Golf glove with thumb support
AssigneeEtonic Worldwide LLC
InventorsMarc Robba, Karen Pitts, Daniel Ladd
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Abstract
A golf glove has a number of regions formed of a leather-like material, connected with a more flexible region of spandex-like material. A thumb region has a base portion at least substantially surrounded by the flexible region. The thumb region further includes an auxiliary support structure on a portion of the thumb region providing additional support to the thumb of a user and anti-twist functionality reducing or eliminating movement of the glove relative to the thumb of a user. In addition, a grip region can extend from a wrist end of the glove substantially to finger tips of a little finger portion, a ring finger portion, and a middle finger portion of the glove.
Claims20
A golf glove, comprising:
- a thumb region formed of a first material and having a base, a grip side, and a back sides, wherein the thumb region of the glove generally extends from a base portion of a thumb of a user to a tip portion of a thumb of a user;
- and
- a flexible region formed of a second material having greater flexibility than the first material;
- wherein the flexible region at least substantially circumscribes the base of the thumb region;
- and
- wherein the thumb region comprises an auxiliary support structure coupled with the thumb region along the back side of the thumb region in an elongate shape extending from about the base region along a longitudinal length of the thumb region toward a tip of the thumb region.
(canceled)
A method of manufacturing a golf glove, comprising:
- providing a thumb region having a base, a grip side, and a back side, and formed of a first material, wherein the thumb region of the glove generally extends from a base portion of a thumb of a user to a tip portion of a thumb of a user;
- and
- fastening a flexible region formed of a second material having greater flexibility than the first material to the thumb region along the base;
- wherein the flexible region at least substantially circumscribes the base of the thumb region;
- and
- wherein the thumb region comprises an auxiliary support structure coupled with the thumb region along the back side of the thumb region in an elongate shape extending from about the base region along a longitudinal length of the thumb region toward a tip of the thumb region.
(canceled)
A golf glove, comprising:
- a thumb region having a base, wherein the thumb region of the glove generally extends from a base portion of a thumb of a user to a tip portion of a thumb of a user;
- a finger region formed of at least an index finger region with a base;
- a palm region extending from about a wrist end of the glove across about a palm area of the glove;
- a flexible region formed of material having greater flexibility than material forming the thumb region and the palm region;
- wherein the flexible region at least substantially circumscribes uninterrupted around the base of the thumb region, up to the base of the index finger region, and between the base of the thumb region and the palm region;
- and
- wherein the thumb region comprises an auxiliary support structure coupled with the thumb region along a back side of the thumb region in an elongate shape extending from about the base region along a longitudinal length of the thumb region toward a tip of the thumb region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.