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US 12,551,773 B1Granted
Boxing glove
OwnerJefferey Crawfordinventor
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Abstract
The invention discloses an improved boxing glove that positions the thumb away from the striking surface of the glove and moves it to a more natural first position across the front of at least a portion of the middle phalanx of the index finger.
Claims2
An improved boxing glove comprising:
- a padded finger portion having a cover material and configured to accept insertion of all four fingers, including the index finger, a padded thumb portion having a cover material and including a tip configured to accept insertion of a thumb, wherein the padded finger portion is configured to accept receipt of at least the tip of the padded thumb portion so that at least a part of the thumb can be positioned across at least a portion of the front of the middle phalanx of the index finger, wherein the padded finger portion includes a cavity to receive the tip, and wherein the cavity is formed by compression of the tip into a corresponding location in the padded finger portion that contains padding of a lower density than other padding in the finger portion.
A method to produce an improved boxing glove comprising:
- creating a padded finger portion having a cover material configured to accept insertion of all four fingers, including the index finger, creating a padded thumb portion having a cover material and including a tip configured to accept insertion of a thumb, creating the padded finger portion to accept receipt of at least the tip of the padded thumb portion so that at least a part of the thumb can be positioned across at least a portion of the front of the middle phalanx of the index finger, creating a cavity in the padded finger portion to receive the tip, and creating the padded finger portion to include padding of lower density than other padding in the finger portion in a location to allow application of pressure on the tip to compress that location to form the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.