Baseball glove construction

Claim 2

In a baseball glove having an outer shell formed with finger stalls, the improvement of a lining shell having face and back plies, each ply having finger extensions with the extensions of the back ply being wider than the extensions of the face ply and each of said plies having crotch areas between the finger extensions with the crotch areas in said plies being out of registry, and stitching securing the finger extensions with the marginal edges in overlying adjacency such that the wider extensions of the back ply are raised relative to the extensions of the face ply to form finger-receiving tunnels, said stitching being continued past the crotch area of one ply and into and around the crotch area of the other ply.

Claim 3

The glove improvement set forth in claim 1 and in which the crotch areas of the face are disposed closer to the outer extremities of the finger extensions than the crotch areas of the back ply, said stitching retaining the marginal edges of said back ply flatwise on said face ply.

Claim 4

The glove improvement set forth in claim 1 and in which the lining shell is formed with a thumb-receiving tunnel having face and back plies, said thumb tunnel being spaced from an adjacent finger tunnel by a crotch area, stitching joining the margins of said thumb tunnel plies, and other stitching extending about said last crotch area for securing the crotch area plies against wrinkling.

Claim 5

In a baseball glove the improvement of an outer shell composed of face and back piles joined together to form finger and thumb stalls and intervening crotch areas inwardly of the outer free extremities of said stalls, said plies having margins in adjacent, substantially overlying and unconnected relationship to define a hand opening into said outer shell to communicate with said finger and thumb stalls, said hand opening being located a greater distance from said crotch areas than the distance from said crotch areas to said outer free extremities, lining means disposed in said outer shell and including at least one ply extending into said stalls, and means at each side of said hand opening connecting said face and back plies and holding said lining means in position, said last means effectively restricting the width of said hand opening to a dimension that is less than the width of the glove across the finger stalls adjacent the crotch areas.

Claim 6

In a baseball glove the improvement of an outer shell composed of face and back piles joined together to form finger and thumb stalls and intervening crotch areas inwardly of the outer free extremities of said stalls, said plies having margins in adjacent, substantially overlying and unconnected relationship to define a hand opening into said outer shell to communicate with said finger and thumb stalls, said hand opening being located a greater distance from said crotch areas than the distance from said crotch areas to said outer free extremities, lining means disposed in said outer shell and including at least one ply extending into said stalls, and means at each side of said hand opening connecting said face and back plies and holding said lining means in position, said last means effectively restricting the width of said hand opening to a dimension that is less than the width of the glove across the finger stalls adjacent the crotch areas.

Claim 7

The improvement set forth in claim 4 and in which said back ply of the outer shell is composed of a plurality of pieces seamed together and extending from the outer free extremities of said stalls to said hand-opening margin, and said lining means is composed of a second ply at least partially extending into certain of said stalls.

Claim 8

The improvement set forth in claim 4 and in which other means is carried by said lining means adjacent the entrances to said finger and thumb stalls in position to furnish pressure points within the glove for control thereof by the fingers of the wearer.