US4371983A
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Weight attachment for baseball glove
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1980-12-31
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Granted: 1983-02-08
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Expires: 2000-12-31
Abstract
Abstract A baseball fielder's glove containing a weight attached thereto. The weighted fielder's glove increases the strength, quickness and agility of a ball player's fielding hand by strengthening the wrist and hand through continual use. The weight is preferably rubber coated and secured to the wrist strap of the fielder's glove.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph J. Piotti, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 22:04
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B71/00; A63B71/08; A63B71/14; A63B71/141; A63B71/143; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S2/00; Y10S2/908; Y10S2/91
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A baseball fielder's glove useful during training to increase the strength, quickness and agility of a ball player's fielding hand through continued use, the baseball fielder's glove comprising a wrist strap included integrally with a back portion of said baseball fielder's glove for retaining the glove on the user's hand, a weight comprised of metal material, and fastener means securing the weight on the wrist strap, said fastener means including layer material at least partially encompassing the weight and the wrist strap.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
A baseball fielder's glove useful during training to increase the strength, quickness and agility of a ball player's fielding hand through continued use, the baseball fielder's glove comprising a wrist strap included integrally with a back portion of said baseball fielder's glove for retaining the glove on the user's hand, a weight comprised of metal material, and fastener means securing the weight on the wrist strap, said fastener means including layer material at least partially encompassing the weight and the wrist strap.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The fielder's glove of claim 1 wherein said fastener means is a temporary fastening means which allow the weight to be attached and removed from the glove as desired by the user.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said layer material is an elastomeric coating extending throughout a surface of the material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
84 words
The invention according to claim 3 wherein said layer material has the coating formed into a pair of restrainer slot means which receive strap members, and a set of strap members placed through the slots and around the wrist strap terminating at one end in a Velcro fastener which enables the strap members to be placed around the weight and in fastening engagement with a Velcro fastener at the other end of the strap member to securely hold the weight against the wrist strap.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said layer material is a thin strap means encircling the wrist strap and the weight and having at opposite ends thereof a fastener element such as a fiber hook fastener commonly known as a Velcro fastener.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said layer material is constructed integrally with the wrist strap as a pocket for containing said weight, a cover for the pocket, and closure means for the cover, so the weight can be removed from and inserted into the pocket.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
75 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said fastener means includes a Velcro tape fastener formed of one kind of tape and of another kind of tape selectively consisting of hook tape or pile tape, the weight being covered by said layer material having at least a portion of said one kind of tape and the wrist strap being covered by said layer material having at least a portion of said other kind of tape.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1986-02-07 | 1986-08-09 | 1987-02-08 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1990-02-07 | 1990-08-09 | 1991-02-08 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1994-02-07 | 1994-08-09 | 1995-02-08 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |