Batting Glove Reinforcement Layer for Ulnar Border Durability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional batting gloves for baseball or softball face a challenge in balancing durability and natural feel, with seams along the ulnar border region being a common failure point that compromises durability.
Innovation Solution
A batting glove design featuring a reinforcement layer set that covers the palmar, ulnar border, and dorsal regions, providing additional support without excessive thickness, and potentially omitting seams to enhance durability while maintaining a natural feel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the batting glove is made thin to allow natural feel, then the natural feeling is improved, but the durability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by placing reinforcement layers only in specific high-stress areas (ulnar border region, palmar region, dorsal region) rather than making the entire glove thick. This allows the glove to remain thin and flexible in most areas for natural feel, while providing enhanced durability where needed most.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite materials by combining a base glove material with additional reinforcement layers made of different materials (such as leather, synthetic leather, or other durable materials). This composite structure provides both the natural feel of the base material and the enhanced durability of the reinforcement layers.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional seams are included in the glove design, then the manufacturing is simplified, but the durability deteriorates due to seam failure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the taking out principle by removing or eliminating seams from the critical ulnar border region and other high-stress areas. This extraction of the problematic seam element eliminates the failure point while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through alternative construction methods such as seamless molding or alternative joining techniques.
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AI summary
A batting glove for baseball or softball may include a glove base and a reinforcement layer set. The glove base may include a palmar region, a dorsal region located on an opposite exterior side of the batting glove from the palmar region, a plurality of finger regions, a wrist region at a bottom of the glove base, and an ulnar border region. The ulnar border region may be located along an outermost edge region of the glove base following a length of the little finger region along an outermost side of the little finger region. The reinforcement layer set may be connected to and exterior of the glove base in a manner that covers at least a portion of each of (a) the palmar region, (b) the ulnar border region, and (c) the dorsal region.