CATCHER'S CHEST PROTECTOR WITH GRIP ELEMENTS FOR IMPROVED BALL CONTROL

摘要

A chest protector may include a flexible panel configured to generally conformto auser's chest and abdominal regions, one or more retention elements connectedto theflexible panel and positioned to hold the chest protector on the user, and oneor morehigh-friction elements positioned on an anterior outer surface of the flexiblepanel, theone or more high-friction elements configured to reduce angular momentum, orchangerotation, of a ball impacting at least one of the one or more high-frictionelements. Thehigh-friction elements may include elements of tacky material, such as one ormore dotsor other elements of tacky material.