US Patent Issued to MIZUNO on April 29 for "Shape retainer for baseball or softball glove and shape retention method for baseball or softball glove" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,672, issued on April 29, was assigned to MIZUNO Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Shape retainer for baseball or softball glove and shape retention method for baseball or softball glove" was invented by Akihiro Kanda (Osaka, Japan), Yuki Yamada (Osaka, Japan) and Yuya Motegi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shape retainer and a shape retention method are provided, by which the shape of an interior space of an inner part of a baseball or softball glove can be retained precisely. A shape retainer includes a main body having a main surface depressed in a concave shape, so that the shape of the interior space of the inner part of the b...