Christopher R Richard

US Patent:

D595382, Jun 30, 2009

Filed:

Nov 28, 2008

Appl. No.:

29/312997

Inventors:

Christopher Richard - Raleigh NC, US

International Classification:

2102

US Classification:

D21780

US Patent:

D612002, Mar 16, 2010

Filed:

Aug 5, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/341427

Inventors:

Christopher Richard - Raleigh NC, US

International Classification:

2102

US Classification:

D21699, D21780

US Patent:

20080295212, Dec 4, 2008

Filed:

May 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/807585

Inventors:

Christopher R. Richard - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

A63B 71/14

US Classification:

2 19, 473458

Abstract:

The notion of a physically down-scaled ‘fielding-trainer’-type catching-glove suitable for all ages desiring to improve their bio-mechanical hand/eye-coordination, WebGlov™ is configured with receptacles for thumb & forefinger only, with cross-webbing extending there between; as to thereby uniquely serve in catching conventional golfball-sized light-weight hollow-polyballs. This abbreviated glove can be implemented in a challenging practice of regular catching conducted between two or more distally opposed participants, —or, it can be employed by only a single catcher while training alone in novel combination with a relentless conventional auto-feed Ball-thruster machine. Preferable fabricated of durable nylon-clad ″-thickness highly-flexible frothed-neoprene material, the notion of this glove is to enable its user to more precisely coordinate their eye and hand, by requiring them to catch a relatively small polyball in the comparatively tiny receiving-pocket area formed between the WebGlov's thumb and index-finger (or, alternatively the middle-finger). The ‘reduced-scale effect’ of this diminutive pocket-area as compared to the approximately four to six time larger receiver-pocket provided by a conventional fielder's-glove, is the key-factor in promoting significant improvement in the instantaneous reflex-action needed to place one's hand at the critical position, coupled with the pocket-closure timing required to thus consistently catch and trap an approaching ball.