Enhanced visibility baseball glove

Abstract

Baseball gloves with enhanced visual perceivability are described. In embodiments, the baseball glove comprises a glove body having visual indicia positioned on the glove body. The visual markers on the glove body can have a substantially contrasting color to that of the glove body. The color of the visual marker can also me substantially contrasting to the anticipated physical background of the wearer of the glove. The anticipated physical background may depend on the field position of the wearer of the baseball glove. The color of the visual markers may be selected to provide the maximum contrast between the anticipated physical background and the visual markers, thereby enhancing a fielder's ability to detect the glove using his or her peripheral vision.

1 . A baseball glove with visibility-enhancing coloration, the baseball glove comprising:
 a shell section;   a web section; and   one or more visual indicia positioned on at least one of the shell section and the web section, the one or more visual indicia having a color that differs from colors of the shell section and the web section, wherein the colors of the shell section, web section and visual indicia are based on a color contrast of the visual indicia relative to the shell and web sections.   
     
     
         2 . The baseball glove of  claim 1 , wherein the shell section and the web section are a first color, and wherein the one or more visual indicia is a second color. 
     
     
         3 . The baseball glove of  claim 2 , wherein the first color and the second color are substantially contrasting. 
     
     
         4 . The baseball glove of  claim 3 , wherein the first color and the second color are spectrally opposite with respect to a color coordinate location associated with white illumination. 
     
     
         5 . The baseball glove of  claim 3  wherein the first color and the second color are associated with a luminance contrast of greater than about 50%. 
     
     
         6 . The baseball glove of  claim 3 , wherein the first color is substantially yellow and the second color is substantially blue. 
     
     
         7 . The baseball glove of  claim 3 , wherein the first color and the second color are spectrally opposite with respect to a color coordinate location associated with white illumination and wherein the first color and second color are spectrally opposite with respect to a color coordinate location of a color associated with an anticipated physical background of a wearer of the baseball glove. 
     
     
         8 . A baseball glove with enhanced visual perceivability to enable a wearer to more clearly see the baseball glove in the periphery of the field of vision of the wearer, the baseball glove comprising:
 a glove body having a finger stall region, a thumb region, a web region, a heel region and a pocket region; and   one or more visual indicia positioned on the glove body, the one or more visual indicia having a color that differs from the color of the glove body, wherein a color contrast between the one or more visual indicia and the glove body enhances an ability of the wearer to perceive the glove body via peripheral vision, wherein the placement of the visual indicia on the glove body depends upon one or more visual cues that are received by the wearer.   
     
     
         9 . The baseball glove of  claim 8 , wherein the color of the one or more visual indicia is based on the color contrast of the visual indicia relative to the anticipated physical background of the wearer when fielding a ball. 
     
     
         10 . The baseball glove of  claim 8 , wherein the glove body is a first color, and wherein the one or more visual indicia is a second color. 
     
     
         11 . The baseball glove of  claim 10 , wherein the first color and the second color are substantially contrasting. 
     
     
         12 . The baseball glove of  claim 8 , wherein the one or more visual cues that are received by the wearer depend upon the fielding position of the wearer of the baseball glove. 
     
     
         13 . The baseball glove of  claim 9 , wherein the anticipated physical background includes at least one of an immediate surrounding to a playing surface, dirt, grass, a blue sky, stadium seating, and turf. 
     
     
         14 . The baseball glove of  claim 8 , wherein the placement of the visual indicia includes placing the visual indicia on a back exterior surface of the baseball glove. 
     
     
         15 . The baseball glove of  claim 14 , wherein the placement of the visual indicia includes placing the visual indicia along an edge of the thumb region and along a middle finger of the finger stall region. 
     
     
         16 . The baseball glove of  claim 8 , wherein the placement of the visual indicia includes placing the visual indicia on a palm exterior surface of the baseball glove. 
     
     
         17 . The baseball glove of  claim 16 , wherein the placement of the visual indicia includes placing the visual indicia along an edge of the thumb region and along a middle finger of the finger stall region. 
     
     
         18 . The baseball glove of  claim 8 , wherein the placement of the visual indicia includes placing the visual indicia on a palm exterior surface of the baseball glove, along an edge of the thumb region, along a pinkie edge of the finger stall region, along a top edge of the web and finger stall region and along an edge of the heel region. 
     
     
         19 . A baseball glove with visibility-enhancing coloration to enable a wearer to more clearly see the edges of the sporting glove in the periphery of the field of vision of the wearer, the sporting glove comprising:
 a glove body having a first color;   one or more visual indicia positioned on the glove body, the one or more visual indicia having a second color that differs from the color of the glove body, wherein the first color and the second color are substantially contrasting and spectrally opposite with respect to a color coordinate location associated with white illumination.   
     
     
         20 . The baseball glove of  claim 19 , wherein the first color is substantially yellow and the second color is substantially magenta.