US 11,849,784 B2
Glove with elastic backfinger
Robert Newman, St. Peters, MO (US); and Anton Sutovsky, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS COMPANY, INC., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS COMPANY, INC., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,149.
Application 17/663,149 is a continuation of application No. 16/797,397, filed on Feb. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,363,845.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/809,801, filed on Feb. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0264974 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 71/14 (2006.01); A41D 19/00 (2006.01); A41D 31/18 (2019.01); A41D 31/14 (2019.01)
CPC A41D 19/0006 (2013.01) [A41D 19/001 (2013.01); A41D 31/145 (2019.02); A41D 31/185 (2019.02); A63B 71/143 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ball glove comprising:
a plurality of finger stalls positioned and configured to receive a user's fingers;
a thumb stall positioned and configured to receive a user's thumb;
a web portion positioned between the thumb stall and the finger stalls, wherein the web portion forms at least part of a pocket on a front portion of the glove, the pocket being positioned and configured to receive a ball;
an opening between the front portion and a rear portion of the glove, wherein the rear portion is positioned opposite the front portion, the opening is positioned and configured to receive a user's hand, and wherein the opening extends to the finger stalls and the thumb stall to accommodate the user's hand;
a first material forming at least part of the finger stalls; and
an elastic material forming at least part of the rear portion of the glove, wherein the elastic material extends between a lower end of the glove and the first material along at least part of a length of one of the finger stalls.