ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,422, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Jax Athletics LLC (Tinley Park, Ill.).
"Batting glove and cushioning apparatus" was invented by Jason T. Restko (Tinley Park, Ill.), Leonard J. Stubenfoll (Orland Park, Ill.) and David J. Payton (Orland Park, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A batting glove (10) has a cover member (12) defining a central opening and a plurality of finger elements (20) including a forefinger element (24) and a thumb element (22). The batting glove (10) has a web member (14) generally positioned between the forefinger element (20) and the thumb element (22). The web member (14) minimizes force against a thenar...