseball gloves in which the index finger could be mainly put on the back skin of the baseball glove were disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,620,915 and 3,721,996. Is disclosed in:

However, the purpose of these inventions is to put a finger (finger) other than the thumb on the back skin, and does not intend to put the thumb (thumb) on the back skin.

Moreover, putting fingers other than the thumb on the back skin of baseball gloves has a strong fashion element, and there is no great advantage that can be gained by crossover.

Conversely, if you put your finger out, you may get injured by contacting the ground with your finger when catching a ball, or your finger may be kicked by a spike during a crossing break with Rancho-ichi. It was not preferred.

However, as in the present invention, when the thumb to be inserted into the thumb bag is put on the back skin, the force of the thumb can be reliably transmitted to the thumb bag, and the baseball glove can be easily bent. Therefore, it was found that even a child with a weak grip can completely close the baseball club when catching the ball, and could catch the ball reliably.

This fact will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show the baseball glove of the present invention and the baseball glove having the conventional thumb bag structure using the glove scan system of Nitta Corporation. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the results of measuring the force of each finger required when bending the grab.

FIG. 5 shows the measurement results of the baseball glove of the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows the measurement results of the conventional baseball glove.

First, we explain how to read these figures: Both figures show the data for the left hand (the hand of a baseball club in the case of right-handedness). From right to left, the thumb, index finger, middle finger, The data of the ring finger and the little finger are shown, and the data of each finger from the palm of the hand to the fingertip are shown from the bottom to the top of the figure-in more detail, in each figure, each row is represented by a plurality of squares in five rows arranged vertically finger The force applied from the tip to the root is represented: that is, the five rows of squares correspond almost to each finger of the left hand: And the force applied to the abdomen of each finger is the shade of color and the line Indicated by type: The darker the color, the greater the applied force, and the thin horizontal lines the smaller the applied force.

In conventional gloves for baseball, as shown in Fig. 6, force is applied to almost the entire finger.

: It can be seen that a large force is applied to the entire area of the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger. From these data, it can be seen that a large force is required on the fingertip of the thumb or other finger to bend the baseball glove.- On the other hand, in the baseball glove of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. the average value of the force applied to the whole takes how forces over when compared to conventional products is small (fingers, while the conventional product is 5 2 g / cm ^2, the present invention from: or 4 2 g Roh cm ² ) The index finger and the ^ώ finger have a part where no force is applied, and the force applied to the entire thumb is small: This means that the baseball glove can be bent with a small force. ing. Further, in the product of the present invention, a particularly large force is applied to the fingertip portion of the thumb. This means that a great force can be applied to the fingertip of the thumb, unlike the conventional thumb rest. It is inferred that the same result is obtained with the right hand as with the left hand.

Next, a specific example of the shape of the baseball glove according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a view of a baseball glove 1 of the present invention as viewed from the back skin 15 side of a thumb pouch 2.

The back skin 15 is provided with a notch 3 so that the thumb 6 to be inserted into the thumb pouch 2 can be put out on the back skin 15:

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the cut portion 3 has a slit shape. However, if the thumb 6 can be put on the back skin 15, the shape of the notch 3 can be arbitrarily selected: For example, as shown in FIG. It may be a hole,

In the present invention, the slits 3 or the substantially elliptical cuts 3 are provided only in the portion corresponding to the thumb bag 2 of the back skin 15, so that the manufacturing labor is almost the same as the conventional one. In addition, the need for extra parts makes it easy to manufacture and does not significantly increase manufacturing costs:

FIG. 2 is a view showing an embodiment in which the baseball glove 1 of FIG. 1 is provided with a thumb protection member 4 covering the thumb 6 on the back skin 15 on the back skin 15; In the embodiment, the thumb 6 on the back skin 15 is covered with the thumb protection member 4, so that even if the thumb 6 is crossed with the runner, it is spiked; Disappears:

The thumb protection member 4 also serves to fix the thumb 6 in a substantially fixed position, suppress unnecessary movement, and reliably transmit the force of the thumb 6 to the thumb bag 2. The periphery of the thumb protector 4 is selectively sewn to the back skin 15 and the thumb protector 4 and the back skin 15 form a sack for holding the thumb 6:

FIG. 3 is a partially cut end view of 100—100 in FIG.

Fig. 3 shows the inside of the thumb protection member 4, on the back skin 15 where the ventral side of the thumb 6 on the back skin 15 hits, and put the non-slip member 5 from the vicinity of the cutout 3 to the fingertip side. This shows a state of wearing.

The non-slip member 5 serves to improve the tactile sensation of the thumb 6, suppress the slip of the thumb 6, and reliably transmit the force of the thumb 6 to the thumb pouch 2. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 16 denotes a receiving surface skin, reference numeral 17 denotes a back shell, reference numeral 18 denotes a palm skin, and reference numeral 20 denotes a core.

In the embodiment of FIGS. 2 and 3, both the thumb protection member 4 and the non-slip member 5 are provided, but only one of them may be provided as desired.

It should be noted that the present invention provides baseball gloves other than the baseball gloves shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 as long as they are provided with a thumb bag into which the thumb is inserted. And so on.

As described above, the two embodiments of the present invention have been described. However, the embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope is defined by the claims, and is intended to include any modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the claims. Industrial applicability

The present invention can be effectively applied to baseball gloves ''

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. In a baseball glove (1) having a thumb bag (2), a thumb (6) is put on the back skin (15) of the thumb bag (2) and the thumb (6) is put on the back skin (15). A baseball glove having a notch (3).

2. The baseball glove according to claim 1, wherein the cut portion (3) is a slit.

3. The baseball club according to claim 1, wherein the shape of the cut portion (3) is substantially elliptical.

4. The baseball glove according to claim 1, wherein a non-slip member (5) is mounted on the rear skin (15) on which the abdomen of the thumb (6) coming out of the notch (3) hits.

5. The baseball glove according to claim 1, wherein the glove is mounted on the back skin (15) for covering a thumb (6) on the back skin (15).

6. The baseball glove according to claim 5, wherein the back skin (15) and the thumb protection member (4) form a bag for accommodating a thumb (6).