JP2007267812A - Baseball or softball catcher - Google Patents

Abstract

A ball catcher for baseball or softball in which a ball falling once in a ball catcher is suppressed.
A baseball or softball catcher according to the present invention includes a ball receiving surface skin 10 for receiving a ball, a thumb bag 2 for receiving a user's thumb, and a finger bag 4 for receiving a finger other than the user's thumb. , 5, 6, 7; an opening 81 for inserting a user's hand; a bank 80 located on the opening 81 side of the surface of the receiving surface skin; and a bank 80 provided on the bank 80 Is provided with a catching assisting portion 20 capable of suppressing the exit from the bank portion 80.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a ball catching tool for baseball or softball.

  A conventional baseball or softball catcher includes a thumb bag, an index finger bag, a middle finger bag, a ring finger bag, a little finger bag, a web portion and a bank portion provided between the thumb bag and the index finger bag. It has.

  When catching a ball using this conventional catching tool, the ball is generally held by a thumb bag and a middle finger bag or a ring finger bag.

  Then, a resultant force of the stress from the thumb bag and the stress from the middle finger bag or the ring finger bag is applied to the ball.

  The direction of the resultant force of the stress applied to the ball is the direction from the bank part of the ball catcher to the outside. For this reason, when the resultant force of the stress applied to the ball becomes larger than the friction between the ball and the ball catching tool, the ball may jump outward through the bank.

  On the other hand, there is a gap between the bottom of the caught ball and the surface in the vicinity of the bank of the catcher, and the catcher does not have a member that suppresses the spilled ball. For this reason, in the conventional catching tool, it is difficult to hold the ball once spilled and dropped in the catching tool.

  As a ball catcher that suppresses such a falling ball, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-165558 discloses a ball catcher for baseball or softball provided with a buffer from the thumb bag through the bank to the little finger bag. Has been proposed. This shock absorber is provided with an impact absorbing member such as sponge or felt in leather. In the ball catcher provided with such a shock absorber, when the ball tries to drop, the ball is caught by the shock absorber and the ball can be prevented from falling.

Moreover, as a ball catching device provided with a buffer on the bank portion of the ball catching device, there is a ball catching device described in JP-A-10-328345.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-165558 JP-A-10-328345

  However, in the ball catcher described in JP-A-10-165558 and JP-A-10-328345, an impact buffering member such as felt is inserted in the buffer body and easily deforms. It has become.

  For this reason, even if an attempt is made to catch the ball caught on the buffer again with the thumb bag or the like, the buffer is easily deformed by the stress from the thumb bag or the middle finger bag via the ball. For this reason, there is no possibility that the ball and the buffer are caught, and the ball may fall.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems as described above, and its object is to provide a ball catching device for baseball or softball in which the ball falling once in the ball catching device is suppressed. It is to be.

  A baseball or softball catcher according to the present invention includes a ball receiving surface skin for receiving a ball, a thumb bag for receiving a user's thumb, a finger bag for receiving a finger other than the user's thumb, and a user's hand. An opening for insertion, a bank located on the opening side of the surface of the receiving surface skin, and a catching assisting portion provided on the bank and capable of suppressing the ball from coming out of the bank . Preferably, the ball catching assisting portion is made of a material different from the material constituting the ball receiving surface skin.

  According to the baseball or softball catcher according to the present invention, it is possible to suppress the ball once entering the catcher.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball catching tool (baseball or softball catching tool) 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the ball catching tool 1 is composed of a skin 16 formed by sewing a ball-receiving surface skin 10 and a back skin 9 and a back skin inserted into the skin 16. Yes. The ball catcher 1 includes a thumb bag 2 that receives a user's thumb, a web portion 3, a finger bag 31 that receives a finger other than the user's thumb, and an opening 81 into which the user's hand is inserted. I have. This finger bag 31 includes an index finger bag 4 for receiving the user's index finger, a middle finger bag 5 for receiving the user's middle finger, a ring finger bag 6 for receiving the user's ring finger, and a little finger bag 7 for receiving the user's little finger. Prepare.

  Between the index finger bag 4 and the middle finger bag 5, between the middle finger bag 5 and the ring finger bag 6, and between the ring finger bag 6 and the little finger bag 7 are connected to each other by a leather band 8. The web portion 3 is provided between the thumb bag 2 and the index finger bag 4. The catching assisting portion 20 is provided on the bank portion 80 located on the opening 81 side in the surface of the spherical surface 10.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the ball catching tool 1 viewed from the opening 81 side. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 1, the ball catching assisting portion 20 is provided between the root portion 2 a of the thumb bag 2 and the root portion 7 a of the little finger bag 7 in the bank portion 80.

  The root portion 2a of the thumb bag 2 extends between the base portion of the side surface of the thumb bag 2 on the web portion 3 side and the end portion of the opening 81 on the thumb bag 2 side. The root portion 7 a of the little finger bag 7 extends from the base of the side surface of the little finger bag 7 on the side of the ring finger bag 6 to the end of the opening 81 on the side of the little finger bag 7.

  FIG. 3A is a front view of the back skin 9, and FIG. 3B is a front view of the receiving surface skin 10. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the back skin 9 is formed by sewing parts made of a plurality of leathers so as to form five finger bags. The receiving surface skin 10 is formed to have five finger shapes. Each of the receiving surface leather 10 and the back leather 9 is made of natural leather, synthetic leather, or other materials made of the same material. The peripheral edges of the receiving surface skin 10 and the back skin 9 are both sewn so that the silver side is on the inside, except for the hand insertion portion, and then the front and back are reversed so that the silver side is the front side. Thereby, the skin 16 shown in FIG. 1 is produced. A back skin is provided on the inner side of the epidermis 16 and is composed of a back shell and a palmar skin.

  FIG. 3C is a front view of the hand back skin 11, and FIG. 3D is a front view of the palmar skin 12. As shown in FIGS. 3 (c) and 3 (d), the back skin 11 is produced by sewing parts made of a plurality of leathers so as to form five finger bags, and the palm skin 12 is a receiving surface. It has five substantially finger-shaped shapes cut smaller than the skin 10. The back shell 11 and the palm skin 12 are also made of natural leather, synthetic leather, and other materials having the same effect.

  FIG. 4 is a front view of the back skin 17. As shown in FIG. 17, the back skin 17 includes a portion corresponding to the bottom of the catching auxiliary portion 20 shown in FIG. 1, and extends from a region corresponding to the thumb bag 2 to a portion corresponding to the bank portion 80. A bank core 30 is sewn. The bank core 30 is made of felt, for example.

  FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the ball catching assisting portion 20 is inserted into an opening 10a formed in the ball receiving surface skin 10 and is sewn to the ball receiving surface skin 10, and from the opening 10a. And a protruding portion 23 protruding outward from the surface of the receiving surface skin 10. The height H of the catching assisting portion 20 is, for example, not less than 0.5 cm and not more than 3 cm.

  Here, the height H of the catching assisting portion 20 is the distance from the surface of the ball receiving skin 10 to the upper surface of the catching assisting portion 20. In addition, when the upper surface of the catching assisting portion 20 is curved or inclined, the distance between the highest position of the upper surface of the catching assisting portion 20 and the surface of the receiving surface skin 10 is The height H of the auxiliary portion 20 is assumed.

  The side surface 23a on the pocket portion 90 side of the protruding portion 23 is an inclined surface that is inclined so that the height on the opening portion 81 side is higher than the height on the pocket portion 90 side. The angle θ formed between the side surface 23a and the surface of the receiving surface skin 10 is 45 ° or more.

  Such a catching auxiliary part 20 is, for example, nylon, polyurethane, urethane, EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer), VS-1 (triblock copolymer of polystyrene and vinyl-polyisoprene), elastomer, It is composed of rubber, silicon, PEF (foamed polyethylene), sorbosein, etc., and has a hardness of 60A to 100A (indicated by JIS K 6253), and preferably about 80A.

  The ball receiving surface skin 10 and the like are about 30 A to less than 60 A, and the hardness of the ball catching assisting portion 20 is larger than the hardness of the ball receiving surface skin 10 and is difficult to deform. Further, the coefficient of friction of the surface of the ball catching assisting portion 20 is larger than the coefficient of friction of the ball receiving surface skin 10.

  FIG. 6 is a plan view of the ball catching tool 1 when the ball is caught. As shown in FIG. 6, the ball is supported by the catching assisting unit 20 when the ball spills out of the catching tool 1 through the bank 80. Furthermore, a ball can be suppressed by bouncing back toward the inside of the ball catcher 1 by the ball catching assisting part 20.

  Furthermore, when the ball is sandwiched between the thumb bag 2 and the middle finger bag 5 or the ring finger bag 6, the stress P1 applied to the ball from the thumb bag 2 and the stress P2 applied to the ball from the middle finger bag 5 or the ring finger bag 6 The resultant force P3 passes through the bank portion 80 and is directed to the outside of the ball catcher 1. For this reason, when the resultant force P3 applied to the ball becomes larger than the frictional force generated between the ball and the ball catching tool 1, the ball tries to jump outward through the bank 80. On the other hand, since this ball catching tool 1 is provided with the ball catching assisting portion 20 at the bank portion 80, the ball is caught by the ball catching assisting portion 20, and the falling ball of the ball is suppressed.

  In addition, since the catching assisting portion 20 has the above hardness, when the ball caught on the catching assisting portion 20 is gripped by the thumb bag 2, the middle finger bag 5, the ring finger bag 6, or the like, The ball catching assisting portion 20 is prevented from being deformed, and the ball can be gripped satisfactorily.

  Furthermore, since the surface of the ball-receiving surface skin 10 has a high coefficient of friction, the ball is easily caught by the ball catching assisting portion 20, and the falling ball can be suppressed well.

  FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the ball catching tool 1 viewed from the opening 81 side when the ball is caught by the ball catching assisting portion 20. As shown in FIG. 7, the ball catching assisting portion 20 has the height H as described above, and therefore closes at least a part of the gap G generated between the ball and the ball receiving surface skin 10. be able to. For this reason, when the ball falls through the bank portion 80, the ball and the catching assisting portion 20 come into contact, and the catching assisting portion 20 can suppress the falling ball of the ball.

  In addition, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, since the bank core member 30 is disposed under the catching assisting portion 20, when the ball comes into contact with the catching assisting portion 20, It is possible to prevent the catching assisting portion 20 from sinking into the catching tool 1 when the ball is gripped using. Thus, since it can suppress that the catching auxiliary | assistance part 20 sinks, the falling ball can be suppressed favorably by the catching auxiliary | assistant part 20. FIG.

  Further, in FIG. 5, the angle θ formed by the inclined surface 23a and the receiving surface skin 10 is 45 ° or more, so that the ball in contact with the inclined surface 23a is likely to rebound toward the pocket 90 side. ing.

  In addition, in FIG. 1, since the catching auxiliary | assistance part 20 is arrange | positioned between the root part 2a of the thumb bag 2, and the root part 7a of the little finger bag 7, it bends the thumb bag 2 at the time of catching. When the little finger bag 7 is bent, the ball catching assisting portion 20 does not hinder the bending of the thumb bag 2 and the little finger bag 7.

  Further, since the catching assisting portion 20 is disposed at the position as described above, a crease is applied from the base portion on the side surface of the thumb bag 2 on the web portion 3 side to the root portion 7a side of the little finger bag 7. At this time, the catching assisting portion 20 does not get in the way.

  FIG. 8 is a front view showing a first modification of the ball catching tool 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of ball catching assisting portions 20a and 20b may be arranged from the bank portion 80 side toward the pocket portion 90 side.

  Thus, by arranging a plurality of ball catching assisting portions 20a and 20b, a ball falling through the bank portion 80 can be caught with a high probability by the ball catching assisting portions 20a and 20b. In addition, although the catching auxiliary | assistance part 20, 20a, 20b is linearly provided toward the little finger bag 7 side from the thumb bag 2 side, it is not restricted to this. For example, it is good also as a shape curved so that the length of the peripheral surface by the side of the pocket part 90 of the catching auxiliary | assistance part 20, 20a, 20b may become shorter than the peripheral surface by the bank part 80 side.

  FIG. 9 is a front view showing a second modification of the ball catching tool 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of ball catching assisting portions 20 c and 20 d may be arranged from the root portion 2 a side of the thumb bag 2 toward the root portion 7 a side of the little finger bag 7. FIG. 10 is a front view showing a third modified example of the ball catching tool 1 shown in FIG. 1, and further shows a front view showing the ball catching tool 1 in which a plurality of ball catching assisting portions 20e, 20f, 20g, and 20h are arranged. FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, by arranging a plurality of ball catching assisting portions 20 c to 20 h from the root portion 2 a side of the thumb bag 2 to the root portion 7 a side of the little finger bag 7, A fold that passes between any of the ball catching assisting portions 20c to 20h can be set from the root portion 2a side of the bag 2.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 10, by arranging a plurality of ball catching assisting portions 20e to 20h, a ball catching assist between the ball catching assisting portion 20e and the ball catching assisting portion 20f according to the user's preference. A fold can be attached between the portion 20f and the catching assisting portion 20g or between the catching assisting portion 20g and the catching assisting portion 20h.

  Here, when catching the ball, the bank portion 80 is also slightly curved. Therefore, as described above, by arranging the plurality of ball catching assisting portions 20c to 20h from the root 2a side of the thumb bag 2 toward the root 7a side of the little finger bag 7, the ball catching assisting portions 20c to 20h are also arranged. As the bank portion 80 is curved, it is displaced along the circumferential surface of the ball. For this reason, it becomes easy for the ball to be caught by the catching assisting portions 20c to 20h.

  FIG. 11 is a front view showing a fourth modification of the ball catching tool 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, when viewed from above, the catching assisting portions 20 i, 20 j, 20 k, and 20 l having a substantially triangular shape are connected to the root portion 7 a of the little finger bag 7 from the root portion 2 a side of the thumb bag 2. A plurality of arrays are arranged.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the space between the ball catching assisting portion 20j and the ball catching assisting portion 20k is from the little finger bag 7 side toward the thumb bag 2 side as it goes from the opening 81 side to the pocket portion 90 side. Inclined. For this reason, it is possible to easily form a fold that passes between the ball catching assisting portion 20j and the ball catching assisting portion 20k from the base portion of the thumb bag 2 on the web portion 3 side.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it should be considered that the embodiment disclosed this time is illustrative and not restrictive in all respects. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims. Furthermore, the above numerical values are examples, and are not limited to the above numerical values and ranges.

  The present invention is suitable for a baseball or softball catcher.

It is a front view of the ball catcher (baseball or softball catcher) according to the present embodiment. It is the perspective view which looked at the catching tool from the opening part side. (A) is a front view of the back skin, (b) is a front view of the ball receiving skin, (c) is a front view of the back of the skin, and (d) is a front view of the palm skin. It is. 2 is a front view of a back skin 17. FIG. It is sectional drawing in the VV line of FIG. It is a top view of the ball catching tool at the time of catching a ball. It is the perspective view which looked at the catching tool from the opening side when a ball is caught in the catching assistance part. It is a front view which shows the 1st modification of the ball catching tool shown by FIG. It is a front view which shows the 2nd modification of the ball catcher shown by FIG. It is a front view which shows the 3rd modification of the ball catcher shown by FIG. It is a front view which shows the 4th modification of the ball catcher shown by FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  1 ball catcher, 2 thumb bag, 4 index finger bag, 5 middle finger bag, 6 ring finger bag, 7 little finger bag, 9 back skin, 10 ball bearing skin, 11 back shell, 12 palm skin, 16 epidermis, 17 back skin, 20 Catch assisting part, 30 bank core, 80 bank part, 81 opening part, 90 pocket part.

Claims (2)

Receiving ball skin (10) for receiving the ball;
A thumb bag (2) for receiving the user's thumb;
A finger bag (4, 5, 6, 7) for receiving a finger other than the user's thumb;
An opening (81) for inserting a user's hand;
Of the surface of the receiving surface skin, a bank portion (80) located on the opening (81) side,
A catching assisting portion (20) provided on the bank portion (80) and capable of suppressing the ball from coming out of the bank portion (80);
Baseball or softball catcher equipped with.   The ball catching tool for baseball or softball according to claim 1, wherein the ball catching assisting portion (20) is made of a material different from a material constituting the ball receiving surface skin (10).

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