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US 5,329,639 AGranted
Ice hockey glove with removable palm
AssigneeTrion Corporation
InventorAkio Aoki
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Abstract
The present invention provides a protective glove for ice hockey wherein the palm area can be quickly removed and replaced. The glove is formed of a back member covering the back of the user's hand and having the exterior surface of the back member covered with padding appropriate to protect the user's hand. A removable front portion is attached to the back member by a zipper which extends around the peripheral edges of the glove. An overlapping wrist closure mechanism with the overlapping flaps provided with Velcro.RTM. hook and loop type fastening devices assists in securing the ice hockey glove to the user.
Claims14
A hockey glove comprising:
- a back member including a body portion, a thumb portion and a plurality of finger portions;
- padding means attached to an exterior side of said back member substantially covering said back member;
- a removable front member including a palm portion, a thumb portion and a plurality of finger portions;
- an attaching means for removably coupling said front member to said back member at peripheral edges of said front member and said back member, whereby said front and back members cooperate to form a hand receiving portion including a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls;
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- a wrist closure means for securely fastening said glove to a user's hand and wrist, said wrist closure means including a first flap attached to a first side of said back member with fastening means provided on both the interior and exterior surfaces of said first flap, a second flap attached to a second side of said back member opposed from said first side of said back member, with fastening means provided on the interior of said second flap, and fastening means provided on an exterior surface of a terminal part of said front member's palm portion.
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A hockey glove comprising:
- a black member including a body portion, a thumb portion and a plurality of finger portions;
- padding means attached to an exterior side of said back member substantially covering said back member;
- a removable front member selected form a plurality of said removable front members, each said front member including a palm portion, a thumb portion and a plurality of finger portions;
- attaching means for removably coupling said back member to one of said front member at peripheral edges of said front member and said back member, whereby said front and back members cooperate to form a hand receiving portion including a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls;
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- a wrist closure means for securely fastening said glove to a user, said wrist closure means including a first flap attached to a first side of said back member with fastening means provided on both the interior and exterior surfaces of said first flap, a second flap attached to a second side of said back member opposed from said first side of said back member, with fastening means provided on the interior of said second flap, and fastening means provided on an exterior surface of a part of said back member's palm portion which is adjacent the user's wrist.
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A hockey glove comprising:
- a back member including a body portion having opposed side edges thereof, a thumb portion and a plurality of finger portions;
- padding means attached to an exterior side of said back member substantially covering said back member;
- a removable front member selected from a plurality of said removable front members, each said front member including a palm portion, a thumb portion and a plurality of finger portions;
- a zipper removably coupled said back member to one of said plurality of front members at peripheral edges of said front member and said back member, whereby said front and back members cooperate to form a hand receiving portion including a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls, wherein said zipper extends form a first end on one said side edge of said body portion adjacent the user's wrist to a second end on an opposed side edge of said body portion adjacent the user's wrist;
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- a wrist closure means for securely fastening the glove to the user, said wrist closure means including a first flap attached to said back member along said side edge of said body member with hook and loop type fasteners provided on both the interior and exterior surfaces of said first flap, a second flap attached to said back member at an opposed side edge of said body member from said first flap, with hook and loop type fasteners provided on the interior of said second flap, and hook and loop type fasteners provided on an exterior surface of said back member's palm portion which is adjacent the user's wrist.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.