Patents by Inventor James Kleinert

James Kleinert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Glove
    Publication number: 20080078011
    Abstract: A batting glove includes a plurality of finger elements, a thumb element, a top portion, and a lower portion. The finger elements cover fingers, the thumb element covers a thumb, the top portion covers a back side of the hand, and the lower portion covers a palm of the hand. Expandable material is disposed at selected areas of the thumb stall and finger stalls to overlie or underlie the center axis of rotation of selected joints of a finger or a thumb of a human hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventor: James Kleinert
  • Multi-Purpose Glove
    Publication number: 20080072358
    Abstract: A multi-purpose glove includes protective or shock absorbing padding over the pulleys and tendons of the boney prominences of the fingers and thumb between adjacent joints of the boney prominences or phalanxes. The center axis of rotation of the individual joints are provided with expandable material positioned to overlie specific finger and thumb joints thereby defining motion or flexion zones at these joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventor: James Kleinert
  • Golf Glove
    Publication number: 20070061943
    Abstract: A golf glove is provided with a plurality of finger stalls having an upper portion and a lower portion wherein the lower portion includes a protective covering with a moisture absorbing material for location below the center axis of rotation of the proximal interphalangeal joint and above the center axis of rotation of the proximal interphalangeal joints. The lower portion may also include an elastic material covering the center axis of rotation of the proximal interphalangeal joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventor: James Kleinert
  • Batting glove
    Publication number: 20060026738
    Abstract: A batting glove particularly for baseball and softball includes padding along the palmar side of at least the proximal ends of the metacarpals of the ring finger and the small finger. Padding is absent over the hook of the hamate and preferably the carpometacarpal joints of the ring finger and the small finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: James Kleinert
  • Batting glove
    Patent number: 6389601
    Abstract: A batting glove includes a plurality of finger elements, a thumb element, a top portion, and a lower portion. The finger elements cover fingers, the thumb element covers a thumb, the top portion covers a back side of the hand, and the lower portion covers a palm of the hand. Preselected thicknesses of preselected materials are included in order to protect the bones, ligaments, pulleys, tendons, etc. of a wearer from direct shock, and to distribute stress along the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Hillerich & Bradsby Co.
    Inventor: James Kleinert
  • Batting glove
    Patent number: 6253382
    Abstract: A batting glove includes a plurality of finger elements, a thumb element, a top portion, and a lower portion. The finger elements cover fingers, the thumb element covers a thumb, the top portion covers a back side of the hand, and the lower portion covers a palm of the hand. Preselected thicknesses of preselected materials are included in order to protect the bones, ligaments, pulleys, tendons, etc. of a wearer from direct shock, and to distribute stress along the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Hillerich & Bradsby Co.
    Inventor: James Kleinert