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US 10,300,363 B2Granted
Golf gloves
OwnerJohn C. Ramirezinventor
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Abstract
According to the various features characteristics and embodiments of the present invention which will become apparent as the description thereof proceeds, the present invention provides improvements to partially fingered gloves intended to increase the overall performance in sports activities including but limited to golf. The improvements of said gloves primarily comprising grip enhancers on the dorsal portion of these gloves, on the side or sides of any existing digital segments, or any combination thereof.
Claims19
A glove comprising:
- a body comprising a palmar portion, a dorsal portion and a distal lateral edge, wherein the palmar portion and the dorsal portion meet at the distal lateral edge;
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- a plurality of digital segments projecting from the distal lateral edge of the body, the plurality of digital segments including a middle finger digital segment designed to cover a middle finger;
- wherein said middle finger digital segment has a palmar portion and a dorsal portion, a first side adjacent a forefinger and a second side adjacent a ring finger, and wherein said middle finger digital segment is designed to cover a wearer's entire middle finger when the glove is worn;
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- wherein said plurality of digital segments further comprises a ring finger digital segment that is adapted to enclose an entire ring finger of the wearer and has a dorsal portion and a palmar portion, a digital segment that is adapted to enclose an entire pinkie finger of the wearer and has a dorsal portion and a palmar portion, and a thumb digital segment that is adapted to enclose an entire thumb of the wearer and has a dorsal portion and a palmar portion;
- and,
- wherein a forefinger digital segment is designed to leave uncovered the wearer's entire forefinger to have heightened tactile sensitivities;
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- wherein said glove body dorsal portion is adapted to overlay at least a metacarpophalangeal joint of the wearer's forefinger when the glove is worn;
- wherein the glove body dorsal portion overlaying the metacarpophalangeal joint of the wearer's forefinger further comprises of a high friction textured exterior surface formed of a grip enhancing means, whereby said textured surface provides a higher coefficient of friction than a surrounding untextured portion of the glove body;
- wherein the ring finger digital segment dorsal portion, the pinkie finger digital segment dorsal portion and the thumb digital segment dorsal portion are completely free of said grip enhancing means.
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A glove comprising:
- a body comprising a palmar portion, a dorsal portion and a distal lateral edge, wherein the palmar portion and the dorsal portion meet at the distal lateral edge and formed by at least a material;
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- a plurality of digital segment projecting from the distal lateral edge of the body, the plurality of digital segments including a middle finger digital segment designed to cover a middle finger, wherein said middle finger digital segment has a palmar portion and a dorsal portion, a first side adjacent a forefinger and a second side adjacent a ring finger, and is designed to cover a wearer's entire middle finger when the glove is worn;
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- wherein said plurality of digital segments further comprises a ring finger digital segment that is adapted to enclose an entire ring finger of the wearer and has a dorsal portion and a palmar portion, a pinkie finger digital segment that is adapted to enclose an entire pinkie finger of the wearer and has a dorsal portion and a palmar portion, and a thumb digital segment that is adapted to enclose an entire thumb of the wearer and has a dorsal portion and a palmar portion;
- and,
- wherein a forefinger digital segment is designed to leave uncovered the wearer's entire forefinger to have heightened tactile sensitivities;
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- wherein said dorsal portion is adapted to overlay all five of a wearer's metacarpophalangeal joints and therebetween when the glove is worn;
- wherein glove dorsal portion further comprises of a high friction textured exterior surface formed of a grip enhancing means and is positioned such that said grip enhancing means resides along a region between the wearer's forefinger metacarpophalangeal joint and the middle finger metacarpophalangeal joint;
- whereby said textured surface provides a higher coefficient of friction than the surrounding material forming of the glove body;
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- wherein the ring finger digital segment dorsal portion, the pinkie finger digital segment dorsal portion and the thumb digital segment dorsal portion are completely free of said grip enhancing means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.