Baseball Glove" utility patent invented by William P. Whitley. This is the utility patent for a baseball mitt which was endorsed by Jim Bottomley. In 1922 Mr. Whitley was issued a patent for his invention from the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). There were 2 documents on file for this patent. The drawing specification sheet of the patent has been reproduced from original USPTO documents and printed onto parchment paper. This print is sized and ready to install into an 8" x 10" frame. The additional sheets included are printed on 5.50" x 8.50" parchment paper. These accompanying documents describe the scope of this invention in formal terms. The following is an actual excerpt from the patent…

       " Be it known that I, William P. Whitley, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Baseball Gloves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to baseball gloves, and has for its main object to provide a baseball glove that will not rip at the joints or crotches between the fingers and between the thumb and first finger."…