US Patent Issued to Wilson Sporting Goods on Sept. 1 for "Sliding mitt" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,069, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Wilson Sporting Goods Co. (Chicago).

"Sliding mitt" was invented by Phillip Joseph Timp (Chicago) and Matthew J. Dierkes (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding mitt includes an elastic inner body and an inelastic protective board. The elastic inner body has a phalange receiving region and a metacarpal receiving region. The inelastic protective board extends on a face of the elastic inner body over the phalange receiving region. A flexure hinge is provided between the metacarpal receiving region and the phalange receiving region to facilitate bending of the phalange receiving region r...