Soccer goalkeeper glove
OwnerAlfred W. Lucas JR.inventor
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Abstract
A palm face of a soccer goalkeeper glove is provided with a strand mesh secured at wrist and fingertip regions to strengthen back bending resistance of the thumb and fingers of the glove. The mesh can extend across spaces between the thumb and fingers of the glove, and can extend over fingertip regions of the glove to be bonded to back sides of the fingertip regions. The strand mesh can have screen or other configurations, and can be formed in a continuous laminate extending over the palm face of the glove. The goal is to reduce injuries from back bending of a goalkeeper's fingers from impact by soccer balls traveling at high velocities.
Claims28
A soccer goalkeeper glove having a wrist region, a palm face, and a thumb and fingers fitting the hand of a wearer, the glove comprising:
- a. flexible and substantially unstretchable strands extending from the wrist region to and inclusive of a portion of the thumb and fingers;
- b. the flexibility of the strands enabling the wearer's fingers to move apart and together and to substantially form a fist;
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- c. the strands being secured to the glove so that tension resistant regions are formed on the palm face of the glove causing the strands to resist bending the thumb or fingers of the wearer's hand back from a plane of the palm of the glove.
A soccer goalkeeper glove having a wrist region, a palm face, and a thumb and fingers fitting the hand of a wearer, the glove comprising:
- a. flexible and substantially unstretchable polymeric strands extending from the wrist region to tip regions of the thumb and fingers and also extending between the thumb and fingers;
- b. the strands being secured to the glove at the wrist region and at the tip regions of the thumb and fingers;
- c. the flexibility of the strands being arranged to allow the wearer's fingers to move apart and together and to form a fist;
- d. a wrist strap securing the strands at the wrist region of the glove to a wrist of the wearer so that the strands at the wrist region of the glove are not free to move toward the tip regions of the thumb and fingers;
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- e. the securing of the strands being arranged to form tension resistant regions on the palm face of the glove extending along tendon lines of the wearer's hand so that the strands resist bending the thumb or fingers of the wearer's hand back from a plane of the palm of the glove.
A soccer goalkeeper glove comprising:
- a. a palm face of the glove including a flexible strand mesh extending from a wrist region of the glove to tip regions of a thumb and fingers of the glove and extending across regions between the thumb and fingers of the glove;
- b. the mesh being secured to the glove at the wrist region and the tip regions of the thumb and fingers;
- c. a wrist strap securing the mesh in the wrist region of the glove to a wrist of the wearer to limit movement of the wrist region of the mesh toward the tip regions of the thumb and fingers;
- d. the palm face of the glove being configured in an unstressed condition to conform the thumb and fingers to a curved surface having a radius of curvature of approximately 3-6 inches;
- e. strands of the mesh having substantial tensile strength along thumb and finger tendon lines of the glove, being substantially unstretchable, and being secured to each other at crossing points of the mesh;
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- f. the mesh being arranged so that when the glove is on a goalkeeper's hand the mesh resists flattening of the palm and fingers of the glove in a plane and strongly resists bending back a thumb or finger of the goalkeeper's hand from a plane of the palm of the glove.
A soccer goalkeeper glove having a thumb, fingers, a palm face, a back face, and a wrist region all fitting a hand of a goalkeeper, the glove when arranged on the hand of the goalkeeper comprising:
- a. flexible and substantially nonstretchable strands arranged on the palm face of the glove where they are disposed on a palm side of a thumb and fingers of the goalkeeper's hand;
- b. the strands being secured to the glove at the wrist region of the glove and at tip regions of the thumb and fingers of the glove;
- c. the strands being secured to the palm face of the glove in regions between the wrist region and the tip regions of the thumb and fingers;
- d. a wrist strap securing the strands at the wrist region of the glove to a wrist of the goalkeeper's hand to anchor the strands at the goalkeeper's wrist;
- e. with the hand of the goalkeeper in a relaxed position within the glove, the strands being arranged in unstressed positions along insides of forward curves of the goalkeeper's fingers and the glove fingers;
- f. the length of the strands and the securing of the strands to the palm face of the glove being arranged to subject the strands to stress if the forward curves of the glove fingers are flattened to a plane;
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- g. the strands providing sufficient tensile strength resistance to reduce injury from bending the thumb or fingers of the goalkeeper's hand rearward from a plane of the palm of the glove.
A soccer goalkeeper glove having a thumb, fingers, a palm face, a back face, a wrist region, and a wrist strap all fitting a wrist and hand of a goalkeeper, the glove comprising:
- a. the palm face of the glove being formed as a laminate including a flexible strand mesh extending from the wrist region of the glove to tip regions of the thumb and fingers of the glove and extending across regions between the thumb and fingers of the glove;
- b. the strands of the mesh having substantial tensile strength, being substantially unstretchable, and being secured to each other at crossing points of the mesh;
- c. the wrist strap being arranged to anchor the mesh at the goalkeeper's wrist to inhibit movement of the mesh toward the tip regions of the thumb and fingers of the glove;
- d. the palm face of the glove being configured in an unstressed condition to conform the thumb and fingers of the glove to a curved surface having a radius of curvature of approximately 3-6 inches;
- e. the mesh being disposed on the palm face of the glove to extend along the curved surface forward of a thumb, fingers, and palm of the goalkeeper's hand;
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- f. the tensile strength of the mesh being sufficient to substantially resist being disposed on an outside of a curve formed by bending back the thumb or fingers of the goalkeeper's hand from a plane of the palm of the glove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.