Athletic Glove
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorJedd Komlos
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Abstract
An athletic glove includes a hand portion and a cuff portion. The hand portion includes a palm area and a plurality of digits. The palmar face of the glove further includes a grip enhancing surface disposed on one or more digits and/or the palm portion. The grip enhancing layer is positioned below the wrist and/or within the lower portion of the forearm to provide an extended contact surface to the wearer during gameplay.
Claims14
An athletic receiving glove comprising:
- a glove body including:
- a hand portion configured to cover a hand of a wearer, the hand portion of the glove comprising a plurality of digit sheaths, each digit sheath of the plurality of digit sheaths being configured to receive a finger or a thumb of a hand, and
- a cuff portion disposed below the hand portion;
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- a grip-enhancing layer disposed on the glove body, the grip-enhancing layer extends continuously from the plurality of finger sheaths to the cuff portion, wherein the grip-enhancing layer comprises a multilayer structure including a base layer, a graphics layer, and a tacky layer.
The athletic glove according to claim 10, wherein the grip-enhancing layer extends from a volar side of the second sheath to a dorsal side of the second sheath.
An athletic receiving glove for wearing on a hand, the athletic glove comprising:
- a glove body defining a volar side and a dorsal side, the glove body further including:
- a hand portion including a plurality of the digit sheaths, the plurality including a plurality of finger sheaths, each finger sheath of the plurality being configured to receive a finger of the hand, and a thumb sheath configured to receive a thumb of the hand, wherein the volar side of the glove body includes a palm section of the glove body, and wherein the dorsal side of the glove body includes a medial section operable to restrict motion and a lateral section operable to permit free movement;
- a cuff portion disposed below the hand portion, the cuff portion being configured to cover wrist and arm portions;
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- a grip-enhancing layer coupled to the volar side of the glove body, the grip-enhancing layer extending continuously from the plurality of finger sheaths to the cuff portion, wherein the grip-enhancing layer comprises a multilayer structure including an interior base layer and an exterior tacky layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.