Batting pad for adjusting location of bat in batter's hand
A batting pad comprising a body made from a cushioning material and having a ring portion adapted to fit over a batter's thumb and an appendage to cushion the palm area between a batter's thumb and index finger. The appendage has a thickness T at its thickest point located between the first end and the distant end, and the thickness T of the appendage is selected to optimize an angle of a bat in the batter's hand relative to a line parallel to the batter's forearm, the angle being determined by the thickness T of the appendage displacing the bat toward the tip of the batter's index finger and causing the bat to contact the palm of the batter's hand near the batter's little finger.
1. A batting pad device for aiding a batter in gripping and controlling a bat and for protecting a web area between a thumb and an index finger of a batter's hand, the device comprising:
a body made from a cushioning material and having an opening to be fitted over the thumb and an appendage configured to extend at least partially adjacent the web area;
wherein the appendage is configured to have a first contact point and a second contact point between the bat and the hand such that the first contact point is adjacent to or distal to a proximal interphalangeal joint of the index finger and the second contact point is adjacent to or distal to an interphalangeal joint of the thumb;
wherein the appendage has an upper surface configured to contact the web area of the batter's hand, and a lower surface to contact the bat when the batter grips the bat, the lower surface having a concave curvature having a radius of curvature of between 60 mm and 70 mm; and wherein the appendage has a thickness of between 12 mm and 16 mm.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface has a radius of curvature of between 30 mm and 35 mm.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the appendage has a length of between 29 mm and 33 mm.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the appendage has a thickest point located at a distance of less than twenty-five percent of the distance from the opening to a distal end of the appendage.
5. A batting pad device for aiding a batter in properly gripping and controlling a bat and for protecting a web area between a thumb and an index finger of a batter's hand, the device comprising:
a body made from a cushioning material and having an opening to be fit over the thumb and an appendage configured to extend at least partially adjacent the web area; and
wherein the appendage is configured to have a contact point between the bat and the hand such that the contact point is adjacent to or distal to a joint of the index finger; and
wherein the appendage has a thickness of between 12 mm and 16 mm and a thickest point located at a distance of less than twenty-five percent of the distance from the opening to a distal end of the appendage.
6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the appendage has a length of between 29 mm and 33 mm.
7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the appendage has a lower surface to contact the bat when the batter grips the bat, the lower surface having a concave curvature having a radius of curvature of between 60 mm and 70 mm.
8. The device of claim 5 , wherein the appendage has an upper surface configured to contact the web area, the upper surface having a radius of curvature of between 30 mm and 35 mm.
9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the appendage has a length such that, when the batter grips the bat, the appendage is free of longitudinal compression.
10. A batting pad device for aiding a batter in gripping and controlling a bat and for protecting a web area between a thumb and an index finger of a batter's hand, the device comprising:
a body made from a cushioning material and having an opening to be fitted over the thumb and an appendage configured to cushion the web area; and
wherein the appendage is configured to have a first contact point and a second contact point between the bat and the hand such that the first contact point is adjacent to or distal to a joint of the index finger and the second contact point is adjacent to or distal to a joint of the thumb; and
wherein the appendage has a thickness (T) of between 12 mm and 16 mm and the appendage has a length (N) such that a ratio of N/T is between 1.81 and 2.83.
11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the appendage has an upper surface configured to contact the web area of the batter's hand when in use, and the upper surface has a radius of curvature of between 30 mm and 35 mm.
12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the appendage has a lower surface to contact the bat when the batter grips the bat, the lower surface having a concave curvature having a radius of curvature of between 60 mm and 70 mm.
13. The device of claim 10 , wherein the appendage has a thickest point located at a distance of less than twenty-five percent of the distance from the opening to a distal end of the appendage.